Chatham () is a town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Chatham is located at the southeastern tip of Cape Cod and has historically been a fishing community. First settled by the English in 1664, the township was originally called Monomoit based on the indigenous population's term for the region. Chatham was incorporated as a town on June 11, 1712, and has become a summer resort area. The population was 6,594 at the 2020 census and can swell to 25,000 during the summer months. There are four villages that comprise the town, those being Chatham (CDP), South Chatham, North Chatham, and West Chatham. Chatham is home to the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge and the decommissioned Monomoy Point Light,…

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How Chatham ranks

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Town numbers

ZIP code02633

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Living in Chatham

Housing in Chatham

$1.33M▲ 7.5% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Chatham home is worth about $1,330,000, up 7.5% in a year, 101% above the Massachusetts typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market14

Sale-to-list96.3%

Sold in May10

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Safety in Chatham

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Safety Grade A-

Chatham reports less crime per resident than 78% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Chatham sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000

Chatham 0.4

Massachusetts 3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Chatham 5.2

Massachusetts 10.4

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Chatham

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School Grade B

The public schools Chatham’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#130Best public schoolsof 282 in MA

DistrictMonomoy Regional School DistrictSchools2

Chatham Elementary School B+Elementary · Grades PK–4 · 146 students Monomoy Regional Middle School BMiddle · Grades 5–7 · 395 students

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