Milton, MA: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States and an immediate southern suburb of Boston. The population was 28,630 at the 2020 census. Milton is located in the relatively hilly area between the Neponset River and Blue Hills, bounded by Brush Hill to the west, Milton Hill to the east, Blue Hills to the south and the Neponset River to the north. It is also bordered by Boston's Dorchester and Mattapan district to the north and its Hyde Park district to the west, with the neighboring Massachusetts city of Quincy to the east and the towns of Randolph to the south, and Canton to the west.

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How Milton ranks

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#30Highest income in MA #34Most educated in MA #35Most remote workers in MA All MA rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code02186

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Living in Milton

Housing in Milton

$1.08M▲ 3.4% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Milton home is worth about $1,084,000, up 3.4% in a year, 64% above the Massachusetts typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market19

Sale-to-list107.2%

Sold in May19

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Safety in Milton

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Safety Grade A-

Milton reports less crime per resident than 84% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000

Milton 0.7

Massachusetts 3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Milton 5.6

Massachusetts 10.4

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Milton

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School Grade A-

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

#55Best public schoolsof 282 in MA

DistrictMiltonSchools12

Collicot AElementary · Grades K–5 · 623 students Cunningham School AElementary · Grades PK–5 · 612 students Glover AElementary · Grades K–5 · 593 students Tucker BElementary · Grades PK–5 · 454 students Charles S Pierce Middle BMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,002 students Milton High A+High · Grades 9–12 · 1,083 students

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.