Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Granville’s subject grades are an A for safety and the outdoors and an A+ for history; the weakest is a D for cost of living. Granville’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, above both the Massachusetts town median (30 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On hazard risk, just 26 of Massachusetts’ 325 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 68% of U.S. towns. 51% of the land in Granville is conserved, above both the Massachusetts town median (19%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Barkhamsted Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land, 1,863 acres with 2.1 miles of trail. Granville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Granville beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,979 in 1790, a low of 655 in 1920, 1,538 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1743 and 8 maps from 1887 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 Granville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Granville. Close and well known come first.
17 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
15 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
25 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
31 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
36 mi LakeQuabbin Reservoir
27 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney StadiumSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Granville, 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 Granville.
46 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The trail density in Granville is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Granville State Forest | 9 mi | 1,696 |
| 2. Phelon Memorial Forest | 5.7 mi | 972 |
| 3. Barkhamsted Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land | 2.1 mi | 1,863 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 165 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
Granville’s property crime rate is 2.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Granville | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.6 per 1,000 residents | 4.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.3 per 1,000 residents | 1.5 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Granville home is worth about $420,000, up 3.3% in a year, 36% below the Massachusetts typical home. 93% of Granville households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Of the 284 Massachusetts towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Granville. Since 2013, Granville has added 40 jobs, to 138 in 2023. 10% of residents live below the poverty line in Granville.
| Granville | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Granville beats the Massachusetts average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| Granville | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 82% | 79% |
| What stands out | Granville | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 12.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Granville has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 15° and about 59 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Granville since 2011.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Granville
About 3 of every 100 Granville residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
50.9% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
4 places in Granville on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Granville.
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Granville is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,538 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is named for John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville.
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6 towns share a border with Granville.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granville | — | — | D | A | C+ | B+ |
| Southwick | #200 | B− | D | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Tolland | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Westfield | #229 | C+ | C− | B | C | B |
| Russell | — | — | C− | — | C− | B+ |
| Blandford | — | — | C+ | — | C− | B+ |
Granville, Russell and Blandford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Russell and Blandford report no FBI crime data of their own. Tolland isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Granville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. That is 5.9 years of the area's median household income ($71,306 across the Springfield, MA 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 D.
3 notable people were born here, including Isaac C. Bates and Samuel L. M. Barlow.
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