Best PlacesWrentham, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wrentham, 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.
Wrentham ranks 2,598th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wrentham
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.
Wrentham's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wrentham ranks high
- Household income$147,238 median, better than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where Wrentham ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,403 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- Short commute32.2 minutes each way, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wrentham
A household needs to earn about $179,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wrentham home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $147,238, 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 Wrentham's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 Wrentham
Wrentham runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wrentham.
Who works in Wrentham, and how
Work in Wrentham centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Wrentham
Wrentham has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. The coast is about 40 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wrentham and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wrentham, month by month
Wrentham sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 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 | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 62° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Wrentham
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 27 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wrentham
Schools across Wrentham average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Anna Ware JacksonA− · 58% proficient
- Freeman-kennedy SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- ParmenterB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Charles E RoderickB+ · 50% proficient
- Remington MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- King Philip Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- King Philip Regional HighA · 77% proficient
- Franklin HighA · 74% proficient
- Foxborough HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wrentham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wrentham 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 Wrentham against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wrentham
Is Wrentham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wrentham ranks 2,598th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, health care access, and big-city access, 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 Wrentham expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $658,311. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $147,238 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Wrentham safe?
Yes, Wrentham is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $154 per resident a year.
Compare Wrentham with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wrentham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wrentham 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.
Wrentham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wrentham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wrentham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wrentham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wrentham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wrentham 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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