Best PlacesPine Point, Springfield, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine Point, Springfield, 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.
Pine Point, Springfield ranks 4,406th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. An overheated housing market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Pine Point, Springfield
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.
Pine Point, Springfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine Point, Springfield ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Short commute20.6 minutes each way, better than 76% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 73% of neighborhoods
Where Pine Point, Springfield ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Pine Point, Springfield
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine Point, Springfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,307, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Pine Point, Springfield's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pine Point, Springfield
Pine Point, Springfield's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pine Point, Springfield.
Who works in Pine Point, Springfield, and how
Work in Pine Point, Springfield centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Pine Point, Springfield
Pine Point, Springfield has more parkland per resident than 88% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Pine Point, Springfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pine Point, Springfield, month by month
Pine Point, Springfield sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 48° | 35° |
| July | 88° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 68° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Pine Point, Springfield
Bradley International sits about 15 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 Pine Point, Springfield
Schools across Pine Point, Springfield average a C−, better than 27% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hiram L DormanD · 17% proficient
- Springfield Public Day Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Thomas M BallietD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (talented And Gifted)C+ · 37% proficient
- Stem Middle AcademyD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical AcademyB− · 41% proficient
- Springfield High School Of Science And TechnologyF · 11% proficient
- Springfield International Academy At Sci-techF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine Point, Springfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine Point, Springfield 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 Pine Point, Springfield against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Pine Point, Springfield
Is Pine Point, Springfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine Point, Springfield ranks 4,406th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on tree cover, clean air, and short commutes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pine Point, Springfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,808. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $61,307 median income, cost of living beats 21% of neighborhoods.
Is Pine Point, Springfield safe?
Yes, Pine Point, Springfield is safer than 75% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $315 per resident a year.
Compare Pine Point, Springfield with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine Point, Springfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine Point, Springfield 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.
Pine Point, Springfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine Point, Springfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine Point, Springfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine Point, Springfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine Point, Springfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine Point, Springfield 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.