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Ranked · Buying a home · Massachusetts

Best cities for buying a home in Massachusetts

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Boston, MA666k residents

    60/100

    median home price: $750,000 · property tax rate: 0.65% · home price yoy: -0.9%

  2. 2.Agawam Town, MA29k residents

    53/100

    median home price: $311,600 · property tax rate: 1.14% · home price yoy: —

  3. 3.Pittsfield, MA43k residents

    52/100

    median home price: $256,900 · property tax rate: 1.14% · home price yoy: +1.4%

  4. 4.West Springfield Town, MA29k residents

    51/100

    median home price: $321,500 · property tax rate: 1.14% · home price yoy: —

  5. 5.North Attleborough Town, MA31k residents

    50/100

    median home price: $482,200 · property tax rate: 1.14% · home price yoy: —

  6. 6.Worcester, MA207k residents

    49/100

    median home price: $374,400 · property tax rate: 1.14% · home price yoy: +1.1%

  7. 7.Lowell, MA118k residents

    49/100

    median home price: $429,200 · property tax rate: 1.14% · home price yoy: +0.1%

  8. 8.Chicopee, MA55k residents

    49/100

    median home price: $274,500 · property tax rate: 1.14% · home price yoy: +2.4%

  9. 9.Leominster, MA44k residents

    49/100

    median home price: $380,400 · property tax rate: 1.14% · home price yoy: +1.6%

  10. 10.Fitchburg, MA42k residents

    49/100

    median home price: $336,400 · property tax rate: 1.14% · home price yoy: +1.8%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Massachusetts?
Boston, MA ranks first with a fit score of 60/100, followed by Agawam Town (53) and Pittsfield (52), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.