Best PlacesOak Hill, Newton Center, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Hill, Newton Center, 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.
Oak Hill, Newton Center ranks 83rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oak Hill, Newton 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.
Oak Hill, Newton Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Hill, Newton Center ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Household income$216,760 median, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA, better than 97% of neighborhoods
Where Oak Hill, Newton Center ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,897 a month, better than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Hill, Newton Center
A household needs to earn about $391,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Hill, Newton Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $216,760, 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 Oak Hill, Newton Center's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Oak Hill, Newton Center
Oak Hill, Newton Center runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oak Hill, Newton Center.
Who works in Oak Hill, Newton Center, and how
Work in Oak Hill, Newton Center centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Oak Hill, Newton Center
Oak Hill, Newton Center has more parkland per resident than 91% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 19 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Oak Hill, Newton Center and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oak Hill, Newton Center, month by month
Oak Hill, Newton Center sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 62° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Oak Hill, Newton Center
General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 10 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 21.1 million passengers in 2025, with 199 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Oak Hill, Newton Center
Schools across Oak Hill, Newton Center average an A, better than 97% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Memorial SpauldingA · 63% proficient
- CountrysideA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Charles E Brown MiddleA · 67% proficient
- Oak Hill MiddleA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Newton South HighA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Hill, Newton Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Hill, Newton 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 Oak Hill, Newton Center against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Oak Hill, Newton Center
Is Oak Hill, Newton Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Hill, Newton Center ranks 83rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and high incomes, and lowest on cell coverage and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oak Hill, Newton Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,482,310. The overall cost of living runs about 46% above the national average. Set against a $216,760 median income, cost of living beats 96% of neighborhoods.
Is Oak Hill, Newton Center safe?
Yes, Oak Hill, Newton Center is safer than 96% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $191 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Hill, Newton Center with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Hill, Newton Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Hill, Newton 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.
Oak Hill, Newton Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Hill, Newton Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Hill, Newton Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Hill, Newton Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Hill, Newton Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Hill, Newton 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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