Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Huntington’s subject grades are an A+ for history and an A for the outdoors; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 4 of Massachusetts’ 325 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. 28% of the land in Huntington is conserved, where Massachusetts’ towns sit at 19% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest place to walk is Hiram H. Fox Wildlife Management Area, 1,844 acres with 7 miles of trail. Huntington has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Huntington beats most towns.
Census counts: 742 in 1790, 2,094 in 2020. The archive holds 16 old photos and papers going back to 1898 and 4 maps from 1887 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Huntington is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Huntington. Close and well known come first.
19 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
21 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
29 mi MountainMount Greylock
29 mi LakeQuabbin Reservoir
37 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
23 mi TheatreTanglewoodSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Huntington, 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 Huntington.
The typical Huntington home is worth about $353,000, about the same as a year ago, 46% below the Massachusetts typical home. 85% of Huntington households own their home, above both Massachusetts’ towns (79%) and U.S. towns (73%). The median rent in Huntington is $1,334 a month.
| Huntington | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 79% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,334 a month | $1,683 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Gateway school district. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Gateway Regional School, with 333 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littleville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 260 | C |
| Gateway Regional SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 333 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
Huntington’s FEMA risk score is 84 of 100. Since 1980, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Huntington.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
36 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hiram H. Fox Wildlife Management Area | 7 mi | 1,844 |
| 2. Stevens Property | 1 mi | 112 |
| 3. C.M. Gardner State Park | 0.7 mi | 78 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Huntington for work: only 10% work in town. 13% of Huntington residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Huntington has added 24 jobs, to 432 in 2023.
| Huntington | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Huntington beats the Massachusetts average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Huntington.
| Huntington | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Huntington | MA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 72.8% | 68.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.7% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Huntington has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 14° and about 77 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
5 within 15 miles of the center of Huntington
About 5 of every 100 Huntington residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
Where Huntington’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Huntington is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,094 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The main village of Huntington is in the south of the town, with the villages of Norwich and Norwich Bridge in the center. (The villages are unofficial neighborhoods representing clusters of buildings in an otherwise rural town.) The villages of Knightville (or Knightsville) and Indian Hollow toward the north were removed by the construction of the Knightville Dam from 1939 to 1941.
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7 towns share a border with Huntington.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington | — | — | C | — | C− | B+ |
| Chesterfield | — | — | C+ | — | B− | A |
| Montgomery | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chester | — | — | C | — | C− | B+ |
| Blandford | — | — | C+ | — | C− | B+ |
| Southampton | #124 | B+ | C | A− | B− | A |
| Russell | — | — | C− | — | C− | B+ |
| Worthington | — | — | C+ | A+ | C | A− |
Huntington, Chesterfield, Chester, Blandford, Russell and Worthington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Huntington, Chesterfield, Chester, Blandford and Russell report no FBI crime data of their own. Montgomery isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Huntington with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($87,001 across the Amherst Town-Northampton, 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 C.
2 notable people were born here, including Louis B. Allyn and Michael J. Dowling.
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