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A town of 19,902 people in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Map of Grafton: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land13%1,949 of 14,823 acres
Trails44 mi1.9 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves4298 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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Town in Massachusetts, United States
1718Established
19,664Population
23.3 sq miArea
427 ftElevation

Grafton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,664 at the 2020 census. The town consists of the North Grafton, Grafton, and South Grafton geographic areas, each with a separate ZIP Code. Incorporated in 1735, the town is home to a Nipmuc village known as Hassanamisco Reservation, the Willard House and Clock Museum, Community Harvest Project, and the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.

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ZIP code01519, 01560
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Housing in Grafton

$613K▲ 2.5% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Grafton home is worth about $613,000, up 2.5% in a year, 7% below the Massachusetts typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market23
Sale-to-list101.1%
Sold in May19
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Safety Grade A

Grafton reports less crime per resident than 93% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Grafton 0.9
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Grafton 1.2
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B+

The public schools Grafton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 68% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#67Best public schoolsof 282 in MA
DistrictGraftonSchools8

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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