Best PlacesWhite Horse Beach, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around White Horse Beach, 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.
White Horse Beach ranks 3,005th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in White Horse Beach
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.
White Horse Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where White Horse Beach ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
Where White Horse Beach ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute39.0 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in White Horse Beach
A household needs to earn about $203,000 a year to comfortably buy the median White Horse Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $143,167, 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 White Horse Beach's effective rate of 1.17%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in White Horse Beach
White Horse Beach 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 White Horse Beach.
Who works in White Horse Beach, and how
Work in White Horse Beach centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in White Horse Beach
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across White Horse Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in White Horse Beach, month by month
White Horse Beach sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of White Horse Beach
The nearest airport, Provincetown Municipal, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 38 miles away.
The best schools in and around White Horse Beach
Schools across White Horse Beach average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Manomet ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Nathaniel Morton ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Duxbury MiddleA · 62% proficient
- Plymouth Commun IntermediateC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Duxbury HighA+ · 86% proficient
- Plymouth North HighB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every White Horse Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
White Horse Beach 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 White Horse Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in White Horse Beach
Is White Horse Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, White Horse Beach ranks 3,005th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low crime, and biking, 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 White Horse Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $740,200. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $143,167 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is White Horse Beach safe?
Yes, White Horse Beach is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $120 per resident a year.
Compare White Horse Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to White Horse Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in White Horse Beach 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.
White Horse Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for White Horse Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in White Horse Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of White Horse Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in White Horse Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
White Horse Beach 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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