Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Gill’s best subject grades are an A− for health, an A+ for history, and an A for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for schools. Gill’s average trip to work is 21 minutes, below both Massachusetts’ towns (30 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Gill is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. 22% of the land in Gill is conserved, close to Massachusetts’ towns (19%) and above U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 8 of Massachusetts’ 325 towns score lower on civic life. Its National Register listings include Riverside Village Historic District and Gill Center Historic District. Gill has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Gill beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Gill is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 754 in 1850, 1,551 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1828 and a map from 1986 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gill. Close and well known come first.
36 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
21 mi LakeQuabbin Reservoir
26 mi MountainMount Monadnock
34 mi MountainMount Greylock
36 mi MuseumClark Art Institute
17 mi MuseumEmily Dickinson MuseumSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0 · Mount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Clark Art Institute: Daderot, Public domain · Emily Dickinson Museum: Daderot, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Gill, 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 Gill.
Its public schools are run by the Gill-Montague school district. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gill ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 110 | C+ |
| Four Winds School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 6–9 | Grades 6–9 | 7 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
The typical Gill home is worth about $376,000, up 1.9% in a year, 43% below the Massachusetts typical home. The median rent in Gill is $1,193 a month.
| Gill | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 79% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,193 a month | $1,683 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Gill beats the Massachusetts average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 26% of adults have obesity in Gill.
| Gill | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 28% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 82% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 25% |
| What stands out | Gill | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8% | 11.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 12.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Gill’s trail density is 1.8 miles per square mile. 27 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Connecticut River Greenway State Park, at 464 acres with 2.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Connecticut River Greenway State Park | 2.1 mi | 464 |
| 2. Seventeen Acre Woodlot | — | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Gill has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 15° and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Gill for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (17%), Deerfield (6%) and Montague (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
| Gill | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $90,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (24% statewide). 42% of Gill adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Gill | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 47% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.8 years | 43.4 years | 40.5 years |
45% women, 55% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.6 points. Across Massachusetts, 51.1% of residents are women. Among residents 25 to 34, 62% are men (MA 50%).
| Gill | MA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.5% | 10.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.4% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.8% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.2% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.3% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.9% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.2% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.8% | 8.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.1% | 22.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.7% | 14.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8% | 7.5% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.7% | 25.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.7% | 21.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Gill
About 7 of every 100 Gill residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Massachusetts.
2 places in Gill on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Gill is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,551 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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6 towns share a border with Gill.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill | — | — | C− | B+ | D | A− |
| Greenfield | #274 | D | C− | C− | D− | B |
| Northfield | #201 | B− | C | A | C− | A |
| Montague | #258 | D | C− | C+ | D | B+ |
| Turners Falls | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erving | — | — | B | A− | D | A− |
| Bernardston | — | — | C− | A− | C− | A− |
Gill, Erving and Bernardston have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Turners Falls isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Gill 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 5 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 C−.
2 notable people were born here, including E. Stevens Henry and Elial T. Foote.
