Best PlacesMashpee, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mashpee, 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.
Mashpee ranks 5,504th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mashpee
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.
Mashpee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mashpee ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
Where Mashpee ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 21% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mashpee
A household needs to earn about $149,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mashpee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $100,345, 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 Mashpee's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Mashpee
Mashpee runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mashpee.
Who works in Mashpee, and how
Work in Mashpee centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mashpee
Mashpee has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. The coast is about 6 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mashpee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mashpee, month by month
Mashpee sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 55° | 47° | 39° |
| July | 80° | 73° | 66° |
| October | 63° | 56° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Mashpee
The nearest airport, Cape Cod Gateway, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mashpee
Schools across Mashpee average an A−, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Falmouth ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Quashnet SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Morse Pond SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Falmouth HighA · 68% proficient
- Sandwich Middle High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Mashpee Middle-high SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mashpee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mashpee 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 Mashpee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mashpee
Is Mashpee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mashpee ranks 5,504th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, biking, and low crime, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mashpee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $581,322. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $100,345 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Mashpee safe?
Yes, Mashpee is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $168 per resident a year.
Compare Mashpee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mashpee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mashpee 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.
Mashpee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mashpee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mashpee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mashpee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mashpee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mashpee 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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