Chelmsford
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About Chelmsford
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesChelmsford () is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Chelmsford was incorporated in May 1655 by an act of the Massachusetts General Court. When Chelmsford was incorporated, its local economy was fueled by lumber mills, limestone quarries, and kilns. In the 1700s, the Chelmsford militia played a role in the American Revolution at the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill. The farming community of East Chelmsford was incorporated as Lowell in the 1820s; over the next decades it would go on to become one of the first large-scale factory towns in the United States because of its early role in the country's Industrial Revolution. Chelmsford experienc…
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How Chelmsford ranks
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Housing in Chelmsford
The typical Chelmsford home is worth about $682,000, up 1.2% in a year, close to the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Chelmsford
Safety Grade B
Chelmsford reports less crime per resident than 60% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Chelmsford sits closer to the middle.
Schools in Chelmsford
All Chelmsford schools →School Grade B+
The public schools Chelmsford’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.
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 Chelmsford is
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