Best PlacesHyde Park, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hyde Park, 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.
Hyde Park ranks 1,157th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hyde Park
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.
Hyde Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hyde Park ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of cities
- BikingBetter than 90% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of cities
Where Hyde Park ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,304 a month, better than only 1% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 8% of cities
- Short commute33.5 minutes each way, better than only 10% of cities
- School gradeD+, better than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Hyde Park
A household needs to earn about $150,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hyde Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $103,266, 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 Hyde Park's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Hyde Park
Hyde Park'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 Hyde Park.
Who works in Hyde Park, and how
Work in Hyde Park centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Hyde Park
Hyde Park has more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. The coast is about 17 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Hyde Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hyde Park, month by month
Hyde Park sees roughly 59 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 Hyde Park
General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 9 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 Hyde Park
Schools across Hyde Park average a D+, better than 11% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Cunningham SchoolA · 64% proficient
- GreenlodgeA− · 62% proficient
- Lt Peter M HansenA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Charles S Pierce MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Wm H Galvin MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Dedham Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Milton HighA · 76% proficient
- Canton HighA · 73% proficient
- Dedham HighA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hyde Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hyde Park 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 Hyde Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Hyde Park suits
Families
Schools land around the 11th percentile and crime safety beats 57%.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Hyde Park
Is Hyde Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hyde Park ranks 1,157th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on transit, low property taxes, and biking, and lowest on childcare costs and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hyde Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $598,443. The overall cost of living runs about 27% above the national average. Set against a $103,266 median income, cost of living beats 30% of cities.
Is Hyde Park safe?
Yes, Hyde Park is safer than 57% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $294 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hyde Park?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 22. That works out to about 59 pleasant days a year, more than 6% of cities.
Is Hyde Park good for families?
Schools beat 11% of cities, crime safety beats 57%, and childcare runs $2,304 a month.
Compare Hyde Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hyde Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hyde Park 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.
Hyde Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hyde Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hyde Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hyde Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hyde Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hyde Park 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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