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A town of 10,280 people in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Map of Littleton: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land16%1,755 of 11,137 acres
Trails46 mi2.6 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves46171 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Littleton

Town in Massachusetts, United States
1686Established
10,141Population
17.6 sq miArea
230 ftElevation

Littleton (historically Nashoba) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 10,141 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of Littleton Common.

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ZIP code01460
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Housing in Littleton

$785K▲ 1.6% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Littleton home is worth about $785,000, up 1.6% in a year, 19% above the Massachusetts typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market16
Sale-to-list104.4%
Sold in May5
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Safety in Littleton

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Safety Grade A

Littleton reports less crime per resident than 89% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Littleton 0.7
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Littleton 3.9
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B+

The public schools Littleton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 73% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#52Best public schoolsof 282 in MA
DistrictLittletonSchools5

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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