Gardner
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Outdoors in Gardner
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About Gardner
City in Massachusetts, United StatesGardner is a city in Worcester County in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. The population was 21,287 in the 2020 census. Gardner is home of such sites as the Blue Moon Diner, Dunn State Park, Gardner Heritage State Park, and Mount Wachusett Community College.
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How Gardner ranks
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Housing in Gardner
The typical Gardner home is worth about $374,000, up 1.5% in a year, 44% below the Massachusetts typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Gardner
Safety Grade B-
Gardner reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 51% report less.
Schools in Gardner
All Gardner schools →School Grade C-
The public schools Gardner’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 84% 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 Gardner is
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