Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,861, settled in 1700.
Avon's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades B−, ranked 192nd of 282 in Massachusetts. The median household earns $131K and it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 95% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is schools: its public schools trail 76% of Massachusetts towns on state tests and graduation. Avon’s trail density is 0.4 miles per square mile, below Massachusetts’ towns (1.8) and close to U.S. towns (0.4). Only 28 of Massachusetts’ 300 towns score lower on safety. The biggest park or preserve is D.W. Field Park, at 116 acres.
Where Avon beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,384 in 1890, 4,777 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and 8 maps from 1886 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Avon is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Avon. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaFenway Park
Big draw14 mi MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
16 mi AttractionFreedom Trail
14 mi MuseumMuseum of Fine Arts Boston477K visitors a year
30 mi MuseumUSS MassachusettsGillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fenway Park: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Sean Dungan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Freedom Trail: Ingfbruno, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston: Martin~jawiki at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: USN, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Avon, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Avon.
Avon draws workers from Brockton and beyond, is safe by national standards but not by Massachusetts’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Massachusetts.
4,925 jobs are based in Avon, 2.1 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Avon for work: only 8% work in town. Avon’s median household income is $131,000, where Massachusetts’ towns sit at $120,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. 4.6% of residents live below the poverty line in Avon.
| Avon | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $131,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 10% | 18% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.6% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Avon school district. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Avon Middle High School, with 409 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph D ButlerLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 323 | C |
| Avon Middle High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 409 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
The FEMA risk score in Avon is 2 of 100. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Avon since 2001.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Within Massachusetts it is less healthy than 75% of the 279 graded towns: Massachusetts sets a high bar. Against the 4,473 U.S. towns with household incomes like Avon’s, it is less healthy than 69%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Avon beats the Massachusetts average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 35% of Avon adults feel lonely.
| Avon | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 28% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 9.1% | 14% |
| What stands out | Avon | MA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.6% | 11.9% |
| More adults with arthritis | 28.2% | 25.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 26.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 89% of Massachusetts’s graded towns. Each of the 3 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Holbrook (C+) to Randolph Town (B−).
Avon’s property crime rate is 22.3 per 1,000 residents. Avon reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 67% report less. Avon’s violent crime rate is 2.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Avon | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 22.3 per 1,000 residents | 4.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.3 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Avon has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. D.W. Field Park | 0.5 mi | 116 |
| 2. Fieldstone Preserve | 0.4 mi | 32 |
| 3. John J DeMarco Park | 0.4 mi | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The typical Avon home is worth about $573,000, up 2.3% in a year, 13% below the Massachusetts typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
25 within 15 miles of the center of Avon
About 8 of every 100 Avon residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Massachusetts.
Where Avon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Avon is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,777 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Avon.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | #192 | B− | C | C | C− | B+ |
| Stoughton | #206 | B− | D | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Holbrook | #165 | B | C | C+ | C+ | A− |
| Randolph Town | #239 | C | D | B− | C− | B+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Avon grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #192 of 282 in Massachusetts. It grades B+ for health, C for safety and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Massachusetts has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Avon sits nearer the middle.
That is 4.9 years of the area's median household income ($115,863 across the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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