Best PlacesPhillipston Four Corners, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Phillipston Four Corners, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Phillipston Four Corners ranks 16,861st 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 Phillipston Four Corners
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.
Phillipston Four Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Phillipston Four Corners ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Phillipston Four Corners ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,648 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Phillipston Four Corners
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Phillipston Four Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $94,692; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Phillipston Four Corners' effective rate of 1.00%, 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 Phillipston Four Corners
Phillipston Four Corners runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Phillipston Four Corners.
Who works in Phillipston Four Corners, and how
Work in Phillipston Four Corners centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Phillipston Four Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Phillipston Four Corners.
What the weather is like in Phillipston Four Corners, month by month
Phillipston Four Corners sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 17° |
| April | 61° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 87° | 73° | 60° |
| October | 66° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Phillipston Four Corners
The nearest airport, Worcester Regional, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Phillipston Four Corners
Schools across Phillipston Four Corners average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Royalston Community SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Athol Community Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Templeton Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Athol-royalston Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Narragansett Regional HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Athol HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Phillipston Four Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Phillipston Four Corners 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 Phillipston Four Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Phillipston Four Corners
Is Phillipston Four Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Phillipston Four Corners ranks 16,861st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and biking, and lowest on childcare costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Phillipston Four Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $372,400. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $94,692 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Phillipston Four Corners safe?
Yes, Phillipston Four Corners is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $73 per resident a year.
Compare Phillipston Four Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Phillipston Four Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Phillipston Four Corners 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.
Phillipston Four Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Phillipston Four Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Phillipston Four Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Phillipston Four Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Phillipston Four Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Phillipston Four Corners 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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