Wakefield Among Top Communities In National Best Small Cities Ranking

WAKEFIELD, MA — Wakefield is one of the “best small cities” in the United States, according to a new ranking from the personal finance website WalletHub.

WalletHub listed Wakefield 78th overall out of well over 1,000 communities across the country. Wakefield was among the top 6% of all communities included on this year’s ranking.

Rankings came out on Tuesday. An annual WalletHub product, these rankings accounted for factors ranging from housing costs to school-system quality to restaurants per capita, as noted on the WalletHub website.

Rankings spesifically evaluated communities based on criteria in four categories including affordability, economic health, education and health and safety. WalletHub rated Wakefield most highly in its education and health category, which looks at factors including the quality of public schools, access to healthy foods and rates of physical activity.

Lancaster, Penn. ranked as the best overall small city in the United States. Within Massachusetts, other high ranking communities included Lexington, Melrose, Needham, Milton, Arlington, Burlington, Newton, Randolph, Medford and Reading.

See full WalletHub rankings here.