Best PlacesHamlet, Woonsocket, RI Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Hamlet, Woonsocket, 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.

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Hamlet, Woonsocket ranks 4,907th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. An overheated housing market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on clean air.

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The best neighborhoods in Hamlet, Woonsocket

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Hamlet, Woonsocket area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

Hamlet, Woonsocket's strengths and weaknesses

Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Hamlet, Woonsocket with other neighborhoods.

Where Hamlet, Woonsocket ranks high

  • Air qualityBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
  • Crime safetyBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
  • Tree shadeBetter than 69% of neighborhoods
  • Big-city accessBetter than 69% of neighborhoods
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 68% of neighborhoods

Where Hamlet, Woonsocket ranks low

  • Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
  • State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
  • Local economyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
  • School gradeD−, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
  • Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in Hamlet, Woonsocket

A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hamlet, Woonsocket home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $52,230, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$91,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$2,117
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $326,017 home
Median rent
$1,172
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,662
Property tax$346
Homeowners insurance$109

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 Hamlet, Woonsocket's effective rate of 1.27%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Hamlet, Woonsocket

Hamlet, Woonsocket runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
37
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
12%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.3
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1822%
18 to 3427%
35 to 4921%
50 to 6418%
65 and older12%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hamlet, Woonsocket.

Who works in Hamlet, Woonsocket, and how

Work in Hamlet, Woonsocket centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
10%
below the national average
Unemployment
10.8%
above the national average
Job growth
−6.8%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social15%
Manufacturing14%
Retail trade14%
Admin & support services8%
Hospitality & food8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 85%
  • Work from home 10%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 5%

Life in Hamlet, Woonsocket

The coast is about 45 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Hamlet, Woonsocket, which the map shows.

To the coast
45 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in Hamlet, Woonsocket, month by month

Hamlet, Woonsocket sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January40°30°21°
April60°48°37°
July85°73°63°
October66°54°44°

Flying in and out of Hamlet, Woonsocket

The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 36 miles away.

Nearest airport
PVD
Rhode Island Tf Green International, about 20 miles
Airport size
Small hub
72nd-busiest in the US, 55 nonstop destinations
Average drive
28 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Hamlet, Woonsocket

Schools across Hamlet, Woonsocket average a D−, better than 8% of neighborhoods.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hamlet, Woonsocket school and its grade on SchoolGrade.

Hamlet, Woonsocket 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 Hamlet, Woonsocket against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.

Common questions about living in Hamlet, Woonsocket

Is Hamlet, Woonsocket a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hamlet, Woonsocket ranks 4,907th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, low crime, and tree cover, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Hamlet, Woonsocket expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $326,017. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $52,230 median income, cost of living beats 19% of neighborhoods.

Is Hamlet, Woonsocket safe?

Yes, Hamlet, Woonsocket is safer than 85% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $197 per resident a year.

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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hamlet, Woonsocket. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hamlet, Woonsocket 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.

Hamlet, Woonsocket detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Hamlet, Woonsocket: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Hamlet, Woonsocket: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Hamlet, Woonsocket: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Hamlet, Woonsocket: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Hamlet, Woonsocket detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. 2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026