Best PlacesHope Valley, RI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hope Valley, 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.
Hope Valley ranks 12,759th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hope Valley
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.
Hope Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hope Valley ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Hope Valley ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,325 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hope Valley
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hope Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,943, 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 Hope Valley's effective rate of 1.38%, 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 Hope Valley
Hope Valley 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 Hope Valley.
Who works in Hope Valley, and how
Work in Hope Valley centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, 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 Hope Valley
The coast is about 22 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Hope Valley, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hope Valley, month by month
Hope Valley sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 56° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Hope Valley
The nearest airport, Westerly State, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hope Valley
Schools across Hope Valley average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Voluntown Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Metcalf SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chariho Regional Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Exeter-west Greenwich Reg. Jr.C · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Chariho High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Exeter-west Greenwich RegionalC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hope Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hope Valley 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 Hope Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hope Valley
Is Hope Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hope Valley ranks 12,759th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, heat safety, and big-city access, and lowest on state finances and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hope Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $417,954. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $93,943 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Hope Valley safe?
Yes, Hope Valley is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $144 per resident a year.
Compare Hope Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hope Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hope Valley 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.
Hope Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hope Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hope Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hope Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hope Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hope Valley 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.