Natick
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About Natick
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesNatick ( NAY-tik) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is near the center of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, with a population of 37,006 at the 2020 census. Ten miles (16 km) west of Boston, Natick is part of the Greater Boston area. Massachusetts's center of population was in Natick at the censuses of 2000–2020, most recently in the vicinity of Hunters Lane.
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How Natick ranks
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Housing in Natick
The typical Natick home is worth about $889,000, up 1.5% in a year, 34% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Natick
Safety Grade B-
Natick reports less crime per resident than 50% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Natick sits closer to the middle.
Schools in Natick
All Natick schools →School Grade A
The public schools Natick’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 85% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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.
Where Natick is
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