Mansfield is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the United States 2020 Census, the town population is 23,860. Mansfield is 23 miles southwest of Boston and is 22 miles northeast of Providence, Rhode Island. The village of Mansfield Center is located in the town. The town is twinned with Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Town numbers

ZIP code02048

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Living in Mansfield

Housing in Mansfield

$715K▲ 3.2% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Mansfield home is worth about $715,000, up 3.2% in a year, 8% above the Massachusetts typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market19

Sale-to-list100.8%

Sold in May12

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Safety in Mansfield

Safety Grade B

Mansfield reports less crime per resident than 62% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Mansfield sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000

Mansfield 1.9

Massachusetts 3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Mansfield 7.4

Massachusetts 10.4

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Mansfield

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School Grade A-

The public schools Mansfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 80% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#60Best public schoolsof 282 in MA

DistrictMansfieldSchools7

Jordan/Jackson Elementary A-Elementary · Grades 3–5 · 760 students Everett W RobinsonElementary · Grades K–2 · 664 students St. Mary's Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 248 students Hands-On Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 72 students Harold L Qualters Middle B+Middle · Grades 6–8 · 750 students Mansfield High AHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,002 students

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