| City | Population | Overall Score | % Population Under 5 Rank | Population 22-34 Rank | Married Population Rank | Median household income rank | Median home value Rank | Crimes Rank | PlayScore Rank | High school graduation rate rank | Big Deal Score |
| Winchester | 21,621 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8.13 |
| Belmont | 24,943 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9.25 |
| Arlington | 43,308 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 9.88 |
| Newton | 86,241 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10.25 |
| Melrose | 27,239 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 10.50 |
| Marblehead | 19,958 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 10.88 |
| Swampscott | 13,862 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 11.00 |
| Brookline | 58,738 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 11.38 |
| Lexington | 31,886 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11.38 |
| Wakefield | 25,400 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 11.75 |
| Milton | 27,094 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 12.63 |
| Woburn | 38,528 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 13.38 |
| Beverly | 40,026 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 14.13 |
| Stoneham | 21,498 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14.75 |
| Dedham | 24,906 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 15.13 |
| Everett | 42,092 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 27 | 15.38 |
| Malden | 59,803 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 25 | 15.38 |
| Medford | 56,607 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 15.75 |
| Somerville | 76,945 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 24 | 16.13 |
| Waltham | 61,321 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 16.25 |
| Nahant | 3,432 | 21 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 16.75 |
| Salem | 41,926 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 23 | 16.88 |
| Danvers | 26,899 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 17.13 |
| Lynn | 90,788 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 1 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 17.63 |
| Saugus | 27,051 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 18.25 |
| Cambridge | 105,737 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 18.63 |
| Revere | 52,534 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 18.63 |
| Peabody | 51,522 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 19.25 |