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A town of 2,684 people in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Town in Massachusetts, United States
1737Established
2,667Population
40.8 sq miArea
879 ftElevation

Hardwick is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of the city of Worcester. It had a population of 2,667 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Hardwick, Gilbertville, Wheelwright and Old Furnace.

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Housing in Hardwick

$424K▲ 2.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Hardwick home is worth about $424,000, up 2.9% in a year, 36% below the Massachusetts typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market25
Sale-to-list102.4%
Sold in May6
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Safety Grade A-

Hardwick reports less crime per resident than 76% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Hardwick sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000
Hardwick 2.2
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Hardwick 1.5
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade C+

The public schools Hardwick’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 58% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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