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Most Educated Cities in Massachusetts

Cities ranked by percentage of adults (25+) with a bachelor's degree or higher.

#CityBachelor's+Graduate+Median IncomePopulation
1 Wellesley CDP 87.2% 55.1% $250,001 29,906
2 Brookline CDP 85.0% 57.8% $140,631 62,822
3 Lexington CDP 85.0% 58.8% $219,402 34,085
4 Dover CDP 83.8% 44.2% $250,001 2,386
5 Sharon CDP 83.4% 46.7% $183,239 6,022
6 Duxbury CDP 82.4% 27.1% $126,750 1,620
7 Woods Hole CDP 82.4% 63.7% $72,386 999
8 Needham CDP 80.8% 51.2% $212,241 32,059
9 Newton city 80.7% 52.4% $184,989 88,504
10 South Duxbury CDP 80.6% 38.4% $206,111 3,272
11 Cambridge city 80.2% 50.4% $126,469 117,794
12 Belmont CDP 80.2% 51.9% $178,188 27,009
13 Hingham CDP 79.6% 40.9% $222,696 5,343
14 Winchester CDP 78.5% 50.8% $218,176 22,862
15 New Seabury CDP 77.9% 46.7% $206,000 824
16 Marblehead CDP 76.9% 35.0% $165,859 20,334
17 North Scituate CDP 76.1% 25.8% $136,852 6,163
18 Popponesset CDP 75.4% 39.7% N/A 501
19 Cordaville CDP 75.2% 43.4% $161,023 3,076
20 Arlington CDP 74.4% 43.8% $141,440 46,015
21 Williamstown CDP 74.4% 49.9% $82,917 4,352
22 West Chatham CDP 74.2% 37.8% $135,199 1,337
23 Cochituate CDP 74.1% 45.7% $190,938 6,688
24 Amherst Town city 73.8% 52.1% $65,938 35,472
25 Medfield CDP 72.1% 32.9% $186,625 6,355
26 Boxford CDP 72.0% 28.3% $238,375 2,325
27 Deerfield CDP 70.5% 47.9% N/A 441
28 Milton CDP 70.4% 37.1% $178,053 28,481
29 West Concord CDP 69.9% 45.4% $178,979 5,997
30 North Falmouth CDP 68.7% 24.3% $133,571 2,558
31 Somerville city 68.0% 33.4% $127,056 80,549
32 Seconsett Island CDP 68.0% 48.0% N/A 138
33 Essex CDP 67.9% 27.8% $156,094 1,775
34 Andover CDP 67.7% 40.3% $127,054 9,261
35 Watertown Town city 67.2% 35.5% $123,422 35,270
36 Harwich Port CDP 67.1% 31.7% $64,813 2,011
37 Hopkinton CDP 66.8% 29.7% $173,750 3,142
38 Northborough CDP 66.8% 33.9% $154,926 6,720
39 Longmeadow CDP 66.1% 32.7% $144,639 15,724
40 Newburyport city 65.9% 28.4% $144,259 18,444
41 West Falmouth CDP 65.8% 39.5% $115,735 1,655
42 Topsfield CDP 65.3% 34.3% $169,468 2,573
43 Reading CDP 65.1% 30.8% $163,725 25,448
44 South Lancaster CDP 64.6% 10.3% $104,745 1,991
45 Maynard CDP 64.2% 31.4% $119,549 10,663
46 Mattapoisett Center CDP 64.1% 31.1% $99,864 2,573
47 The Pinehills CDP 63.8% 27.8% $121,792 4,988
48 Scituate CDP 63.3% 30.1% $126,379 5,602
49 Marshfield Hills CDP 63.0% 25.2% $210,096 2,121
50 Provincetown CDP 62.5% 32.2% $123,456 3,466
51 Walpole CDP 62.3% 21.3% $132,411 5,989
52 Melrose city 62.0% 28.3% $126,854 29,488
53 Nahant CDP 61.7% 30.7% $111,004 3,328
54 Swampscott CDP 61.7% 31.5% $128,964 15,209
55 Northampton city 61.3% 34.1% $78,467 28,640
56 Lynnfield CDP 61.1% 30.3% $172,484 12,964
57 Chatham CDP 60.4% 31.3% $82,269 1,614
58 Sandwich CDP 60.2% 24.9% $108,583 2,976
59 Bourne CDP 59.7% 14.4% $125,366 1,765
60 Rockport CDP 59.1% 29.9% $86,250 4,795
61 Popponesset Island CDP 58.3% 27.8% N/A 72
62 Burlington CDP 58.2% 25.7% $142,207 26,223
63 Medford city 57.6% 27.3% $118,089 59,062
64 Cedar Crest CDP 57.4% 29.3% $175,313 2,289
65 Siasconset CDP 57.1% 23.1% N/A 191
66 Wakefield CDP 57.0% 25.1% $130,320 27,284
67 Nantucket CDP 57.0% 16.8% $109,988 10,837
68 Edgartown CDP 56.6% 20.7% N/A 752
69 Rowley CDP 56.5% 37.5% $106,250 1,576
70 Franklin Town city 56.4% 24.4% $142,788 33,067
71 Waltham city 56.4% 27.4% $116,560 64,723
72 Barre CDP 55.8% 15.8% $55,625 550
73 Littleton Common CDP 55.7% 33.0% $129,347 2,838
74 Brewster CDP 55.2% 22.7% $75,481 1,711
75 North Eastham CDP 55.2% 29.8% $80,375 1,958
76 Dedham CDP 55.0% 25.9% $124,375 25,109
77 Sturbridge CDP 55.0% 26.7% $129,413 2,277
78 Yarmouth Port CDP 54.7% 22.8% $108,563 5,825
79 Westborough CDP 54.6% 25.8% $100,037 4,234
80 Ipswich CDP 54.5% 19.0% $92,969 4,806
81 Lenox CDP 54.5% 20.3% $58,920 1,809
82 East Sandwich CDP 54.3% 26.9% $128,750 3,597
83 Boston city 54.1% 25.6% $94,755 663,972
84 Stoneham CDP 54.0% 22.3% $112,635 22,986
85 Housatonic CDP 53.6% 23.5% $86,920 1,054
86 Lunenburg CDP 53.5% 23.6% $112,422 2,163
87 Norwood CDP 53.1% 22.3% $97,110 31,380
88 Madaket CDP 52.9% 26.6% $106,615 378
89 Beverly city 52.3% 20.0% $103,739 42,408
90 Salisbury CDP 52.1% 19.3% $93,052 5,735
91 Falmouth CDP 51.8% 23.7% $68,267 3,996
92 Hull CDP 51.7% 23.2% $127,112 10,098
93 Seabrook CDP 51.5% 24.9% N/A 545
94 West Warren CDP 51.4% 19.6% N/A 619
95 Sagamore CDP 51.2% 13.5% $132,000 3,958
96 Marion Center CDP 51.1% 36.1% $180,130 1,159
97 East Falmouth CDP 50.7% 26.8% $69,121 6,415
98 Granby CDP 50.6% 17.2% $126,136 1,127
99 Dennis CDP 50.3% 26.5% $127,292 1,903
100 Salem city 49.6% 20.7% $85,137 44,241
101 Framingham city 49.4% 20.5% $98,179 72,013
102 Wilmington CDP 49.2% 18.4% $161,473 23,195
103 Petersham CDP 49.1% 28.6% $105,938 252
104 Marshfield CDP 49.0% 13.9% $99,537 4,698
105 Mashpee Neck CDP 48.7% 24.2% $131,250 1,071
106 Quincy city 48.6% 20.7% $95,711 101,361
107 Foxborough CDP 48.4% 17.2% $83,162 6,356
108 Hatfield CDP 47.6% 22.6% $109,625 1,361
109 Kingston CDP 47.6% 19.4% $130,179 6,373
110 Woburn city 47.3% 19.9% $107,754 41,205
111 Teaticket CDP 47.2% 29.1% $85,669 1,728
112 Orleans CDP 47.1% 22.7% $76,768 1,618
113 Braintree Town city 47.1% 19.7% $125,305 38,762
114 North Pembroke CDP 47.1% 26.9% $177,703 3,924
115 Great Barrington CDP 47.0% 23.8% $57,071 1,953
116 Norton Center CDP 46.8% 20.6% $114,051 2,526
117 North Attleborough Town city 46.8% 17.4% $109,426 30,842
118 Danvers CDP 46.8% 17.3% $117,072 27,924
119 East Dennis CDP 46.5% 17.1% $100,504 3,685
120 Upton CDP 46.1% 18.0% $109,925 2,985
121 Monument Beach CDP 46.1% 15.2% $86,953 3,067
122 Wilbraham CDP 45.7% 25.5% $88,409 4,247
123 Fiskdale CDP 45.6% 21.2% $92,273 2,564
124 Shelburne Falls CDP 45.4% 25.1% $52,604 1,755
125 Millis-Clicquot CDP 45.3% 17.6% $116,324 4,479
126 Northwest Harwich CDP 45.3% 23.5% $89,063 4,205
127 Lee CDP 45.1% 30.6% $70,306 1,522
128 Hudson CDP 44.9% 16.9% $96,149 15,610
129 Malden city 44.9% 18.7% $95,298 65,509
130 Groton CDP 44.8% 20.0% N/A 1,571
131 Pocasset CDP 44.6% 25.1% $84,544 2,375
132 Vineyard Haven CDP 44.4% 16.9% $73,917 2,672
133 West Dennis CDP 44.0% 20.1% $93,958 2,586
134 Northfield CDP 44.0% 26.9% $74,875 908
135 Harwich Center CDP 43.8% 23.3% $76,944 1,620
136 Hopedale CDP 43.4% 22.6% $111,016 4,126
137 Mansfield Center CDP 43.4% 20.4% $101,546 7,232
138 Monomoscoy Island CDP 43.2% 16.8% N/A 112
139 Weymouth Town city 43.0% 14.7% $100,077 57,786
140 South Deerfield CDP 42.9% 20.3% $97,250 1,822
141 Winthrop Town city 42.9% 16.0% $106,357 18,807
142 East Douglas CDP 42.5% 15.2% $141,042 2,842
143 Amesbury Town city 42.5% 15.9% $100,599 17,277
144 Belchertown CDP 42.5% 20.7% $68,393 2,299
145 Barnstable Town city 42.3% 18.0% $97,348 49,232
146 Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock CDP 42.0% 18.7% $118,625 4,695
147 Rutland CDP 41.6% 16.2% $102,885 1,796
148 Shirley CDP 41.5% 14.1% N/A 1,256
149 North Lakeville CDP 41.5% 13.5% $88,750 3,602
150 Easthampton Town city 41.0% 18.7% $72,925 16,103
151 East Harwich CDP 40.9% 20.6% $108,157 5,670
152 Marlborough city 40.6% 17.1% $95,047 41,398
153 West Yarmouth CDP 40.1% 20.0% $63,859 6,323
154 Abington CDP 39.8% 13.5% $119,787 17,008
155 Hanscom AFB CDP 39.8% 25.6% $101,194 1,745
156 Bridgewater Town city 39.7% 16.1% $112,482 28,669
157 Huntington CDP 39.6% 10.9% $52,344 853
158 Raynham Center CDP 39.2% 17.0% $120,913 4,871
159 North Seekonk CDP 38.9% 16.1% $110,541 2,903
160 Gloucester city 38.8% 15.8% $87,898 29,862
161 Forestdale CDP 38.7% 14.2% $105,368 3,716
162 Hanson CDP 38.5% 14.0% $115,109 2,002
163 Plymouth CDP 38.4% 15.4% $72,639 7,852
164 Dennis Port CDP 38.0% 14.3% $61,974 3,439
165 Greenfield city 37.8% 17.0% $53,961 17,662
166 Pepperell CDP 37.8% 17.0% $76,196 1,887
167 South Dennis CDP 37.1% 13.0% $86,500 3,190
168 Somerset CDP 37.0% 14.3% $111,720 18,246
169 Holbrook CDP 36.9% 11.0% $107,768 11,320
170 Oak Bluffs CDP 36.0% 21.3% $59,082 1,357
171 Ayer CDP 35.9% 16.1% $81,286 3,012
172 Bellingham CDP 35.8% 7.8% $88,731 4,939
173 Holland CDP 35.0% 10.1% $83,382 1,313
174 West Springfield Town city 34.9% 14.3% $70,401 28,635
175 Agawam Town city 34.9% 14.4% $82,359 28,510
176 Randolph Town city 34.7% 12.1% $103,129 34,683
177 Warren CDP 34.2% 9.6% $40,315 705
178 Pittsfield city 34.2% 13.8% $68,386 43,559
179 Worcester city 34.1% 14.0% $67,544 205,501
180 Green Harbor CDP 34.0% 4.6% $195,930 1,254
181 Peabody city 33.9% 11.6% $95,278 54,180
182 Turners Falls CDP 33.8% 19.1% $56,729 3,949
183 Attleboro city 33.7% 11.3% $93,266 46,499
184 East Pepperell CDP 33.5% 14.1% $111,736 1,984
185 North Plymouth CDP 33.4% 10.8% $71,205 4,458
186 Pinehurst CDP 33.3% 10.0% $136,406 6,737
187 South Yarmouth CDP 33.1% 13.5% $79,638 11,642
188 Buzzards Bay CDP 32.8% 11.8% $95,847 2,941
189 Smith Mills CDP 32.7% 12.2% $56,250 4,467
190 Westfield city 32.6% 11.6% $82,847 40,673
191 Russell CDP 32.6% 8.5% $103,456 568
192 Leominster city 32.3% 12.6% $81,556 43,697
193 Weweantic CDP 32.2% 3.4% N/A 1,384
194 Haverhill city 31.6% 10.6% $87,675 67,387
195 Milford CDP 31.6% 11.8% $88,992 27,919
196 Saugus CDP 31.4% 12.5% $100,819 28,599
197 Whitinsville CDP 31.3% 10.9% $93,504 7,250
198 Cheshire CDP 31.2% 12.8% N/A 584
199 Methuen Town city 30.5% 10.5% $103,270 53,043
200 Middleborough Center CDP 30.2% 9.7% $79,520 8,064
201 Bliss Corner CDP 30.0% 9.6% $73,919 5,666
202 Townsend CDP 29.9% 11.5% $56,726 1,082
203 Lowell city 29.9% 11.9% $76,205 114,799
204 Devens CDP 27.7% 9.2% $113,125 1,871
205 Wareham Center CDP 27.5% 8.4% $88,424 2,737
206 North Adams city 27.0% 11.9% $48,521 12,660
207 East Brookfield CDP 26.6% 6.9% $70,625 1,349
208 Adams CDP 26.0% 6.9% $48,750 5,584
209 West Brookfield CDP 25.8% 5.3% $59,734 1,518
210 Ocean Grove CDP 25.7% 8.5% $97,109 3,099
211 Winchendon CDP 25.2% 10.4% $67,188 4,407
212 Blandford CDP 25.2% 12.5% $93,500 437
213 Oxford CDP 25.1% 8.4% $91,742 5,572
214 Onset CDP 25.0% 12.3% N/A 1,561
215 Monson Center CDP 24.8% 6.4% $58,603 1,794
216 Revere city 24.7% 7.9% $81,121 59,933
217 Fitchburg city 24.5% 7.4% $70,659 41,633
218 Taunton city 24.4% 7.3% $79,715 59,719
219 Holyoke city 24.3% 8.9% $51,892 37,949
220 Palmer Town city 24.0% 8.6% $78,789 12,372
221 Everett city 23.4% 7.3% $79,658 49,236
222 Lynn city 23.3% 7.8% $74,715 100,905
223 Chicopee city 23.2% 8.8% $66,927 55,213
224 Clinton CDP 23.2% 7.9% $78,909 6,908
225 Gardner city 22.8% 7.1% $62,948 21,075
226 Baldwinville CDP 22.7% 5.8% $56,957 2,454
227 Chelsea city 22.0% 7.7% $72,220 39,460
228 White Island Shores CDP 21.9% 5.3% $104,940 1,880
229 Athol CDP 21.9% 6.5% $61,742 8,711
230 Brockton city 21.3% 6.7% $77,089 105,080
231 Millers Falls CDP 20.7% 10.0% $63,646 1,081
232 North Brookfield CDP 20.0% 4.6% $75,956 2,477
233 Springfield city 19.7% 8.9% $51,339 154,751
234 Webster CDP 18.8% 5.7% $60,384 12,300
235 North Westport CDP 18.3% 5.1% $85,120 4,995
236 Southbridge Town city 17.7% 5.5% $59,397 17,806
237 Fall River city 16.8% 5.7% $53,933 93,764
238 New Bedford city 16.8% 5.1% $56,025 100,731
239 Lawrence city 16.4% 4.9% $57,903 88,297
240 Chester CDP 16.1% 8.5% $86,042 692
241 Ware CDP 15.9% 2.6% $52,039 5,723
242 Spencer CDP 15.7% 4.2% $59,618 5,520
243 West Wareham CDP 15.3% 4.1% $55,900 2,776
244 Orange CDP 14.0% 5.3% $53,014 3,793
245 South Ashburnham CDP 13.8% 1.4% $82,006 1,174
246 Brookfield CDP 12.9% 5.8% $66,774 940
247 Acushnet Center CDP 9.8% 1.4% $69,159 2,792
248 Lenox Dale CDP 0.0% 0.0% N/A 165