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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
36 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

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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Nearby towns

Bordering and adjacent Massachusetts towns near Hanover.

Pembroke
48/100 · $642k
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Norwell
55/100 · $1.00M
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Hanson
46/100 · $594k
South Shore
Rockland
69/100 · $473k
South Shore

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