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A town of 18,873 people in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Town in Massachusetts, United States
1750Established
18,832Population
12.9 sq miArea
187 ftElevation

Ashland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the MetroWest region. The population was 18,832 at the 2020 United States census.

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Housing in Ashland

$666K≈ same as a year ago Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Ashland home is worth about $666,000, about the same as a year ago, close to the Massachusetts typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market19
Sale-to-list103%
Sold in May23
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Safety in Ashland

A−

Safety Grade A-

Ashland reports less crime per resident than 82% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Ashland 0.9
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Ashland 2.9
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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B+

School Grade B+

The public schools Ashland’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 74% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#42Best public schoolsof 282 in MA
DistrictAshlandSchools7

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