Best PlacesMiddleborough Center, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Middleborough Center, 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.
Middleborough Center ranks 9,116th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Middleborough Center
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.
Middleborough Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Middleborough Center ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Middleborough Center ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Middleborough Center
A household needs to earn about $120,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Middleborough Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $101,206, 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 Middleborough Center's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 Middleborough Center
Middleborough Center's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Middleborough Center.
Who works in Middleborough Center, and how
Work in Middleborough Center centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Middleborough Center
Middleborough Center has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns and more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. The coast is about 22 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Middleborough Center and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Middleborough Center, month by month
Middleborough Center sees roughly 67 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 Middleborough Center
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 29 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 Middleborough Center
Schools across Middleborough Center average a B, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mary K. Goode Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Henry B. Burkland Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- John T. Nichols MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Middleborough HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Middleborough Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Middleborough Center 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 Middleborough Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Middleborough Center
Is Middleborough Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Middleborough Center ranks 9,116th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and biking, 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 Middleborough Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $435,976. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $101,206 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Middleborough Center safe?
Yes, Middleborough Center is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $202 per resident a year.
Compare Middleborough Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Middleborough Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Middleborough Center 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.
Middleborough Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Middleborough Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Middleborough Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Middleborough Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Middleborough Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Middleborough Center 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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