Groton
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About Groton
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesGroton is a town in northwestern Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, within the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The population was 11,315 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. An affluent bedroom community roughly 45 miles from Boston, Groton has a large population of professional workers, many of whom work in Boston's tech industry. It is loosely connected to Boston by highways (Route 2) and commuter rail (the MBTA Fitchburg Line). The town has a long history dating back to the colonial era. It was a battlefield in King Philip's War and Queen Anne's War, and several Grotonians played notable roles in the American Revolution (including W…
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How Groton ranks
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Housing in Groton
The typical Groton home is worth about $789,000, up 1.9% in a year, 19% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Groton
Safety Grade A
Groton reports less crime per resident than 94% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Groton
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The public schools Groton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 88% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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Where Groton is
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