Best PlacesMonument Beach, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Monument Beach, 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.
Monument Beach ranks 6,416th 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 Monument Beach
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.
Monument Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Monument Beach ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
Where Monument Beach ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Monument Beach
A household needs to earn about $134,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Monument Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $104,183, 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 Monument Beach's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Monument Beach
Monument Beach runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Monument Beach.
Who works in Monument Beach, and how
Work in Monument Beach centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Monument Beach
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Monument Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Monument Beach, month by month
Monument Beach sees roughly 97 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 Monument Beach
The nearest airport, Cape Cod Gateway, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Monument Beach
Schools across Monument Beach average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Falmouth ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Bourne Intermediate SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bourne Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Sandwich Middle High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Bourne High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Monument Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Monument Beach 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 Monument Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Monument Beach
Is Monument Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Monument Beach ranks 6,416th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low crime, and biking, 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 Monument Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $513,154. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $104,183 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Monument Beach safe?
Yes, Monument Beach is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $137 per resident a year.
Compare Monument Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Monument Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Monument Beach 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.
Monument Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Monument Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Monument Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Monument Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Monument Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Monument Beach 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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