Best PlacesHaverhill, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Haverhill, 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.
Haverhill ranks 1,067th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Haverhill
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.
Haverhill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Haverhill ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 92% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 74% of cities
Where Haverhill ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,897 a month, better than only 4% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Haverhill
A household needs to earn about $122,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Haverhill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $96,555, 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 Haverhill's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 Haverhill
Haverhill's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Haverhill.
Who works in Haverhill, and how
Work in Haverhill centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Haverhill
Haverhill has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of cities and more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. The coast is about 18 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Haverhill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Haverhill, month by month
Haverhill sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Haverhill
The nearest airport, Manchester Boston Regional, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 29 miles away.
The best schools in and around Haverhill
Schools across Haverhill average a C−, better than 20% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- William T. Barron Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Atkinson AcademyB · 48% proficient
- Elmer S BagnallB · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodbury SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Pentucket Regional MiddleB− · 39% proficient
- Timberlane Regional Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Pentucket Regional Sr HighA · 70% proficient
- Whittier Regional VocationalB · 50% proficient
- Salem High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Haverhill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Haverhill 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 Haverhill against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Haverhill suits
Families
Schools land around the 20th percentile and crime safety beats 86%.
Common questions about living in Haverhill
Is Haverhill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Haverhill ranks 1,067th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on clean air, tree cover, and walkability, 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 Haverhill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $455,188. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $96,555 median income, cost of living beats 32% of cities.
Is Haverhill safe?
Yes, Haverhill is safer than 86% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Haverhill?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 21. That works out to about 62 pleasant days a year, more than 11% of cities.
Is Haverhill good for families?
Schools beat 20% of cities, crime safety beats 86%, and childcare runs $1,897 a month.
Compare Haverhill with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Haverhill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Haverhill 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.
Haverhill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Haverhill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Haverhill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Haverhill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Haverhill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Haverhill 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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