Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Mattapoisett's standout: it has 19 miles of trail and 27% conserved land. Overall it grades A, ranked 65th of 282 in Massachusetts. The median household earns $130K and residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Mattapoisett’s median age is 57.2 years, above both the Massachusetts town median (43.4 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Haskell Swamp Wildlife Management Area, at 1,367 acres with 2.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Mattapoisett beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,483 in 1860, 6,508 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1849 and 7 maps from 1888 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Mattapoisett is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mattapoisett. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
Big draw28 mi MuseumThe Breakers
18 mi MuseumUSS Massachusetts
28 mi Ancient siteHMS Endeavour
29 mi MuseumMarble House
29 mi MuseumThe ElmsGillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Breakers: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: USN, Public domain · HMS Endeavour: Samuel Atkins (c.1760-1810), Public domain · Marble House: [email protected], Public domain · The Elms: The original uploader was Daderot at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mattapoisett, 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 Mattapoisett.
Mattapoisett has less food insecurity than most of Massachusetts and is safe by national standards but not by Massachusetts’s; it also has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Its widest gap with Massachusetts is food insecurity: 6.4% of its 5,392 adults worry about having enough food, against 12.4% statewide. Its A for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Rochester (A−) comes closest.
85% of adults had a checkup this year in Mattapoisett. Mattapoisett beats the Massachusetts average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Mattapoisett.
| Mattapoisett | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 85% | 82% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mattapoisett | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.4% | 12.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.6% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Old Rochester school district. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Old Rochester Regional High, with 643 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Rochester Regional Jr HighLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 407 | B− |
| Old Rochester Regional HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 643 | A |
| Old HammondtownTop results in townGrades 4–6 | Grades 4–6 | 154 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
19 miles of trail in 47 parks and preserves. The trail density in Mattapoisett is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nasketucket Bay State Reservation | 3.5 mi | 367 |
| 2. Haskell Swamp Wildlife Management Area | 2.8 mi | 1,367 |
| 3. Brownell Preserve | 1.4 mi | 49 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 9.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 59% of Massachusetts’s graded towns.
Mattapoisett’s property crime rate is 3.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Mattapoisett | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.8 per 1,000 residents | 4.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.8 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Mattapoisett for work: only 16% work in town. Jobs based in Mattapoisett grew to 1,893 in 2023, 338 more than in 2013. 4.3% of Mattapoisett residents live below the poverty line.
| Mattapoisett | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $130,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.3% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 30% of residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (24% statewide). Mattapoisett has grown 4.9% since 2020, to 6,831 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 57% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 47% across Massachusetts.
| Mattapoisett | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 30% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 57% | 47% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 16% | 20% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.8 points. Across Massachusetts, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Mattapoisett | MA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.9% | 10.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.4% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.4% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.7% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 14.9% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.1% | 8.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17% | 22.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.4% | 14.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.2% | 7.5% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 31.3% | 25.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 25.9% | 21.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Mattapoisett has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 23° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
389 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 10 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 389 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mattapoisett.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Mattapoisett home is worth about $763,000, up 3.7% in a year, 16% above the Massachusetts typical home.
| Mattapoisett | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 79% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,597 a month | $1,683 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Mattapoisett
About 4 of every 100 Mattapoisett residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
Coastal flooding makes up 19% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
18.4% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes, so the town is fuller in summer than its census count suggests.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
2 places in Mattapoisett on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Mattapoisett.
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Mattapoisett is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,508 at the 2020 census. Mattapoisett Center is located in the town. Mattapoisett is a part of the South Coast region of Massachusetts which encompasses the cities and towns that surround Buzzards Bay (excluding the Elizabeth Islands, Bourne and Falmouth), Mount Hope Bay and the Sakonnet River.
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3 towns share a border with Mattapoisett.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Marion (A) comes closest.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattapoisett | #65 | A | C | A− | B+ | A |
| Rochester | #121 | B+ | C | A− | B | A− |
| Marion | #80 | A | C+ | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Fairhaven | #181 | B | C | B− | B− | B |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Mattapoisett grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #65 of 282 in Massachusetts. It grades A for health, A− for safety and B+ for schools.
That is 6.6 years of the area's median household income ($115,863 across the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 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.
6 notable people were born here, including Francis Davis Millet and Elizabeth Drew Stoddard.
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