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Fitchburg vs Leominster

Central MA · Central MA
Fitchburg leads 4–2 on headline livability metrics

Across the six headline livability metrics (schools, safety, walkability, biking, affordability, and commute), Fitchburg edges Leominster 4 to 2. Median home prices are close, within $44k of each other. Leominster is about 5 minutes closer to Boston by car at peak.

The two towns at a glance

Fitchburg

Central MA · pop. 41,946
College town at the end of the Fitchburg Line, surrounded by state forests and the cheapest urban housing within a 90-minute drive of Boston.
65
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Leominster

Central MA · pop. 43,782
Plastics-industry roots, big-box shopping on Route 2, and access to the Wachusett uplands without paying Concord money.
66
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Head-to-head: every metric

Fitchburg Leominster
Headline
Livability index 70 71 ✦
Economics
Median home $336k $380k ✦
Household income $73k $84k ✦
Price ÷ income 4.6× ✦ 4.5×
Tax burden 65 ✦ 60
Schools & Safety
Schools 77 83 ✦
Safety 70 77 ✦
Getting around
Commute to Boston 60 min ✦ 55 min
Walkability 50 ✦ 44
Transit 32 ✦ 28
Biking 32 ✦ 30
Lifestyle
Dining 90 ✦ 87
Nightlife 90 ✦ 87
Arts & culture 80 83 ✦
Green space 68 ✦ 65
Community
Diversity 93 93
Climate 68 70 ✦
5-yr trend 58 60 ✦

Clay = wins this metric. Direction matters: lower median home and shorter commute are better; everything else, higher is better.

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About this comparison

Bay State Atlas ranks 194 Massachusetts towns using public data (Census ACS, MA DESE schools, Walk Score, MA Department of Revenue tax data, and the FBI UCR safety index) normalized to 0–100. Every weight is editable. This page is a static, indexable snapshot. The live tool is faster and lets you customize what counts.