Best Places01810, MA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 01810, 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.

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01810 ranks 491st of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 01810

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 01810 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

01810's strengths and weaknesses

#491Best US zip overall
Top 1%High incomes
Top 1%An educated workforce
Top 3%Health care access
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 01810 with other zip codes.

Where 01810 ranks high

  • Household income$183,222 median, better than 99% of zip codes
  • Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of zip codes
  • Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of zip codes
  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of zip codes
  • Health outlookBetter than 97% of zip codes

Where 01810 ranks low

  • Cheap childcare$1,897 a month, better than only 2% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than only 5% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of zip codes
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of zip codes
  • Low property taxBetter than only 20% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 01810

A household needs to earn about $235,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 01810 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $183,222, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$235,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$5,492
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $843,683 home
Median rent
$2,296
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$4,302
Property tax$909
Homeowners insurance$281

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 01810's effective rate of 1.29%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 01810

01810 runs older than the country.

Median age
43
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
16%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.7
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1823%
18 to 3418%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6423%
65 and older16%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 01810.


Who works in 01810, and how

Work in 01810 centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
31%
above the national average
Unemployment
5.1%
about the national average
Job growth
+0.1%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Professional & technical17%
Education14%
Health care & social13%
Manufacturing13%
Finance & insurance9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 62%
  • Work from home 31%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 7%

Life in 01810

The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 01810, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
112
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 30.7 per 10,000 residents, more than 45% of zip codes
Coffee shops
12
about 3.3 per 10,000 residents, more than 56% of zip codes
Parkland
84 acres
about 2.3 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 62% of zip codes
Living on campus
1,282
students living in college or university housing
To the coast
26 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in 01810, month by month

01810 sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January40°30°21°
April61°48°37°
July88°75°64°
October67°55°45°

Flying in and out of 01810

General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 22 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 21.1 million passengers in 2025, with 199 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
BOS
General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 22 miles
Airport size
Large hub
16th-busiest in the US, 199 nonstop destinations
Average drive
31 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 01810

Schools across 01810 average an A, better than 92% of zip codes.

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 01810 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


01810 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 01810 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 01810 suits

Families

Schools beat 92% of zip codes and crime safety beats 95%.

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Remote workers

Cost of living against local pay beats 97% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 31% already work from home.

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Retirees

Health care access beats 98%.

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Common questions about living in 01810

Is 01810 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 01810 ranks 491st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on high incomes, an educated workforce, and health care access, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 01810 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $843,683. The overall cost of living runs about 28% above the national average. Set against a $183,222 median income, cost of living beats 97% of zip codes.

Is 01810 safe?

Yes, 01810 is safer than 95% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $164 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 01810?

July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 21. That works out to about 63 pleasant days a year, more than 13% of zip codes.

Is 01810 good for families?

Schools beat 92% of zip codes, crime safety beats 95%, and childcare runs $1,897 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 01810. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 01810 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.

01810 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 01810: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 01810: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 01810: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 01810: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

01810 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.