Best PlacesCochituate, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cochituate, 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.
Cochituate ranks 140th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cochituate
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.
Cochituate's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cochituate ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$201,498 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
Where Cochituate ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,897 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cochituate
A household needs to earn about $251,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cochituate home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $201,498, 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 Cochituate's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 Cochituate
Cochituate runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cochituate.
Who works in Cochituate, and how
Work in Cochituate centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Cochituate
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cochituate, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cochituate, month by month
Cochituate sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Cochituate
General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 18 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 21.1 million passengers in 2025, with 199 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cochituate
Schools across Cochituate average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Loker SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Claypit Hill SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Happy Hollow SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Weston MiddleA+ · 76% proficient
- Wayland Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Wayland High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Weston HighA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cochituate school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cochituate 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 Cochituate against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cochituate
Is Cochituate a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cochituate ranks 140th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, high incomes, and an educated workforce, 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 Cochituate expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $913,250. The overall cost of living runs about 32% above the national average. Set against a $201,498 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Cochituate safe?
Yes, Cochituate is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $112 per resident a year.
Compare Cochituate with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cochituate. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cochituate 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.
Cochituate detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cochituate: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cochituate: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cochituate: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cochituate: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cochituate 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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