Best Places01364, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 01364, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
01364 ranks 25,357th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 01364
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.
01364's strengths and weaknesses
Where 01364 ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 78% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than 74% of zip codes
Where 01364 ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,396 a month, better than only 10% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 01364
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 01364 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $62,449, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 01364's effective rate of 1.46%, 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 01364
01364 runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 01364.
Who works in 01364, and how
Work in 01364 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in 01364
01364 has more parkland per resident than 94% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 01364 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 01364, month by month
01364 sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 17° |
| April | 61° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 87° | 73° | 60° |
| October | 66° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of 01364
The nearest airport, Worcester Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around 01364
Schools across 01364 average a C, better than 33% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Swift RiverB− · 40% proficient
- Athol Community Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Dexter ParkD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Athol-royalston Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Ralph C Mahar RegionalC · 35% proficient
- Athol HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 01364 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
01364 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 01364 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 01364
Is 01364 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 01364 ranks 25,357th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on clean air, tree cover, and big-city access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 01364 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $259,068. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $62,449 median income, cost of living beats 12% of zip codes.
Is 01364 safe?
Yes, 01364 is safer than 74% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare 01364 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 01364. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 01364 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.
01364 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 01364: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 01364: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 01364: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 01364: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
01364 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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