Healthiest Cities in Massachusetts.

Cities in Massachusetts whose adults have the lowest rates of chronic health problems.

How we rank: Each city’s adult rates of obesity, diabetes, smoking, inactivity and high blood pressure, compared with the typical US city and averaged. Lower is healthier. These are CDC estimates, not counts.

89 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Obesity	Smoking	Inactive
1	Amherst	38,182	18.5%	7.4%	15.7%
2	Cambridge	118,796	21.9%	7.1%	15.7%
3	Brookline	63,266	20.6%	6.2%	13.5%
4	Wellesley	30,347	19.7%	6.1%	13.4%
5	Somerville	81,036	23.2%	8.4%	16.0%
6	Belmont	27,175	21.4%	6.6%	14.7%
7	Newton	89,044	21.2%	6.5%	15.1%
8	Needham	32,459	21.3%	6.6%	13.5%
9	Lexington	34,295	19.4%	5.7%	15.4%
10	Arlington	46,350	22.8%	7.3%	15.2%
11	Winchester	23,406	21.7%	7.0%	15.5%
12	Watertown	35,543	23.4%	8.2%	16.3%
13	Reading	25,612	23.3%	8.2%	15.9%
14	Melrose	29,650	23.8%	8.8%	16.6%
15	Milton	28,587	23.5%	7.9%	15.4%
16	Waltham	64,902	24.0%	9.2%	18.9%
17	Medford	59,354	24.2%	9.6%	18.3%
18	Maynard	10,712	24.9%	9.0%	16.4%
19	Franklin	33,154	24.0%	9.7%	15.9%
20	Burlington	26,274	22.8%	8.6%	18.0%
21	Marblehead	20,413	26.1%	7.1%	16.2%
22	Nantucket	10,017	27.6%	9.4%	17.0%
23	Wakefield	27,793	24.5%	9.3%	17.1%
24	Northampton	30,962	23.1%	9.5%	17.4%
25	Stoneham	23,355	24.2%	9.3%	17.7%
26	Wilmington	23,336	24.7%	10.1%	17.8%
27	Dedham	25,237	24.3%	9.4%	17.2%
28	Lynnfield	13,064	26.2%	8.4%	18.0%
29	Newburyport	18,652	26.8%	8.0%	17.2%
30	Longmeadow	15,696	27.3%	8.2%	18.5%
31	Bridgewater	28,471	27.8%	11.3%	18.5%
32	Boston	666,442	23.4%	10.7%	23.2%
33	Braintree	38,899	23.5%	10.4%	18.7%
34	Winthrop	18,759	22.9%	10.8%	20.7%
35	Beverly	42,665	28.0%	10.2%	19.9%
36	Norwood	31,542	25.1%	10.5%	18.6%
37	Weymouth	58,505	25.5%	11.3%	18.5%
38	Woburn	41,939	25.6%	11.2%	20.2%
39	Quincy	102,114	22.9%	11.0%	20.8%
40	Swampscott	15,277	28.1%	9.4%	19.5%
41	Hudson	15,719	25.8%	11.4%	19.8%
42	North Attleborough	30,984	28.8%	11.9%	18.9%
43	Danvers	28,098	27.8%	10.2%	20.3%
44	Easthampton	16,086	24.9%	12.3%	19.4%
45	Framingham	72,399	26.3%	11.7%	21.9%
46	Abington	17,053	29.2%	12.1%	19.3%
47	Holbrook	11,380	26.9%	11.9%	19.5%
48	Hull	10,138	28.3%	10.4%	18.3%
49	Salem	44,795	29.7%	11.0%	22.4%
50	Malden	65,906	25.4%	12.0%	23.6%
51	Marlborough	41,647	27.1%	12.8%	22.4%
52	Amesbury	17,403	29.9%	11.9%	21.1%
53	Somerset	18,298	29.2%	12.9%	21.0%
54	Barnstable	49,568	27.8%	12.7%	20.1%
55	Peabody	54,695	29.0%	11.9%	24.0%
56	Saugus	28,773	29.5%	12.6%	23.9%
57	Revere	60,012	25.7%	14.0%	28.5%
58	South Yarmouth	11,552	27.7%	12.5%	21.5%
59	Randolph	34,878	28.5%	11.8%	22.8%
60	Methuen	53,475	30.9%	12.1%	26.0%
61	Westfield	40,378	31.6%	13.3%	24.6%
62	Agawam	28,539	31.5%	12.7%	24.0%
63	Lowell	118,368	27.2%	14.1%	27.5%
64	Gloucester	30,075	30.2%	12.7%	23.8%
65	Haverhill	67,698	31.9%	13.6%	26.0%
66	Greenfield	17,664	27.5%	14.3%	23.9%
67	Attleboro	46,762	31.7%	15.3%	23.9%
68	Pittsfield	43,457	33.0%	14.4%	23.7%
69	Leominster	43,909	34.0%	13.4%	25.7%
70	Milford	27,731	33.6%	14.8%	25.6%
71	Palmer	12,381	33.0%	15.3%	26.1%
72	Everett	50,045	31.0%	16.1%	28.8%
73	West Springfield	28,772	33.3%	14.8%	27.4%
74	Chelsea	39,908	28.7%	15.3%	34.7%
75	Worcester	207,055	35.3%	14.5%	29.0%
76	Fitchburg	41,798	35.6%	14.7%	28.9%
77	North Adams	12,606	33.8%	16.8%	26.1%
78	Taunton	60,433	33.6%	17.9%	26.3%
79	Lynn	101,709	33.8%	14.6%	32.0%
80	Chicopee	55,295	34.7%	15.6%	29.8%
81	Gardner	21,148	35.8%	16.5%	28.2%
82	Webster	12,228	36.7%	16.7%	29.6%
83	Brockton	105,386	35.9%	17.7%	28.8%
84	Southbridge	17,928	37.3%	16.6%	32.1%
85	Lawrence	88,736	37.2%	14.5%	38.7%
86	Fall River	94,082	35.3%	21.3%	31.2%
87	New Bedford	100,998	36.3%	21.4%	32.9%
88	Holyoke	37,813	38.3%	17.1%	37.5%
89	Springfield	154,749	39.6%	17.5%	37.5%