Best PlacesLunenburg, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lunenburg, 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.
Lunenburg ranks 3,408th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lunenburg
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.
Lunenburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lunenburg ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$123,600 median, better than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of towns
Where Lunenburg ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,649 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute36.3 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lunenburg
A household needs to earn about $132,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lunenburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $123,600; 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 Lunenburg's effective rate of 1.29%, 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 Lunenburg
Lunenburg runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lunenburg.
Who works in Lunenburg, and how
Work in Lunenburg centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Lunenburg
Lunenburg has more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lunenburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lunenburg, month by month
Lunenburg sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 29° | 19° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Lunenburg
The nearest airport, Worcester Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lunenburg
Schools across Lunenburg average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Turkey Hill Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Mckay Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lunenburg Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Ayer Shirley Regional Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Sky View Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Lunenburg HighA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lunenburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lunenburg 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 Lunenburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lunenburg
Is Lunenburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lunenburg ranks 3,408th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, high incomes, and health care access, and lowest on childcare costs 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 Lunenburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $472,889. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $123,600 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Lunenburg safe?
Yes, Lunenburg is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $133 per resident a year.
Compare Lunenburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lunenburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lunenburg 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.
Lunenburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lunenburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lunenburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lunenburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lunenburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lunenburg 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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