Best PlacesHolbrook, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holbrook, 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.
Holbrook ranks 9,312th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Holbrook
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.
Holbrook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Holbrook ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$118,583 median, better than 93% of towns
Where Holbrook ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,403 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Short commute38.0 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Holbrook
A household needs to earn about $132,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holbrook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $118,583; 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 Holbrook's effective rate of 1.26%, 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 Holbrook
Holbrook runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Holbrook.
Who works in Holbrook, and how
Work in Holbrook centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Holbrook
The coast is about 22 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Holbrook, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Holbrook, month by month
Holbrook sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 62° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Holbrook
General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 15 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 Holbrook
Schools across Holbrook average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- John F KennedyB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Holbrook Middle High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holbrook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holbrook 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 Holbrook against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Holbrook
Is Holbrook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holbrook ranks 9,312th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, transit, 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 Holbrook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $473,883. The overall cost of living runs about 26% above the national average. Set against a $118,583 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Holbrook safe?
Yes, Holbrook is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Holbrook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holbrook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holbrook 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.
Holbrook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holbrook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holbrook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holbrook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holbrook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holbrook 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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