Best PlacesSaundersville, RI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Saundersville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Saundersville ranks 9,791st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Saundersville
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.
Saundersville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Saundersville ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
Where Saundersville ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,309 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Saundersville
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Saundersville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,538, 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 Saundersville's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Saundersville
Saundersville 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 Saundersville.
Who works in Saundersville, and how
Work in Saundersville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Saundersville
The coast is about 38 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Saundersville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Saundersville, month by month
Saundersville sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Saundersville
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 11 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 Saundersville
Schools across Saundersville average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Scituate SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Scituate Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Scituate High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Saundersville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Saundersville 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 Saundersville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Saundersville
Is Saundersville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Saundersville ranks 9,791st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, tree cover, and big-city access, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Saundersville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $391,238. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $93,538 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Saundersville safe?
Yes, Saundersville is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $150 per resident a year.
Compare Saundersville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Saundersville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Saundersville 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.
Saundersville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Saundersville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Saundersville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Saundersville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Saundersville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Saundersville 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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