Best Places to Live in Massachusetts for Young Families

Top 25 places

1. #1PittsfieldPopulation 43,730 · mixed overall livability73% match
2. #2WestfieldPopulation 40,794 · mixed overall livability73% match
3. #3LeominsterPopulation 43,620 · mixed overall livability71% match
4. #4FitchburgPopulation 41,621 · mixed overall livability71% match
5. #5West Springfield TownPopulation 28,755 · mixed overall livability71% match
6. #6NorthamptonPopulation 28,245 · mixed overall livability66% match
7. #7WorcesterPopulation 204,191 · mixed overall livability61% match
8. #8SpringfieldPopulation 155,305 · mixed overall livability61% match
9. #9New BedfordPopulation 100,620 · mixed overall livability61% match
10. #10Fall RiverPopulation 93,638 · mixed overall livability61% match
11. #11ChicopeePopulation 55,441 · mixed overall livability61% match
12. #12HolyokePopulation 38,210 · mixed overall livability61% match
13. #13Agawam TownPopulation 28,606 · mixed overall livability61% match
14. #14BeverlyPopulation 42,414 · mixed overall livability59% match
15. #15MelrosePopulation 29,477 · mixed overall livability59% match
16. #16WalthamPopulation 64,711 · solid overall livability54% match
17. #17TauntonPopulation 59,436 · mixed overall livability54% match
18. #18Barnstable TownPopulation 48,922 · mixed overall livability54% match
19. #19Amherst TownPopulation 33,389 · mixed overall livability54% match
20. #20GloucesterPopulation 29,830 · mixed overall livability54% match
21. #21LexingtonPopulation 34,221 · mixed overall livability49% match
22. #22NeedhamPopulation 31,957 · mixed overall livability49% match
23. #23WellesleyPopulation 29,862 · mixed overall livability49% match
24. #24MiltonPopulation 28,450 · mixed overall livability49% match
25. #25BelmontPopulation 26,997 · solid overall livability49% 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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