Movoto Real Estate's Best Places Near Boston
| City | Population | Overall Rank | Amenities Rank | Standard of Life Rank | Crime Rank | Unemployment Rank | Commute Rank | Big Deal Score |
| Lexington | 31,886 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 6.60 |
| Belmont | 24,943 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 7.40 |
| Winchester | 21,621 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7.80 |
| Stoneham | 21,498 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Waltham | 61,321 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8.40 |
| Newton | 86,241 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8.60 |
| Marblehead | 19,958 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9.60 |
| Brookline | 58,738 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 10.00 |
| Woburn | 38,528 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 10.60 |
| Cambridge | 105,737 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 10.80 |
| Arlington | 43,308 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 11.40 |
| Wakefield | 25,400 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 12.80 |
| Danvers | 26,899 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 13.00 |
| Swampscott | 13,862 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 22 | 13.20 |
| Dedham | 24,906 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 13.20 |
| Beverly | 40,026 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 13.80 |
| Peabody | 51,522 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 14.60 |
| Milton | 27,094 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 15.40 |
| Melrose | 27,239 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 16.00 |
| Nahant | 3,432 | 20 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 16.20 |
| Medford | 56,607 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 17.00 |
| Somerville | 76,945 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 17.40 |
| Saugus | 27,051 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 18.60 |
| Salem | 41,926 | 24 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 19.20 |
| Everett | 42,092 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23.00 |
| Lynn | 90,788 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 23.20 |
| Malden | 59,803 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 28 | 28 | 24.00 |
| Revere | 52,534 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 24.60 |