Fitchburg
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Outdoors in Fitchburg
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About Fitchburg
City in Massachusetts, United StatesFitchburg is a city in northern Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The third-largest city in the county, its population was 41,946 at the 2020 census. Fitchburg State University is located here.
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How Fitchburg ranks
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Housing in Fitchburg
The typical Fitchburg home is worth about $403,000, up 1.6% in a year, 39% below the Massachusetts typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Fitchburg
Safety Grade C
Fitchburg reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 75% report less.
Schools in Fitchburg
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The public schools Fitchburg’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 83% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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 Fitchburg is
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