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Conway Park Somerville, MA

This neighborhood offers quick access to one of the nation’s most renowned institutions

Park-Like Convenient Great Location

Just a 20-minute drive from downtown Boston, Conway Park is a residential neighborhood featuring apartments for rent in large, triple decker multi-family homes. The area is small but has tons of amenities for your everyday needs. The namesake park offers a playground and facilities for basketball, soccer, football, and baseball. Veterans Memorial Rink is an old-school rink for hockey games and ice skating.

There are several casual, locally-owned bakeries, cafes, and restaurants in the neighborhood. Samba Bar& Grille is great for dancing and happy hour food. Harvard University and Harvard Square are within walking distance of Conway Park, making it a great location for students and culture aficionados. Consider renting here if you want a hometown feel in an urban landscape.

Getting Around

Exceptionally Walkable

Walkability

90 / 100

Good Public Transit

Transit

70 / 100

Fairly Drivable

Drivability

40 / 100

Exceptionally Bikeable

Bikeability

90 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 5 Minute Walk

Groceries

90 / 100

Great Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

80 / 100

Good Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

60 / 100

Good Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

70 / 100

Recreation

Exceptional Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

100 / 100

Exceptional Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

90 / 100

Local Vibe

Vibrant Atmosphere

Vibrancy

60 / 100

Fair Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

50 / 100

Fairly Noisy

Quiet Score

60 / 100

Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Harvard Museum of Natural History
  • Mineralogical and Geological Museum
  • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  • Longfellow National Historic Site
  • Mystic River Reservation

Airports

  • General Edward Lawrence Logan International

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in June 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.