Brookline vs Wellesley
Brookline and Wellesley on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.
Category by category
C+HousingA−
Wellesley +21 pts
ASchoolsA+
Wellesley +4 pts
B−Cost of livingC+
Brookline +6 pts
B−CommuteC
Brookline +7 pts
A+AmenitiesB−
Brookline +25 pts
BEmploymentB
Brookline +1 pts
—Residents—
not comparable yet
Weigh it yourself
The published weights are an editorial judgement, not a fact. Drag them. Both totals recompute live and the bar above moves with them.
Weights total 100% · normalised to 100% before scoring, so you can be sloppy.
The numbers side by side
$1.25MMedian home value$1.58M
$2,835Median rent$2,886
27.1 minMean commute27.2 min
$142kMedian household income$250k+
0.80%Effective property tax0.92%
95th pctWithin-state proficiency97th pct
249Restaurants & cafés41
63,266Population30,347
0Resident responses0
Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.