Best PlacesGove Street, Boston, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gove Street, Boston, 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.
Gove Street, Boston ranks 2,679th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gove Street, Boston
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.
Gove Street, Boston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gove Street, Boston ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Gove Street, Boston ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,304 a month, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Short commute31.5 minutes each way, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Gove Street, Boston
A household needs to earn about $177,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gove Street, Boston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $88,771, 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 Gove Street, Boston's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Gove Street, Boston
Gove Street, Boston runs younger 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 Gove Street, Boston.
Who works in Gove Street, Boston, and how
Work in Gove Street, Boston centers on hospitality & food and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 24%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 56%
Life in Gove Street, Boston
Gove Street, Boston has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 4 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Gove Street, Boston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gove Street, Boston, month by month
Gove Street, Boston sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 67° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Gove Street, Boston
General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 2 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 Gove Street, Boston
Schools across Gove Street, Boston average a D+, better than 21% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Alighieri Dante Montessori SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Arthur T. Cummings Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Otis Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Winthrop High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- East Boston High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gove Street, Boston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gove Street, Boston 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 Gove Street, Boston against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Gove Street, Boston
Is Gove Street, Boston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gove Street, Boston ranks 2,679th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and biking, and lowest on childcare costs and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gove Street, Boston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $692,631. The overall cost of living runs about 46% above the national average. Set against a $88,771 median income, cost of living beats 27% of neighborhoods.
Is Gove Street, Boston safe?
Yes, Gove Street, Boston is safer than 66% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $368 per resident a year.
Compare Gove Street, Boston with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gove Street, Boston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gove Street, Boston 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.
Gove Street, Boston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gove Street, Boston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gove Street, Boston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gove Street, Boston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gove Street, Boston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gove Street, Boston 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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