Best PlacesEast Gloucester, Gloucester, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Gloucester, Gloucester, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Gloucester, Gloucester ranks 2,400th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Gloucester, Gloucester
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.
East Gloucester, Gloucester's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Gloucester, Gloucester ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 72% of neighborhoods
Where East Gloucester, Gloucester ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,897 a month, better than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in East Gloucester, Gloucester
A household needs to earn about $166,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Gloucester, Gloucester home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $97,700, 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 East Gloucester, Gloucester's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 East Gloucester, Gloucester
East Gloucester, Gloucester 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 East Gloucester, Gloucester.
Who works in East Gloucester, Gloucester, and how
Work in East Gloucester, Gloucester centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in East Gloucester, Gloucester
East Gloucester, Gloucester has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 82% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 1 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of East Gloucester, Gloucester and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Gloucester, Gloucester, month by month
East Gloucester, Gloucester sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of East Gloucester, Gloucester
General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 25 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 East Gloucester, Gloucester
Schools across East Gloucester, Gloucester average a B−, better than 63% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- East Gloucester ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Veterans MemorialD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ralph B O'maley MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Gloucester HighB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Gloucester, Gloucester school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Gloucester, Gloucester 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 East Gloucester, Gloucester against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in East Gloucester, Gloucester
Is East Gloucester, Gloucester a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Gloucester, Gloucester ranks 2,400th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, clean air, and low crime, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Gloucester, Gloucester expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $613,054. The overall cost of living runs about 33% above the national average. Set against a $97,700 median income, cost of living beats 45% of neighborhoods.
Is East Gloucester, Gloucester safe?
Yes, East Gloucester, Gloucester is safer than 89% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare East Gloucester, Gloucester with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Gloucester, Gloucester. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Gloucester, Gloucester 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.
East Gloucester, Gloucester detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Gloucester, Gloucester: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Gloucester, Gloucester: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Gloucester, Gloucester: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Gloucester, Gloucester: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Gloucester, Gloucester 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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