Best PlacesPocasset, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pocasset, 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.
Pocasset ranks 4,377th 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 Pocasset
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.
Pocasset's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pocasset ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$119,815 median, better than 93% of towns
Where Pocasset ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pocasset
A household needs to earn about $179,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pocasset home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $119,815, 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 Pocasset's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Pocasset
Pocasset runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pocasset.
Who works in Pocasset, and how
Work in Pocasset centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Pocasset
The coast is about 7 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pocasset, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pocasset, month by month
Pocasset sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 55° | 47° | 39° |
| July | 80° | 73° | 66° |
| October | 63° | 56° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Pocasset
The nearest airport, Cape Cod Gateway, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pocasset
Schools across Pocasset average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Falmouth ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Bourne Intermediate SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Wareham Elementary SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bourne Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Sandwich Middle High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Bourne High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Wareham Senior HighC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pocasset school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pocasset 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 Pocasset against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pocasset
Is Pocasset a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pocasset ranks 4,377th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low crime, and biking, 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 Pocasset expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $685,323. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $119,815 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Pocasset safe?
Yes, Pocasset is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $142 per resident a year.
Compare Pocasset with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pocasset. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pocasset 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.
Pocasset detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pocasset: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pocasset: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pocasset: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pocasset: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pocasset 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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