Best PlacesConcord, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Concord, 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.
Concord ranks 149th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Concord
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.
Concord's strengths and weaknesses
Where Concord ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$200,886 median, better than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Concord ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,897 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Concord
A household needs to earn about $385,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Concord home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $200,886, 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 Concord's effective rate of 1.25%, 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 Concord
Concord runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Concord.
Who works in Concord, and how
Work in Concord centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 53%
- Work from home 37%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Concord
Concord has more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. The coast is about 30 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Concord and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Concord, month by month
Concord sees roughly 64 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 Concord
General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 19 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 Concord
Schools across Concord average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carlisle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Luther Conant SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- AlcottA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wayland Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- John Glenn MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Concord MiddleA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Acton-boxborough Regional HighA+ · 89% proficient
- Concord Carlisle HighA+ · 87% proficient
- Lincoln-sudbury Regional HighA+ · 84% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Concord school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Concord 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 Concord against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Concord
Is Concord a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Concord ranks 149th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs 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 Concord expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,386,792. The overall cost of living runs about 39% above the national average. Set against a $200,886 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Concord safe?
Yes, Concord is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $155 per resident a year.
Compare Concord with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Concord. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Concord 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.
Concord detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Concord: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Concord: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Concord: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Concord: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Concord 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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