Dracut
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About Dracut
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesDracut DRAY-kət is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, the town's population was 32,617, making it the second most populous town in Massachusetts with an open town meeting system of governance. The town covers a total area of 21.36 square miles, 0.5 square miles of which are water.
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How Dracut ranks
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Housing in Dracut
The typical Dracut home is worth about $577,000, up 1.1% in a year, 13% below the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Dracut
Safety Grade B+
Dracut reports less crime per resident than 67% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Dracut sits closer to the middle.
Health in Dracut
Compared with Massachusetts
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 31 are too close to call.
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Schools in Dracut
All Dracut schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Dracut’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 60% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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 Dracut is
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