Best PlacesTinkhamtown, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tinkhamtown, 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.
Tinkhamtown ranks 6,089th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tinkhamtown
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.
Tinkhamtown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tinkhamtown ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
Where Tinkhamtown ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% 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 Tinkhamtown
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tinkhamtown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $110,291, 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 Tinkhamtown's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 Tinkhamtown
Tinkhamtown 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 Tinkhamtown.
Who works in Tinkhamtown, and how
Work in Tinkhamtown centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Tinkhamtown
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Tinkhamtown, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tinkhamtown, month by month
Tinkhamtown sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Tinkhamtown
The nearest airport, Martha's Vineyard, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tinkhamtown
Schools across Tinkhamtown average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Acushnet Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Rochester MemorialB+ · 53% proficient
- CenterB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Old HammondtownA · 67% proficient
- Albert F Ford Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Old Rochester Regional HighA · 73% proficient
- Fairhaven HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tinkhamtown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tinkhamtown 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 Tinkhamtown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tinkhamtown
Is Tinkhamtown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tinkhamtown ranks 6,089th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low crime, and health care access, and lowest on childcare costs and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tinkhamtown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $548,888. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $110,291 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Tinkhamtown safe?
Yes, Tinkhamtown is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $138 per resident a year.
Compare Tinkhamtown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tinkhamtown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tinkhamtown 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.
Tinkhamtown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tinkhamtown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tinkhamtown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tinkhamtown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tinkhamtown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tinkhamtown 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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