Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Conway’s subject grades are an A for health and the outdoors and an A+ for history; the weakest is a D for cost of living. 32% of residents are 65 or older in Conway, above both the Massachusetts town median (19%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Only 8 of the 284 Massachusetts towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Conway. 32% of the land in Conway is conserved, where Massachusetts’ towns sit at 19% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest place to walk is Conway State Forest, 1,793 acres with 6.9 miles of trail. Conway has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Conway beats most towns.
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1870.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Conway is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Conway. Close and well known come first.
28 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
25 mi MountainMount Greylock
23 mi LakeQuabbin Reservoir
39 mi MountainMount Monadnock
33 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
33 mi TheatreTanglewoodSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0 · Mount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Conway, 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 Conway.
Conway beats the Massachusetts average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 25% of Conway adults have obesity.
| Conway | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 28% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 82% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Conway | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 2.9% | 5.2% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.1% | 12.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Conway school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conway GrammarLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 152 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
60 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. The trail density in Conway is 1.6 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Conway State Forest | 6.9 mi | 1,793 |
| 2. Conway Hills Wildlife Sanctuary | 1 mi | 102 |
| 3. MacLeish Field Station | 1 mi | 41 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Conway for work: only 5% work in town. Conway’s average trip to work is 24 minutes. Jobs based in Conway fell to 213 in 2023, 37 fewer than in 2013.
| Conway | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Conway home is worth about $462,000, up 6.3% in a year, 29% below the Massachusetts typical home. 93% of households own their home in Conway.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Conway has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 14° and about 46 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1987, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Conway.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
5 within 15 miles of the center of Conway
About 3 of every 100 Conway residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
Where Conway’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Conway on the National Register of Historic Places.
17 notable people were born in Conway.
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Conway is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,761 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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6 towns share a border with Conway.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conway | — | — | D | — | B− | A |
| Shelburne | — | — | C− | A− | C− | A− |
| Deerfield | #137 | B+ | D | B | B− | A |
| Goshen | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whately | — | — | C | A− | B | A |
| Ashfield | — | — | D | A | C− | A |
| Buckland | — | — | C− | — | C− | A− |
Conway, Shelburne, Whately, Ashfield and Buckland have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Conway and Buckland report no FBI crime data of their own. Goshen isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Conway with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Yes. That is 6.2 years of the area's median household income ($74,907 across the Greenfield, MA area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
17 notable people were born here, including William Collins Whitney and Marshall Field.
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