| City | Total Population | Overall Score | Unemployment Rank | 22-29 Rank | Attained Bachelor's Degree Rank | Bachelor's Degree Earnings Rank | Professional Occupations Rank | Cost of Living Rank | Big Deal Score |
| Waltham | 61,321 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 1.03 |
| Wakefield | 25,400 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 1.08 |
| Brookline | 58,738 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 1.38 |
| Arlington | 43,308 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 1.40 |
| Dedham | 24,906 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 1.47 |
| Cambridge | 105,737 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 23 | 1.55 |
| Melrose | 27,239 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 1.57 |
| Woburn | 38,528 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 1.60 |
| Medford | 56,607 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 1.63 |
| Milton | 27,094 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 1.70 |
| Winchester | 21,621 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 1.70 |
| Belmont | 24,943 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 1.72 |
| Newton | 86,241 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 1.82 |
| Beverly | 40,026 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 1.83 |
| Somerville | 76,945 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 18 | 1.95 |
| Swampscott | 13,862 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 2.00 |
| Stoneham | 21,498 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 2.02 |
| Marblehead | 19,958 | 18 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 2.03 |
| Nahant | 3,432 | 18 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 2.05 |
| Salem | 41,926 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 2.08 |
| Danvers | 26,899 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 2.15 |
| Lexington | 31,886 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 2.57 |
| Lynn | 90,788 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 27 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 2.70 |
| Malden | 59,803 | 24 | 28 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 3.50 |
| Peabody | 51,522 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 3.60 |
| Saugus | 27,051 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 3.62 |
| Revere | 52,534 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 3.63 |
| Everett | 42,092 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 3.63 |