Best Places02760, MA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 02760, 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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02760 ranks 2,348th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 02760

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 02760 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.

02760's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%Few empty homes
Top 10%Low crime
Top 10%High incomes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 02760 with other zip codes.

Where 02760 ranks high

  • Low vacancyBetter than 98% of zip codes
  • Crime safetyBetter than 95% of zip codes
  • Household income$126,890 median, better than 92% of zip codes
  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of zip codes
  • Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of zip codes

Where 02760 ranks low

  • Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 5% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than only 18% of zip codes
  • Short commute32.5 minutes each way, better than only 18% of zip codes
  • State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than only 28% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 02760

A household needs to earn about $129,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 02760 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $126,890; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.

Income to buy the median home
$129,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$3,005
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $475,821 home
Median rent
$1,551
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$2,426
Property tax$421
Homeowners insurance$159

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 02760's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 02760

02760 runs older than the country.

Median age
43
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
17%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.4
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1819%
18 to 3420%
35 to 4921%
50 to 6422%
65 and older17%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 02760.


Who works in 02760, and how

Work in 02760 centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
16%
about the national average
Unemployment
5.2%
above the national average
Job growth
−0.8%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social14%
Education12%
Manufacturing11%
Professional & technical11%
Retail trade10%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 79%
  • Work from home 16%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 5%

Life in 02760

02760 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 93% of zip codes. The coast is about 40 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 02760 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
164
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 57.0 per 10,000 residents, more than 74% of zip codes
Coffee shops
17
about 5.9 per 10,000 residents, more than 71% of zip codes
Parkland
391 acres
about 13.6 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 93% of zip codes
To the coast
40 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in 02760, month by month

02760 sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.

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°
April60°48°37°
July85°73°63°
October66°54°44°

Flying in and out of 02760

The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 32 miles away.

Nearest airport
PVD
Rhode Island Tf Green International, about 18 miles
Airport size
Small hub
72nd-busiest in the US, 55 nonstop destinations
Average drive
26 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 02760

Schools across 02760 average a B+, better than 78% 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 02760 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


02760 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 02760 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 02760 suits

Families

Schools beat 78% of zip codes and crime safety beats 95%.

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Remote workers

Cost of living against local pay beats 91% of zip codes and 16% already work from home.

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Retirees

Health care access beats 90%.

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Common questions about living in 02760

Is 02760 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 02760 ranks 2,348th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on few empty homes, low crime, and high incomes, 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 02760 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $475,821. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $126,890 median income, cost of living beats 91% of zip codes.

Is 02760 safe?

Yes, 02760 is safer than 95% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $165 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 02760?

July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 21. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 31% of zip codes.

Is 02760 good for families?

Schools beat 78% of zip codes, crime safety beats 95%, and childcare runs $1,514 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 02760. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 02760 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.

02760 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 02760: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 02760: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 02760: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 02760: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

02760 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.