Best PlacesMattapoisett, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mattapoisett, 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.
Mattapoisett ranks 2,147th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mattapoisett
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.
Mattapoisett's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mattapoisett ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$147,123 median, better than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
Where Mattapoisett ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% 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 Mattapoisett
A household needs to earn about $201,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mattapoisett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $147,123, 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 Mattapoisett's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 Mattapoisett
Mattapoisett 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 Mattapoisett.
Who works in Mattapoisett, and how
Work in Mattapoisett centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mattapoisett
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Mattapoisett, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mattapoisett, month by month
Mattapoisett sees roughly 77 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 Mattapoisett
The nearest airport, Martha's Vineyard, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mattapoisett
Schools across Mattapoisett average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Old HammondtownA · 67% proficient
- Old Rochester Regional Jr HighB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Old Rochester Regional HighA · 73% proficient
- Fairhaven HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mattapoisett school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mattapoisett 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 Mattapoisett against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mattapoisett
Is Mattapoisett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mattapoisett ranks 2,147th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low crime, and high incomes, 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 Mattapoisett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $751,431. The overall cost of living runs about 30% above the national average. Set against a $147,123 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Mattapoisett safe?
Yes, Mattapoisett is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $131 per resident a year.
Compare Mattapoisett with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mattapoisett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mattapoisett 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.
Mattapoisett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mattapoisett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mattapoisett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mattapoisett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mattapoisett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mattapoisett 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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