Best PlacesManville, RI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Manville, 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.
Manville ranks 9,122nd 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 Manville
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.
Manville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Manville ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where Manville ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,309 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Manville
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Manville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $109,617; 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 Manville's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Manville
Manville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Manville.
Who works in Manville, and how
Work in Manville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Manville
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Manville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Manville, month by month
Manville sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Manville
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Manville
Schools across Manville average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Raymond Laperche SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Northern Lincoln Elem.D · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Smithfield MsB · 47% proficient
- Lincoln Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Vincent J. Gallagher MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- North Smitfield HsB · 50% proficient
- Lincoln Senior High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Smithfield High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Manville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Manville 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 Manville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Manville
Is Manville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Manville ranks 9,122nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, few empty homes, and biking, and lowest on state finances and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Manville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $406,246. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $109,617 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Manville safe?
Yes, Manville is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
Compare Manville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Manville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Manville 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.
Manville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Manville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Manville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Manville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Manville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Manville 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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