Best PlacesHeaven Heights, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Heaven Heights, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Heaven Heights ranks 1,861st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Heaven Heights
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.
Heaven Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Heaven Heights ranks high
- Household income$196,696 median, better than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
Where Heaven Heights ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Short commute41.4 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Heaven Heights
A household needs to earn about $169,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Heaven Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $196,696, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Heaven Heights' effective rate of 1.01%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Heaven Heights
Heaven Heights's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Heaven Heights.
Who works in Heaven Heights, and how
Work in Heaven Heights centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Heaven Heights
The coast is about 18 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Heaven Heights, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Heaven Heights, month by month
Heaven Heights sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 31° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Heaven Heights
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 39 miles away.
The best schools in and around Heaven Heights
Schools across Heaven Heights average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Assawompset Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- George R Austin Intermediate SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Freetown-lakeville Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Apponequet Regional HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Heaven Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Heaven Heights 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 Heaven Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Heaven Heights
Is Heaven Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Heaven Heights ranks 1,861st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, low crime, and what local pay buys, 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 Heaven Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $627,500. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $196,696 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Heaven Heights safe?
Yes, Heaven Heights is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $124 per resident a year.
Compare Heaven Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Heaven Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Heaven Heights 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.
Heaven Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Heaven Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Heaven Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Heaven Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Heaven Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Heaven Heights 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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