Hamilton, Wenham Get A's In New Neighborhood Ranking

HAMILTON-WENHAM, MA – Hamilton and Wenham were each given an A+ by Niche in its 2017 ranking of the best places to live in Massachusetts. Niche gave grades to almost every municipality in the state based on local schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment statistics, and services.

Hamilton and Wenham were two of 63 municipalities given an A+ rating.

Niche created a standardized score for each factor, and after weighting each factor, an overall score was calculated, which was again given a new standardized score.

Hamilton and Wenham each got an A+ for their public schools, and Wenham got a C+ for nightlife while Hamilton got a C.

Finally, Niche.com created a numerical ranking and assigned grades for each place. Click here to read more about the methodology.

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