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About Braintree
City in Massachusetts, United StatesBraintree (US: ), officially the Town of Braintree, is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is officially known as a town, but Braintree is a city with a mayor–council form of government, and it is considered a city under Massachusetts law. The population was 39,143 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Greater Boston area, with access to the MBTA Red Line, and is a member of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council's South Shore Coalition. The first mayor of Braintree was Joe Sullivan, who served until January 2020. The current mayor of Braintree is Erin Joyce, who was elected in 2023, defeating incumbent Charles Kokoros.
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How Braintree ranks
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Housing in Braintree
The typical Braintree home is worth about $736,000, up 2.8% in a year, 11% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Braintree
Safety Grade C+
Braintree reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 62% report less.
Schools in Braintree
All 17 schools →School Grade B+
The public schools Braintree’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 71% 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 Braintree is
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