Best PlacesWoburn, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woburn, 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.
Woburn ranks 518th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Woburn
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.
Woburn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woburn ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 81% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of cities
Where Woburn ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,897 a month, better than only 4% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 14% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 27% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Woburn
A household needs to earn about $172,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woburn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $115,476, 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 Woburn's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Woburn
Woburn's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Woburn.
Who works in Woburn, and how
Work in Woburn centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Woburn
Woburn has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of cities and more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. The coast is about 17 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Woburn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woburn, month by month
Woburn sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 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° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Woburn
General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 11 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 21.1 million passengers in 2025, with 199 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Woburn
Schools across Woburn average a B, better than 67% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Vinson-owen ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- FiskeA · 71% proficient
- Muraco ElementaryA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wm Diamond MiddleA+ · 78% proficient
- Mccall MiddleA · 66% proficient
- Marshall Simonds MiddleA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Lexington HighA+ · 92% proficient
- Winchester High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Reading Memorial HighA · 79% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woburn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woburn 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 Woburn against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Woburn suits
Common questions about living in Woburn
Is Woburn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woburn ranks 518th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low crime, clean air, and few empty homes, and lowest on a weak job market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woburn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $659,213. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $115,476 median income, cost of living beats 45% of cities.
Is Woburn safe?
Yes, Woburn is safer than 96% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $167 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Woburn?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 20. That works out to about 62 pleasant days a year, more than 12% of cities.
Is Woburn good for families?
Schools beat 67% of cities, crime safety beats 96%, and childcare runs $1,897 a month.
Compare Woburn with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woburn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woburn 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.
Woburn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woburn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woburn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woburn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woburn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woburn 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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