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A city of 101,709 people in Massachusetts
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About Lynn

City in Essex County, Massachusetts, US
1629Established
101,253Population
13.5 sq miArea
30 ftElevation

Lynn 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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ZIP code01901, 01902, 01903
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Housing in Lynn

$580K▲ 0.7% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

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

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market23
Sale-to-list101.6%
Sold in May47
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Safety in Lynn

C

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%.

Violent crime per 1,000
Lynn 5.6
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Lynn 11.1
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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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.

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