Best Places01264, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 01264, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
01264 ranks 7,129th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 01264
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
01264's strengths and weaknesses
Where 01264 ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Household income$163,333 median, better than 97% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of zip codes
Where 01264 ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of zip codes
- Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,385 a month, better than only 10% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than only 15% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 01264
A household needs to earn about $177,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 01264 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $163,333; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 01264's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 01264
01264 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 01264.
Who works in 01264, and how
Work in 01264 centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in 01264
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 01264.
What the weather is like in 01264, month by month
01264 sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of 01264
Bradley International sits about 34 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.3 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 01264
Schools across 01264 average a C+, better than 42% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Lee ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Lee Middle/high SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 01264 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
01264 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 01264 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 01264
Is 01264 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 01264 ranks 7,129th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 01264 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $699,400. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $163,333 median income, cost of living beats 95% of zip codes.
Is 01264 safe?
01264 is safer than 16% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $493 per resident a year.
Compare 01264 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 01264. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 01264 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
01264 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 01264: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 01264: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 01264: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 01264: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
01264 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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