Best PlacesWindsor, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Windsor, 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.
Windsor ranks 9,379th 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 Windsor
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.
Windsor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Windsor ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$113,705 median, better than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of towns
Where Windsor ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,385 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Short commute36.9 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Windsor
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Windsor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,705, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Windsor's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 Windsor
Windsor 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 Windsor.
Who works in Windsor, and how
Work in Windsor centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Windsor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Windsor.
What the weather is like in Windsor, month by month
Windsor sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Windsor
Bradley International sits about 42 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.3 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Windsor
Schools across Windsor average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- R. H. ConwellB+ · 52% proficient
- CranevilleC · 35% proficient
- KittredgeC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nessacus Regional Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Wahconah Regional HighB+ · 53% proficient
- Hoosac Valley High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Windsor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Windsor 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 Windsor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Windsor
Is Windsor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Windsor ranks 9,379th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, tree cover, and heat safety, and lowest on childcare costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Windsor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $376,161. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $113,705 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Windsor safe?
Yes, Windsor is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $199 per resident a year.
Compare Windsor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Windsor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Windsor 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.
Windsor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Windsor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Windsor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Windsor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Windsor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Windsor 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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