Best PlacesLiberty Heights, Springfield, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Liberty Heights, Springfield, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Liberty Heights, Springfield ranks 5,017th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Liberty Heights, Springfield
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.
Liberty Heights, Springfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Liberty Heights, Springfield ranks high
- Short commute17.5 minutes each way, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 71% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 69% of neighborhoods
Where Liberty Heights, Springfield ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Liberty Heights, Springfield
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Liberty Heights, Springfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $61,189; 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 Liberty Heights, Springfield's effective rate of 1.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Liberty Heights, Springfield
Liberty Heights, Springfield runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Liberty Heights, Springfield.
Who works in Liberty Heights, Springfield, and how
Work in Liberty Heights, Springfield centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Liberty Heights, Springfield
Liberty Heights, Springfield has more parkland per resident than 90% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Liberty Heights, Springfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Liberty Heights, Springfield, month by month
Liberty Heights, Springfield sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 48° | 35° |
| July | 88° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 68° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Liberty Heights, Springfield
Bradley International sits about 14 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.3 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Liberty Heights, Springfield
Schools across Liberty Heights, Springfield average a D+, better than 18% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Alfred G. Zanetti Montessori Magnet SchoolB · 44% proficient
- LitwinC · 31% proficient
- LibertyD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (talented And Gifted)C+ · 37% proficient
- Emergence AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
- Dupont MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Chicopee HighC · 32% proficient
- The Springfield Renaissance School An Expeditionary LearningC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Liberty Heights, Springfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Liberty Heights, Springfield 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 Liberty Heights, Springfield against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Liberty Heights, Springfield
Is Liberty Heights, Springfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Liberty Heights, Springfield ranks 5,017th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on short commutes, tree cover, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Liberty Heights, Springfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,777. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $61,189 median income, cost of living beats 19% of neighborhoods.
Is Liberty Heights, Springfield safe?
Yes, Liberty Heights, Springfield is safer than 61% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $388 per resident a year.
Compare Liberty Heights, Springfield with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Liberty Heights, Springfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Liberty Heights, Springfield 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.
Liberty Heights, Springfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Liberty Heights, Springfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Liberty Heights, Springfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Liberty Heights, Springfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Liberty Heights, Springfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Liberty Heights, Springfield 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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