Best PlacesPlympton, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plympton, 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.
Plympton ranks 6,506th 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 Plympton
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.
Plympton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plympton ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$124,481 median, better than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of towns
Where Plympton ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Short commute33.8 minutes each way, better than only 17% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plympton
A household needs to earn about $145,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plympton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $124,481, 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 Plympton's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 Plympton
Plympton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Plympton.
Who works in Plympton, and how
Work in Plympton centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Plympton
The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Plympton, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Plympton, month by month
Plympton sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 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 | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Plympton
General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 30 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 Plympton
Schools across Plympton average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dennett ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Halifax ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Mary K. Goode Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Silver Lake Regional Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- John T. Nichols MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Silver Lake Regional HighA · 69% proficient
- Middleborough HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Carver Middle/high SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plympton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plympton 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 Plympton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plympton
Is Plympton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plympton ranks 6,506th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, high incomes, and big-city access, 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 Plympton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $521,949. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $124,481 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Plympton safe?
Yes, Plympton is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $118 per resident a year.
Compare Plympton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plympton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plympton 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.
Plympton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plympton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plympton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plympton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plympton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plympton 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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