Best PlacesEast Sandwich, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Sandwich, 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.
East Sandwich ranks 1,904th 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 East Sandwich
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 Sandwich's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Sandwich ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$135,942 median, better than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
Where East Sandwich ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Sandwich
A household needs to earn about $178,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Sandwich home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $135,942, 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 Sandwich's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Sandwich
East Sandwich runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Sandwich.
Who works in East Sandwich, and how
Work in East Sandwich centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in East Sandwich
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across East Sandwich, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Sandwich, month by month
East Sandwich sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 55° | 47° | 39° |
| July | 80° | 73° | 66° |
| October | 63° | 56° | 48° |
Flying in and out of East Sandwich
The nearest airport, Cape Cod Gateway, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Sandwich
Schools across East Sandwich average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oak RidgeB+ · 51% proficient
- Barnstable United Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- West Barnstable ElementaryC− · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Sandwich Middle High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Barnstable HighC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Sandwich school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Sandwich 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 Sandwich against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Sandwich
Is East Sandwich a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Sandwich ranks 1,904th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, 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 East Sandwich expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $650,740. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $135,942 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is East Sandwich safe?
Yes, East Sandwich is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $90 per resident a year.
Compare East Sandwich with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Sandwich. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Sandwich 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 Sandwich detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Sandwich: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Sandwich: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Sandwich: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Sandwich: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Sandwich 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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