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A town of 9,255 people in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Map of Blackstone: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land9%653 of 7,264 acres
Trails24 mi2.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves571 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Blackstone

Town in Massachusetts, United States
1662Established
9,208Population
11.2 sq miArea
187 ftElevation

Blackstone is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,208 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the Providence metropolitan area.

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From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

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ZIP code01504
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Housing in Blackstone

$484K▲ 1.8% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Blackstone home is worth about $484,000, up 1.8% in a year, 27% below the Massachusetts typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market33
Sale-to-list99.9%
Sold in May6
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Safety in Blackstone

A

Safety Grade A

Blackstone reports less crime per resident than 91% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Blackstone 1.4
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Blackstone 2.2
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade C+

The public schools Blackstone’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 57% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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DistrictBlackstone-MillvilleSchools4

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.

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