Best PlacesEast Wareham, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Wareham, 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 Wareham ranks 12,275th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Wareham
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 Wareham's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Wareham ranks high
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$107,852 median, better than 89% of towns
Where East Wareham ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute33.0 minutes each way, better than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Wareham
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Wareham home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $107,852; 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 East Wareham's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Wareham
East Wareham runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Wareham.
Who works in East Wareham, and how
Work in East Wareham centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in East Wareham
East Wareham has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns. The coast is about 10 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of East Wareham and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Wareham, month by month
East Wareham sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of East Wareham
The nearest airport, Cape Cod Gateway, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 44 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Wareham
Schools across East Wareham average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South ElementaryB− · 44% proficient
- Bourne Intermediate SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Wareham Elementary SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bourne Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Bourne High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Wareham Senior HighC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Wareham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Wareham 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 Wareham against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Wareham
Is East Wareham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Wareham ranks 12,275th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, transit, 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 Wareham expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $429,848. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $107,852 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is East Wareham safe?
Yes, East Wareham is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $172 per resident a year.
Compare East Wareham with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Wareham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Wareham 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 Wareham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Wareham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Wareham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Wareham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Wareham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Wareham 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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