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A town of 6,415 people in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Town in Massachusetts, United States
1736Established
6,315Population
41 sq miArea
1,027 ftElevation

Ashburnham () is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, the town population was 6,315. It is home to Cushing Academy, a private preparatory boarding school. Ashburnham contains the census-designated place of South Ashburnham.

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Housing in Ashburnham

$459K▲ 2.1% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Ashburnham home is worth about $459,000, up 2.1% in a year, 31% below the Massachusetts typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market21
Sale-to-list101.6%
Sold in May10
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A−

Safety Grade A-

Ashburnham reports less crime per resident than 76% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Ashburnham sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000
Ashburnham 1.2
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Ashburnham 4.1
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B-

The public schools Ashburnham’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 52% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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