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Nantucket

Cape & Islands · pop. 14,255

Nantucket is its own world: 30 miles offshore, 14,000 year-rounders, grey-shingled everything, and home prices that hit $3M typical. The PTI ratio exceeds 25x, which is correct and not a data error.

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Livability Index
65
/ 100
Ranks #78 of 194 MA towns

The numbers

Median home
$3.03M
21.7× household income
Household income
$140k
ACS median
Commute to Boston
286 min
peak driving
Population
14,255
5-yr trend 68/100

How Nantucket scores

Schools
78
Safety
88
Walkability
55
Transit
25
Biking
60
Dining
78
Nightlife
42
Arts & Culture
58
Green Space
60
Diversity
25
Climate
62

Who lives in Nantucket

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

Median age
40.5
Foreign-born
13.1%
Bachelor's or higher
57.4%
Population
14k
White70.8%
Hispanic / Latino15.1%
Asian1.8%
Black9.4%
Other / multi2.9%

Schools in Nantucket

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

Overall vs MA
Below average
36/100
ELA · 3-8
p12
24.4%
Math · 3-8
p12
23.4%
ELA · 10
p66
67.3%
Math · 10
p53
50.3%
Grad rate
91.8%
Below average
Spend / pupil
$29.9k
Top 10% in MA
Teachers / 100
9.5
Top 25% in MA
Enrollment
1,683

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

The honest read

Best for
Ultra-high-net-worth buyers seeking the East Coast's premier island address and all-weather island life.
The tradeoff
Everything on the island costs more, the ferry is expensive, and there is no escaping island pricing for anything.

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