Arlington
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Outdoors in Arlington
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About Arlington
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesArlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is six miles (10 km) northwest of Boston, and its population was 46,308 at the 2020 census.
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How Arlington ranks
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Housing in Arlington
The typical Arlington home is worth about $1,071,000, up 2.9% in a year, 62% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Arlington
Safety Grade A
Arlington reports less crime per resident than 86% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in Arlington
Compared with Massachusetts
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 10 are too close to call.
What stands out
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Schools in Arlington
All Arlington schools →School Grade A
The public schools Arlington’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 90% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MA. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Arlington is
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