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About Ipswich
Town in MassachusettsIpswich ( ) is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,785 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Home to Willowdale State Forest and Sandy Point State Reservation, Ipswich includes the southern part of Plum Island. A residential community with a vibrant tourism industry, the town is famous for its clams, celebrated annually at the Ipswich Chowderfest, and for Crane Beach, a barrier beach near the Crane estate. Ipswich was incorporated as a town in 1634.
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Housing in Ipswich
The typical Ipswich home is worth about $852,000, up 1.9% in a year, 29% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Ipswich
Safety Grade A
Ipswich reports less crime per resident than 90% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Ipswich
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The public schools Ipswich’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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