Best PlacesWarren, RI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warren, 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.
Warren ranks 7,391st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Warren
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.
Warren's strengths and weaknesses
Where Warren ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
Where Warren ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,326 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warren
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warren home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $96,954, 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 Warren's effective rate of 1.26%, 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 Warren
Warren 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 Warren.
Who works in Warren, and how
Work in Warren centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Warren
Warren has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. The coast is about 25 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Warren and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Warren, month by month
Warren sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 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° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Warren
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around Warren
Schools across Warren average a B−, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rockwell SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Hugh Cole SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Carlton M. Viveiros Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kickemuit Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Matthew J Kuss MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Barrington High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Joseph Case HighA− · 63% proficient
- Mt. Hope High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warren school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warren 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 Warren against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warren
Is Warren a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warren ranks 7,391st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and biking, 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 Warren expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $408,692. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $96,954 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Warren safe?
Yes, Warren is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
Compare Warren with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warren. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warren 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.
Warren detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warren: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warren: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warren: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warren: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warren 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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