| City | Population | Rank | Year Established Rank | Cost of Living Rank | Crime Rank | High School Graduation Rank | Median Income Rank | Home Value Rank | Amenities Rank | Total Amenities Rank | Big Deal Score |
| Marshfield | 25,132 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 36 | 20.5 |
| Reading | 24,747 | 2 | 17 | 57 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 55 | 24.63 |
| Gloucester | 28,789 | 3 | 15 | 36 | 27 | 42 | 47 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 25.25 |
| Watertown | 31,915 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 22 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 32 | 25.88 |
| Plymouth | 56,468 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 18 | 52 | 57 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| Andover | 33,201 | 6 | 18 | 52 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 31 | 50 | 26.38 |
| Lexington | 31,394 | 6 | 37 | 74 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 40 | 26.38 |
| Cambridge | 105,162 | 8 | 8 | 68 | 57 | 25 | 37 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 26.88 |
| Salem | 41,340 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 46 | 44 | 50 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 27.13 |
| Braintree | 35,744 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 36 | 22 | 18 | 30 | 18 | 36 | 27.25 |
| Weymouth | 53,743 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 35 | 41 | 25 | 30 | 27.63 |
| Beverly | 39,502 | 12 | 27 | 44 | 29 | 22 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 32 | 27.75 |
| Brookline | 58,732 | 13 | 35 | 73 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 36 | 28.63 |
| Marlborough | 38,499 | 14 | 24 | 30 | 39 | 36 | 24 | 38 | 22 | 23 | 29.5 |
| Natick | 33,006 | 14 | 52 | 71 | 47 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 29.5 |
| Milton | 27,003 | 16 | 25 | 61 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 67 | 29.63 |
| Woburn | 38,120 | 17 | 15 | 46 | 30 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 36 | 30.13 |
| Danvers | 26,493 | 18 | 48 | 48 | 56 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 30.25 |
| Medford | 56,173 | 19 | 4 | 54 | 41 | 42 | 29 | 21 | 35 | 19 | 30.63 |
| Newton | 85,146 | 20 | 31 | 72 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 50 | 31.63 |
| Franklin | 31,635 | 21 | 50 | 30 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 24 | 64 | 60 | 31.88 |
| Haverhill | 60,879 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 51 | 49 | 43 | 56 | 12 | 15 | 32 |
| Waltham | 60,632 | 23 | 42 | 57 | 24 | 44 | 34 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 32.5 |
| Chelmsford | 33,802 | 24 | 20 | 67 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 45 | 55 | 32.63 |
| Needham | 28,886 | 24 | 36 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 70 | 71 | 32.63 |
| Saugus | 26,628 | 26 | 59 | 36 | 62 | 32 | 26 | 32 | 2 | 14 | 32.88 |
| Quincy | 92,271 | 27 | 54 | 36 | 35 | 44 | 48 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 33.38 |
| Boston | 617,594 | 28 | 4 | 48 | 65 | 60 | 58 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 33.75 |
| Framingham | 68,318 | 29 | 33 | 36 | 25 | 36 | 40 | 31 | 53 | 19 | 34.13 |
| Norwood | 28,602 | 29 | 73 | 48 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 40 | 34.13 |
| Wakefield | 24,932 | 29 | 58 | 48 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 39 | 60 | 34.13 |
| Billerica | 40,243 | 32 | 20 | 66 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 40 | 46 | 52 | 34.38 |
| Falmouth | 31,531 | 33 | 30 | 36 | 64 | 32 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 34.5 |
| Malden | 59,450 | 34 | 19 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 51 | 36 | 24 | 19 | 34.63 |
| Tewksbury | 28,961 | 35 | 41 | 64 | 33 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 25 | 47 | 34.88 |
| Wellesley | 27,982 | 36 | 74 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 63 | 35.13 |
| Arlington | 42,844 | 37 | 57 | 62 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 56 | 52 | 35.5 |
| Dracut | 29,457 | 38 | 34 | 44 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 54 | 42 | 55 | 36.13 |
| Methuen | 47,255 | 39 | 38 | 17 | 32 | 55 | 44 | 50 | 23 | 32 | 36.38 |
| Lynn | 90,329 | 40 | 3 | 22 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 58 | 7 | 9 | 37 |
| Melrose | 26,983 | 41 | 66 | 54 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 48 | 67 | 37.13 |
| Belmont | 24,729 | 41 | 70 | 69 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 60 | 67 | 37.13 |
| Barnstable | 45,193 | 43 | 10 | 27 | 58 | 25 | 42 | 29 | 42 | 67 | 37.5 |
| Shrewsbury | 35,608 | 44 | 40 | 65 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 69 | 63 | 38 |
| Attleboro | 43,593 | 45 | 32 | 19 | 40 | 55 | 38 | 53 | 46 | 23 | 38.25 |
| Peabody | 51,251 | 46 | 71 | 36 | 48 | 44 | 36 | 33 | 17 | 23 | 38.5 |
| Somerville | 75,754 | 47 | 62 | 60 | 45 | 57 | 45 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 38.75 |
| North Andover | 28,352 | 48 | 68 | 52 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 66 | 73 | 39.88 |
| Taunton | 55,874 | 49 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 65 | 53 | 57 | 58 | 26 | 40.25 |
| Northampton | 28,549 | 49 | 22 | 3 | 53 | 29 | 54 | 59 | 50 | 52 | 40.25 |
| Milford | 27,999 | 51 | 51 | 21 | 49 | 52 | 46 | 49 | 29 | 26 | 40.38 |
| Amherst | 37,819 | 52 | 48 | 7 | 37 | 12 | 72 | 48 | 59 | 47 | 41.25 |
| Stoughton | 26,962 | 52 | 39 | 54 | 43 | 29 | 31 | 52 | 37 | 45 | 41.25 |
| Revere | 51,755 | 54 | 63 | 30 | 50 | 61 | 61 | 43 | 16 | 13 | 42.13 |
| Worcester | 181,045 | 55 | 29 | 15 | 68 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 32 | 2 | 42.25 |
| Bridgewater | 26,563 | 55 | 22 | 25 | 38 | 36 | 49 | 61 | 52 | 55 | 42.25 |
| Randolph | 32,112 | 57 | 55 | 27 | 31 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 60 | 43.63 |
| Leominster | 40,759 | 58 | 44 | 11 | 61 | 57 | 52 | 64 | 40 | 32 | 45.13 |
| Brockton | 93,810 | 59 | 60 | 22 | 70 | 63 | 60 | 60 | 20 | 8 | 45.38 |
| Westfield | 41,094 | 59 | 28 | 7 | 26 | 44 | 55 | 69 | 71 | 63 | 45.38 |
| Agawam | 28,438 | 61 | 68 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 41 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 45.75 |
| Fitchburg | 40,318 | 62 | 46 | 7 | 67 | 65 | 63 | 70 | 20 | 30 | 46 |
| Springfield | 153,060 | 63 | 8 | 2 | 74 | 69 | 70 | 75 | 63 | 10 | 46.38 |
| Lowell | 106,519 | 64 | 61 | 20 | 60 | 70 | 59 | 65 | 38 | 10 | 47.88 |
| Pittsfield | 44,737 | 65 | 45 | 1 | 55 | 49 | 67 | 74 | 57 | 45 | 49.13 |
| Everett | 41,667 | 66 | 72 | 36 | 52 | 63 | 62 | 35 | 36 | 40 | 49.5 |
| Chelsea | 35,177 | 67 | 43 | 26 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 47 | 33 | 40 | 50.25 |
| Fall River | 88,857 | 68 | 56 | 12 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 62 | 41 | 16 | 50.5 |
| Dartmouth | 34,032 | 69 | 26 | 63 | 59 | 57 | 21 | 51 | 68 | 63 | 51 |
| North Attleborough | 28,712 | 70 | 75 | 22 | 44 | 36 | 33 | 55 | 73 | 73 | 51.38 |
| Lawrence | 76,377 | 71 | 64 | 12 | 66 | 73 | 74 | 63 | 49 | 26 | 53.38 |
| Chicopee | 55,298 | 72 | 65 | 4 | 54 | 65 | 65 | 73 | 67 | 47 | 55 |
| New Bedford | 95,072 | 73 | 53 | 12 | 69 | 73 | 69 | 66 | 61 | 40 | 55.38 |
| West Springfield | 28,391 | 74 | 47 | 6 | 72 | 49 | 56 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 56.13 |
| Holyoke | 39,880 | 75 | 66 | 4 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 62 | 55 | 59.75 |