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Hanover

South Shore · pop. 14,887

Hanover is the polished, practical South Shore suburb: above-average schools, Route 3 access to Boston, and a malls-and-neighborhoods layout that families find reliable even if it lacks personality.

Family Suburb
Livability Index
52
/ 100
Ranks #155 of 194 MA towns

The numbers

Median home
$800k
4.2× household income
Household income
$190k
ACS median
Commute to Boston
44 min
peak driving
Population
14,887
5-yr trend 62/100

How Hanover scores

Schools
80
Safety
88
Walkability
30
Transit
18
Biking
22
Dining
48
Nightlife
22
Arts & Culture
26
Green Space
35
Diversity
22
Climate
66

Who lives in Hanover

U.S. Census ACS 2018–2022 estimates. Rounded.

Median age
41
Foreign-born
3.4%
Bachelor's or higher
57.8%
Population
15k
White92.8%
Hispanic / Latino0.9%
Asian1.5%
Black0.6%
Other / multi4.2%

Schools in Hanover

Hanover School District. Massachusetts DESE FY2024 (FY2025 graduation rates).

Overall vs MA
Top 25% in MA
76/100
ELA · 3-8
p74
55.3%
Math · 3-8
p76
59.4%
ELA · 10
p86
80%
Math · 10
p72
67.3%
Grad rate
97.1%
Above average
Spend / pupil
$18.1k
Bottom 25%
Teachers / 100
7.5
Bottom 25%
Enrollment
2,602

Source: Massachusetts DESE Education-to-Career Research and Data Hub. Percentile ranks against 194 MA towns in our index.

The honest read

Best for
Families who want high incomes, good schools, and easy highway access without splurging on Duxbury.
The tradeoff
No real downtown and the town center is a shopping plaza.

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