Every town that fits shows up, alphabetically, because fit is fit. The near-miss list tells you which single change opens which towns.

Budget (median home assessed under)I work in

More Filters: Town Size and Must-Haves

Town Size

Must-Haves (Leave Unticked for No Preference) Town-Run Schools Through Grade 12 Wired Broadband (Cable or Town Fibre) Natural-Gas Main Public Water System in Town Municipal Sewer in Town

Unticked means no preference, a town without a gas main only drops out if you require one. Every grade has a school in every town; the schools tick asks whether the town's own districts run through grade 12 rather than tuitioning older students to a neighbour.

How This Filters, Honestly

Budget screens on assessed value, the town's median single-family assessment, which runs below asking prices. A screen, not a listing search.
Commute: typical drive, without traffic, computed from the road network (© openrouteservice.org, map data © OpenStreetMap contributors), centroid to centroid.
Missing data never disappears a town, if a record can't answer one of your filters, the town lands in “can't say,” named, not dropped.
Nothing is ranked. Towns are alphabetical within county. Fit is fit.

From the Desk

RE413 News: what a year actually costs, town by town. Built from the same public record as the figures on this page.

Sources

The same records as every town page: DLS, Census Bureau, LEHD 2022, MassGIS, MassDEP, district registries. Budget screens on assessed values, commute on the road network or straight-line miles, schools and internet on the registries. Checked 2026-11-02.

"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.