Best PlacesNew Marlboro, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Marlboro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
New Marlboro ranks 10,937th 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 New Marlboro
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.
New Marlboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Marlboro ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
Where New Marlboro ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,385 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Marlboro
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Marlboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,499, 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 New Marlboro'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in New Marlboro
New Marlboro runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Marlboro.
Who works in New Marlboro, and how
Work in New Marlboro centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in New Marlboro
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Marlboro.
What the weather is like in New Marlboro, month by month
New Marlboro sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of New Marlboro
Bradley International sits about 28 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.3 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around New Marlboro
Schools across New Marlboro average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Canaan Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- New Marlborough CentralC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- W.e.b. Du Bois Regional Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Mt Everett RegionalC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Marlboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Marlboro 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 New Marlboro against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Marlboro
Is New Marlboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Marlboro ranks 10,937th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, tree cover, and an educated workforce, 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 New Marlboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $499,045. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $93,499 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is New Marlboro safe?
Yes, New Marlboro is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $164 per resident a year.
Compare New Marlboro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Marlboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Marlboro 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.
New Marlboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Marlboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Marlboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Marlboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Marlboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Marlboro 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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