The Top 100 Places To Live In Massachusetts: 2025 Rankings

MASSACHUSETTS — Brookline, Cambridgeport, Riverside, and Cambridge are all in the top 100 places to live across the country, according to the latest set of rankings released by Niche on Monday.

But those aren't the only communities in the Bay State to receive Niche's highest grade. In fact, the top 74 cities and towns in the state all received an A+. And the next 26 towns rounding out the top 100 all earned an A.

If you live in a place with "Cambridge" in its name, that's probably a good sign: Cambridgeport, Cambridge, Mid-Cambridge, and East Cambridge all made the state's top 10.

The ranking from the data-driven platform Niche is now in its 11th year and helps everyone from young people just starting their careers or families to retirees decide where they want to live. The report analyzes places of various sizes, including cities with populations of 100,000 or more, suburbs and neighborhoods.

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Niche grades the communities based on public data sources combined with resident reviews in a range of categories including public schools, housing, diversity, family-friendliness, and crime and safety.

The Niche Top 100 Places To Live In Massachusetts in 2025:

1. Brookline
2. Cambridgeport
3. Riverside
4. Cambridge
5. Wellington-Harrington
6. Agassiz
7. Mid-Cambridge
8. Peabody
9. East Cambridge
10. Lexington
11. The Port
12. Belmont
13. Newton
14. Shrewsbury
15. Wayland
16. Nonantum
17. Newtonville
18. Arlington
19. Sharon
20. Chestnut Hill
21. North Cambridge
22. Newton Upper Falls
23. Strawberry Hill
24. West Newton
25. Auburndale
26. West Cambridge
27. Hopkinton
28. Oak Hill Park
29. Wellesley
30. Newton Highlands
31. Cambridge Highlands
32. Newton Corner
33. Winchester
34. Westford
35. Pelham
36. Northborough
37. Southborough
38. Acton
39. Back Bay
40. Sudbury
41. Fenway
42. West End
43. Westborough
44. Carlisle
45. Downtown
46. Somerville
47. South End
48. Thompsonville
49. Cochituate
50. Medfield
51. Williamstown
52. Milton
53. Boxborough
54. North End
55. Groton
56. Bay Village
57. Newton Centre
58. Sherborn
59. Medway
60. Westwood
    
61. Allston
62. Cordaville
63. Waban
64. Charlestown
65. Andover
66. Newton Lower Falls
67. Needham
68. Natick
69. Bedford
70. Concord
71. West Concord
72. Oak Hill
73. Beacon Hill
74. Topsfield
75. Lincoln
76. Harvard
77. Weston
78. Brighton
79. Watertown
80. Boxford
81. Bolton
82. Wenham
83. Jamaica Plain
84. South Boston
85. Burlington
86. Dover
87. Dunstable
88. Stow
89. Reading
90. Manchester-by-the-Sea
91. Marblehead
92. Longmeadow
93. Northampton
94. Ashland
95. Canton
96. Norwell
97. Hadley
98. Holliston
99. Walpole
100. Melrose