Best PlacesSagamore Highlands, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sagamore Highlands, 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.
Sagamore Highlands ranks 7,713th 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 Sagamore Highlands
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.
Sagamore Highlands' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sagamore Highlands ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$119,375 median, better than 93% of towns
Where Sagamore Highlands ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sagamore Highlands
A household needs to earn about $131,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sagamore Highlands home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $119,375; 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 Sagamore Highlands' effective rate of 1.12%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sagamore Highlands
Sagamore Highlands 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 Sagamore Highlands.
Who works in Sagamore Highlands, and how
Work in Sagamore Highlands centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Sagamore Highlands
Sagamore Highlands has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 5 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Sagamore Highlands and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sagamore Highlands, month by month
Sagamore Highlands sees roughly 99 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 Sagamore Highlands
The nearest airport, Cape Cod Gateway, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sagamore Highlands
Schools across Sagamore Highlands average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top high schools
- Sandwich Middle High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sagamore Highlands school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sagamore Highlands 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 Sagamore Highlands against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sagamore Highlands
Is Sagamore Highlands a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sagamore Highlands ranks 7,713th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, biking, and civic engagement, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sagamore Highlands expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $479,400. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $119,375 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Sagamore Highlands safe?
Yes, Sagamore Highlands is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $165 per resident a year.
Compare Sagamore Highlands with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sagamore Highlands. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sagamore Highlands 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.
Sagamore Highlands detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sagamore Highlands: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sagamore Highlands: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sagamore Highlands: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sagamore Highlands: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sagamore Highlands 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.
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