Safest Neighborhoods in Cape Cod, MA

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  Osterville

  Osterville, one of the town of Barnstable’s seven villages, began as a shipbuilding and oystering community. By the late 1800s, word of Osterville got to Boston, and it began to transform into a luxury summer home destination. “Today, Osterville has become a comfortable place for top magnates of industries to spend their summers,” says Jamie

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    $1.65M

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    $536K - $12.5M

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  Monomoscoy Island

  Though most Cape Cod visitors know Hyannis, Sandwich and Provincetown well, most have never heard of Monomoscoy Island. Connected to the town of Mashpee by a paved causeway, the island was once home to the Wampanoag people. Now it serves as a haven for retirees, summer visitors and long-time cape residents. Not many tourists venture to the island

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    $1.62M

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    $566K - $3M

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  New Seabury-Popponesset Island

  The New Seabury-Popponesset Island area is a popular summer retreat on the southern edge of Cape Cod. Winding, oak-lined inland streets lead to Popponesset Bay-front homes as well as large estates along the Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds. “Geographically speaking, it’s a great location,” says Jamie Regan, the senior vice president of the Regan

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    $1.58M

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    $537K - $7.6M

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  Woods Hole

  Woods Hole, unlike some Falmouth villages, is not known for its beaches and quaint summertime life. This Upper Cape village is synonymous with marine research, and deep-sea diving craft, naval vessels and laboratories share the harbor with tall sailing ships. Homeowners value the benefits of the scientific community and the village’s natural

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    $1.55M

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    $533K - $4.6M

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  Truro

  Along the Outer Cape lies the town of Truro, which is divided into the villages of North Truro and South Truro. Miles of national seashore line its eastern borders and a maze of tree-shaded residential streets cover the rolling hills to the west. “It’s known for its ruralness,” says Rose Kennedy, a real estate agent with Gibson Sotheby’s and

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    $1.53M

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    $326K - $3.6M

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  Popponesset

  The small community of Popponesset has been a family summertime destination on Cape Cod for generations. “Many people who grew up coming here in the summer have now bought their own places,” says Marian Oost-Lievense, a Realtor with New Seabury Sotheby’s International Realty and a decades-long resident of Popponesset. “It’s a throwback — you’ll

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    $1.51M

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    $730K - $2.2M

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  West Falmouth

  Walking to Buzzards Bay beaches, biking to Woods Hole and meeting with friends for dinner at the local market are some of the draws of the West Falmouth lifestyle. At the center of this Upper Cape village rest the unassuming cedar-shingled Quaker Meeting House and the West Falmouth Library. The more commercial section of the village, with small

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    $1.38M

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    $630K - $6.1M

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  North Falmouth

  Less than 10 miles south of the Bourne Bridge, which takes summer visitors to the cape, lies the Buzzards Bay beach village of North Falmouth. Here, along the oak-shaded streets, people rest after days of attending clambakes and road races, playing pickleball and sending their kids to sailing camp. The area’s oldest homes date back to the 1700s,

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    $1.27M

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    $572K - $8.2M

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  Barnstable Village

  Barnstable Village, in the town of Barnstable, is the second-oldest English settlement on Cape Cod. In the 1640s, the town’s founder, John Lothrop, built a home along a Native American trail, and the structure now serves as the Sturgis Library. Where long histories are merely footnotes for some Massachusetts towns and villages, residents of

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    $1.21M

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    $555K - $3.4M

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  Seconsett Island

  Between Waquoit Bay and Hamblin Pond in Mashpee lies Seconsett Island, a small Upper Cape neighborhood where waterfront cottages rest along narrow, tree-lined streets. Once a sleepy summer escape, the island now has a mix of part-time residents, weekly renters and a few people who live there throughout the year. Homes along the water often boast

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    $1.21M

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    $840K - $1.6M

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  Falmouth Village

  Falmouth Village is the town of Falmouth’s center of activity. Generations of beachgoers and year-round residents have enjoyed its vibrant shopping district, convenient Upper Cape location and access to natural beauty. Katherine Lee Bates, who penned “America the Beautiful,” spent her early years in her home on Main Street and wrote, “Never were

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    $1.14M

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    $487K - $3.6M

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  Cotuit

  Back in the 1600s, Pilgrim settlers came to Cotuit, which was home to the Wampanoag people. An English officer named Myles Standish met with the tribe and negotiated the purchase of Cotuit’s land in exchange for a large brass kettle and a hoe. Today, the waterfront village, which is part of the town of Barnstable in Cape Cod, has around 2,600

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    $1.11M

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    $565K - $6.8M

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  Cataumet

  Cataumet, a tiny Upper Cape village in the town of Bourne, has both accessibility to Boston and waterfront living. Locally owned restaurants and businesses line state Route 28A, the two-lane thoroughfare in the eastern part of the village. From there, roads snake westward along a peninsula, passing tall oaks and evergreens with

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    $1.07M

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    $597K - $9M

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  Wellfleet

  Set 33 miles northeast of Barnstable, Wellfleet is a small Cape Cod town with charming local businesses, a diverse range of single-family homes and miles of pristine sandy beaches along the Cape Cod National Seashore. “Well, it’s a very lovely, close-knit community,” says Suzanne Nicholson, a public services librarian at the Wellfleet Public

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    $1.05M

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    $364K - $3.6M

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  Mashpee Neck

  Mashpee Neck, a peninsula along Cape Cod’s southern edge, is a popular second home for many families. The neck was originally inhabited by members of the Wampanoag tribe, many of whom still live in Mashpee today. Neighborhood residents have access to dog-friendly trails in the Mashpee River Woodlands, ample opportunities for boating and the nearby

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    $1.03M

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    $479K - $3M

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  Waquoit

  Waquoit, the most easterly village in Falmouth, is a popular summer destination for those who enjoy boating. A location midway between downtown Falmouth and Mashpee Commons puts residents within a short distance of retail. The village itself remains more secluded and calm. Oak-lined residential streets curve past ponds and the Moonakis River,

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    $1.02M

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    $344K - $3.9M

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  Seabrook

  Surrounded on all sides by rivers, marshes and pine barrens, the Seabrook neighborhood of Mashpee is a peaceful setting for enjoying life on Cape Cod. Though the nearby conservation areas offer hiking trails where nature lovers can hope to spot rabbits and migratory birds, people also spend their days exploring other areas of Mashpee. “You’re

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    $906K

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    $570K - $2M

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  East Falmouth

  As one of the largest villages in Falmouth, East Falmouth encompasses everything from a golf course and a commercial zone to private communities along narrow peninsulas. In the 1890s, Portuguese farmers from the Azores moved to the area and started what was, at one point, the nation’s largest strawberry industry. Though most farms have since

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    $887K

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    $428K - $2.9M

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  West Barnstable

  From the dune shacks, endangered animals and 1800s-era lighthouse on Sandy Neck Beach to the national scenic byway that runs through the center of the village, West Barnstable is one of the cape’s most historically significant areas. Even its train station serves as a headquarters for the National Railway Historical Society. “It’s more like old

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    $888K

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    $572K - $3.1M

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  Harwich Center

  Harwich Center has the appeal of a typical New England village with the benefit of being surrounded by both freshwater and saltwater beaches. The First Congregational Church’s towering white spire lies at the heart of this Lower Cape community — around it, brick sidewalks lead to shops and restaurants housed in carefully restored 1800s structures.

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    $773K

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    $473K - $3.5M

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  Teaticket

  Teaticket, one of Falmouth’s most densely populated and developed areas, lies just east of Falmouth Village. Lower median housing costs make homebuying more attainable than in other parts of Falmouth. “It’s the working man’s part of town,” says John Barrett, Realtor with Keller Williams Realty Cape Cod and long-time cape resident. Where strawberry

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    $766K

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    $377K - $1.6M

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  Hatchville

  Though Hatchville hosts tens of thousands of annual visitors at the Barnstable County Fair, this Falmouth village is less of a tourist destination and more of a residential community with a focus on golf. Its rolling landscape of moraines and kettle holes was once occupied by dairy farms and fields. Since then, planned communities have cropped up

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    $738K

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    $449K - $2.3M

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  South Chatham

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    $1.15M

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    $614K - $4.9M

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  Centerville

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    $807K

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    $433K - $2.5M

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  Northwest Harwich

  Northwest Harwich is a Cape Cod community that offers the beachfront lifestyle the Cape is known for, as well as a quieter area filled with nature preserves. “It’s a little more out of the way,” says William Raye, a Northwest Harwich resident and real estate professional with Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty. “It’s a great area with a variety

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    $985K

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    $365K - $6.8M

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