Best PlacesConway, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Conway, 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.
Conway ranks 6,138th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Conway
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.
Conway's strengths and weaknesses
Where Conway ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
Where Conway ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,385 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Conway
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Conway home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $97,250; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Conway's effective rate of 1.04%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Conway
Conway runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Conway.
Who works in Conway, and how
Work in Conway centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Conway
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Conway.
What the weather is like in Conway, month by month
Conway sees roughly 64 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 Conway
Bradley International sits about 40 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.3 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Conway
Schools across Conway average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Conway GrammarB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Frontier RegionalB+ · 53% proficient
- Mohawk Trail Regional SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Conway school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Conway 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 Conway against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Conway
Is Conway a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Conway ranks 6,138th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and tree cover, and lowest on childcare costs and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Conway expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $395,900. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $97,250 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Conway safe?
Yes, Conway is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Conway with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Conway. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Conway 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.
Conway detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Conway: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Conway: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Conway: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Conway: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Conway 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.