Best PlacesGranville, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Granville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Granville ranks 9,167th 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 Granville
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.
Granville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Granville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Granville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,385 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Short commute38.4 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Granville
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Granville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $88,276; 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 Granville's effective rate of 1.32%, 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 Granville
Granville 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 Granville.
Who works in Granville, and how
Work in Granville centers on education and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Granville
Granville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Granville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Granville, month by month
Granville sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 63° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 88° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Granville
Bradley International sits about 16 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 Granville
Schools across Granville average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Colebrook Consolidated SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Hartland SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Live Oaks SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harborside Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- East Shore Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Westfield Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Granby Memorial High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Westfield HighA− · 59% proficient
- Joseph A. Foran High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Granville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Granville 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 Granville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Granville
Is Granville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Granville ranks 9,167th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, tree cover, and big-city access, and lowest on childcare costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Granville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $342,629. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $88,276 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Granville safe?
Yes, Granville is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $114 per resident a year.
Compare Granville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Granville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Granville 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.
Granville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Granville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Granville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Granville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Granville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Granville 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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