Best PlacesWebster, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Webster, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Webster ranks 20,945th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Webster
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.
Webster's strengths and weaknesses
Where Webster ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of towns
Where Webster ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,648 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 19% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Webster
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Webster home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,356, 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 Webster's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 Webster
Webster 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 Webster.
Who works in Webster, and how
Work in Webster centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Webster
Webster has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Webster and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Webster, month by month
Webster sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Webster
The nearest airport, Worcester Regional, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 43 miles away.
The best schools in and around Webster
Schools across Webster average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dudley ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Park Avenue ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Webster Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Bartlett High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Webster school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Webster 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 Webster against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Webster
Is Webster a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Webster ranks 20,945th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, walkability, and transit, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Webster expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $349,146. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $80,356 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Webster safe?
Yes, Webster is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $204 per resident a year.
Compare Webster with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Webster. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Webster 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.
Webster detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Webster: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Webster: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Webster: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Webster: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Webster 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.