Best Places to Live in Massachusetts for Walkable City Living

Top 25 places

1. #1QuincyPopulation 100,981 · mixed overall livability100% match
2. #2LynnPopulation 100,653 · mixed overall livability100% match
3. #3ReverePopulation 60,577 · mixed overall livability100% match
4. #4ChicopeePopulation 55,441 · mixed overall livability100% match
5. #5NewtonPopulation 88,453 · solid overall livability92% match
6. #6WalthamPopulation 64,711 · solid overall livability92% match
7. #7Weymouth TownPopulation 57,300 · mixed overall livability86% match
8. #8PeabodyPopulation 54,204 · mixed overall livability86% match
9. #9SalemPopulation 44,541 · mixed overall livability83% match
10. #10LeominsterPopulation 43,620 · mixed overall livability83% match
11. #11Braintree TownPopulation 38,748 · mixed overall livability83% match
12. #12Amherst TownPopulation 33,389 · mixed overall livability83% match
13. #13NorwoodPopulation 31,343 · mixed overall livability83% match
14. #14MiltonPopulation 28,450 · mixed overall livability83% match
15. #15BostonPopulation 665,945 · mixed overall livability81% match
16. #16WorcesterPopulation 204,191 · mixed overall livability81% match
17. #17LowellPopulation 114,737 · mixed overall livability81% match
18. #18BrocktonPopulation 104,713 · mixed overall livability81% match
19. #19FraminghamPopulation 71,805 · mixed overall livability81% match
20. #20HaverhillPopulation 67,273 · mixed overall livability81% match
21. #21TauntonPopulation 59,436 · mixed overall livability81% match
22. #22Methuen TownPopulation 52,812 · mixed overall livability81% match
23. #23WoburnPopulation 40,992 · mixed overall livability75% match
24. #24Randolph TownPopulation 34,691 · mixed overall livability75% match
25. #25LexingtonPopulation 34,221 · mixed overall livability75% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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