Gloucester, MA: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Gloucester ( GLOS-tər) is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It sits on Cape Ann and is a part of Massachusetts's North Shore. The population was 29,729 at the 2020 U.S. census. An important center of the fishing industry and a popular summer destination, Gloucester consists of an urban core on the north side of the harbor and the outlying neighborhoods of Annisquam, Bay View, Lanesville, Folly Cove, Magnolia, Riverdale, East Gloucester, and West Gloucester.

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How Gloucester ranks

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Town numbers

ZIP code01930, 01931

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Living in Gloucester

Housing in Gloucester

$777K▲ 2.3% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Gloucester home is worth about $777,000, up 2.3% in a year, 17% above the Massachusetts typical home.

A balanced market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market22

Sale-to-list98.9%

Sold in May16

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Safety in Gloucester

B

Safety Grade B

Gloucester 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 Gloucester sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000

Gloucester 2.3

Massachusetts 3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Gloucester 5.3

Massachusetts 10.4

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Gloucester

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C

School Grade C

The public schools Gloucester’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 71% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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DistrictGloucesterSchools8

East Veterans Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 451 students West Parish B-Elementary · Grades K–5 · 382 students Beeman Memorial C+Elementary · Grades K–5 · 292 students Plum Cove School A-Elementary · Grades K–5 · 217 students Ralph B O'Maley Middle CMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 619 students Gloucester High A-High · Grades 9–12 · 776 students

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.

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