Best PlacesWauregan, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wauregan, 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.
Wauregan ranks 15,574th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wauregan
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.
Wauregan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wauregan ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
Where Wauregan ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,310 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wauregan
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wauregan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $78,821; 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 Wauregan's effective rate of 1.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wauregan
Wauregan runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wauregan.
Who works in Wauregan, and how
Work in Wauregan centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Wauregan
The coast is about 40 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Wauregan, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wauregan, month by month
Wauregan sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Wauregan
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wauregan
Schools across Wauregan average a C−, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Plainfield Memorial SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Moosup Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Brooklyn Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brooklyn Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Plainfield High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wauregan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wauregan 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 Wauregan against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wauregan
Is Wauregan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wauregan ranks 15,574th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, few empty homes, and fast internet, and lowest on state finances and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wauregan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,221. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $78,821 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Wauregan safe?
Yes, Wauregan is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
Compare Wauregan with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wauregan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wauregan 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.
Wauregan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wauregan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wauregan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wauregan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wauregan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wauregan 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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