Lynn
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About Lynn
City in Essex County, Massachusetts, USLynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts, United States, and the largest city in Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs, Lynn is part of Greater Boston's urban inner core and is a major economic and cultural center of the North Shore. Settled by Europeans in 1629, Lynn is the 5th oldest colonial settlement in the Commonwealth. An early industrial center, Lynn was long colloquially referred to as the "City of Sin", owing to its historical reputation for crime and vice. Today, however, the city is known for its immigrant population, historic architecture, downtown cultural district, loft-style apartments,…
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How Lynn ranks
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Housing in Lynn
The typical Lynn home is worth about $580,000, up 0.7% in a year, 12% below the Massachusetts typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Lynn
Safety Grade C
Lynn reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 75% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 61%.
Schools in Lynn
All Lynn schools →School Grade D
The public schools Lynn’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 89% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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.