Athol
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Outdoors in Athol
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About Athol
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesAthol (, ATH-awl) is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,945 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name.
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How Athol ranks
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Housing in Athol
The typical Athol home is worth about $336,000, up 1% in a year, 49% below the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Athol
Safety Grade C+
Athol reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 60% report less.
Schools in Athol
All Athol schools →School Grade C-
The public schools Athol’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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 Athol is
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