Mendon
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Outdoors in Mendon
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Landmark of the day
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Mendon Center Historic District
The Mendon Center Historic District is a historic district encompassing the village center of Mendon, Massachusetts, and some of its surrounding rural areas. It is roughly bounded by Main, Hastings, Maple, North, Washington & George Streets.
About Mendon
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesMendon is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,228 at the 2020 census. Mendon is part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, an early center of the Industrial Revolution in the United States. Mendon celebrated its 350th anniversary on May 15, 2017.
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How Mendon ranks
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Housing in Mendon
The typical Mendon home is worth about $714,000, up 1.6% in a year, 8% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Mendon
Safety Grade A-
Mendon reports less crime per resident than 82% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Work & commute in Mendon
Full picture →Most working residents leave Mendon for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Milford (8%) and Marlborough (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.
Health in Mendon
Health Grade A
Healthier than 88% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Massachusetts
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 23 are too close to call.
What stands out
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Natural hazards in Mendon
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 22% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Mendon
Full climate →Mendon has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 18°, and about 48 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Mendon
All Mendon schools →School Grade B
The public schools Mendon’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 57% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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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