Best PlacesKempton Croft, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kempton Croft, 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.
Kempton Croft ranks 2,700th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kempton Croft
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.
Kempton Croft's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kempton Croft ranks high
- Household income$188,063 median, better than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
Where Kempton Croft ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kempton Croft
A household needs to earn about $170,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kempton Croft home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $188,063, 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 Kempton Croft's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 Kempton Croft
Kempton Croft'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 Kempton Croft.
Who works in Kempton Croft, and how
Work in Kempton Croft centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Kempton Croft
The coast is about 12 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kempton Croft, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kempton Croft, month by month
Kempton Croft sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Kempton Croft
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kempton Croft
Schools across Kempton Croft average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- George H PotterC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Keith Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Westport Middle-high SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kempton Croft school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kempton Croft 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 Kempton Croft against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kempton Croft
Is Kempton Croft a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kempton Croft ranks 2,700th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, low crime, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kempton Croft expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $642,500. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $188,063 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Kempton Croft safe?
Yes, Kempton Croft is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $121 per resident a year.
Compare Kempton Croft with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kempton Croft. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kempton Croft 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.
Kempton Croft detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kempton Croft: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kempton Croft: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kempton Croft: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kempton Croft: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kempton Croft 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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