Best PlacesTennyville, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tennyville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tennyville ranks 23,141st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tennyville
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.
Tennyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tennyville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 82% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 75% of towns
Where Tennyville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,385 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tennyville
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tennyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,730, 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 Tennyville's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 Tennyville
Tennyville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tennyville.
Who works in Tennyville, and how
Work in Tennyville centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Tennyville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tennyville.
What the weather is like in Tennyville, month by month
Tennyville sees roughly 64 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 Tennyville
Bradley International sits about 23 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 Tennyville
Schools across Tennyville average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brimfield ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Granite Valley SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Old Mill PondC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Monson High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Palmer HighC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tennyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tennyville 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 Tennyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tennyville
Is Tennyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tennyville ranks 23,141st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, big-city access, and low crime, 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 Tennyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $335,370. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $81,730 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Tennyville safe?
Yes, Tennyville is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Tennyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tennyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tennyville 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.
Tennyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tennyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tennyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tennyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tennyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tennyville 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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