Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Easthampton's standout: it has 33 miles of trail. Overall it grades C+, 232nd among Massachusetts's 282 graded towns. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 87% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $433K for a typical one and 6 times the county’s $72K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 94% of U.S. towns, with 4 places on the National Register. Easthampton’s trail density is 2.4 miles per square mile, above both Massachusetts’ towns (1.8) and U.S. towns (0.4). Only 32 of Massachusetts’ 325 towns score lower on civic life. Its National Register listings include Main Street Historic District and US Post Office-Easthampton Main.
Where Easthampton beats most towns.
Census counts: 457 in 1790, 16,211 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 6 maps from 1886 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Easthampton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Easthampton. Close and well known come first.
12 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
16 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
20 mi LakeQuabbin Reservoir
36 mi MountainMount Greylock
34 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
5 mi MuseumVolleyball Hall of FameSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Volleyball Hall of Fame: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Easthampton, 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 Easthampton.
Easthampton has commutes shorter than most of Massachusetts and is safe by national standards but not by Massachusetts’s.
The biggest place to walk is Mount Tom State Reservation, 351 acres with 5 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nonotuck Park | 6.2 mi | 216 |
| 2. Mount Tom State Reservation | 5 mi | 351 |
| 3. Boruchowski Parcel | 2.2 mi | 68 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Easthampton school district. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Easthampton High, with 377 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 991 | – |
| Easthampton HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 377 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
58% of households own their home in Easthampton, below both the Massachusetts town median (79%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). The typical Easthampton home is worth about $433,000, up 2.4% in a year, 34% below the Massachusetts typical home. The median rent in Easthampton is $1,292 a month.
| Easthampton | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 79% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,292 a month | $1,683 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The average commute for its 7,441 working residents takes 22.3 minutes, against 29.1 across Massachusetts.
Most working residents leave Easthampton for work: only 16% work in town. Easthampton’s average trip to work is 22 minutes. Since 2013, Easthampton has added 743 jobs, to 4,989 in 2023.
| Easthampton | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 19% | 18% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 11.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 50% of Massachusetts’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 144 to 94 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Easthampton has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Only 4 of the 283 Massachusetts towns we compare have a higher July high than Easthampton.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are 24% of residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (24% statewide). 38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Easthampton. Easthampton has lost 2.2% of its people since 2020, down to 15,851 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Easthampton | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 46 years | 43.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 47% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.8 points. Across Massachusetts, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Easthampton | MA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.9% | 10.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.6% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.3% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.8% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.4% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.7% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.3% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.2% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.7% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 8.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.3% | 22.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.1% | 14.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.3% | 7.5% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.4% | 25.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.7% | 21.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1984, 27 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Easthampton.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
14 within 15 miles of the center of Easthampton
About 6 of every 100 Easthampton residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
Where Easthampton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
4 places in Easthampton on the National Register of Historic Places.
7 notable people were born in Easthampton.
City in Massachusetts, United States
Easthampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The city is in the Pioneer Valley, near the five colleges in the college towns of Northampton and Amherst. The population was 16,211 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Easthampton.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easthampton | #232 | C+ | D | B+ | C+ | — |
| Southampton | #124 | B+ | C | A− | B− | A |
| Northampton | #223 | C+ | D | C | B− | A |
| Holyoke | #282 | D− | C− | D− | D− | D |
| Hadley | #199 | B− | C− | D | B | A+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Easthampton grades C+ overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #232 of 282 in Massachusetts. It grades B+ for safety and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
7 notable people were born here, including Horatio G. Knight and Jeff Mason.
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