Best PlacesMiddleboro, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Middleboro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Middleboro ranks 11,032nd 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 Middleboro
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.
Middleboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Middleboro ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
Where Middleboro ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Short commute32.4 minutes each way, better than only 22% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Middleboro
A household needs to earn about $136,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Middleboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,534, 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 Middleboro's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 Middleboro
Middleboro runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Middleboro.
Who works in Middleboro, and how
Work in Middleboro centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Middleboro
The coast is about 22 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Middleboro, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Middleboro, month by month
Middleboro sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 31° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Middleboro
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 33 miles away.
The best schools in and around Middleboro
Schools across Middleboro average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rochester MemorialB+ · 53% proficient
- Laliberte Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Mary K. Goode Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bridgewater Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Raynham Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- John T. Nichols MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Bridgewater-raynham RegionalA− · 66% proficient
- Middleborough HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Middleboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Middleboro 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 Middleboro against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Middleboro
Is Middleboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Middleboro ranks 11,032nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and health care access, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Middleboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $503,549. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $93,534 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Middleboro safe?
Yes, Middleboro is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $128 per resident a year.
Compare Middleboro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Middleboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Middleboro 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.
Middleboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Middleboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Middleboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Middleboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Middleboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Middleboro 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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