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1860
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About North Adams
City in Massachusetts, United StatesNorth Adams is a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 12,961 as of the 2020 census. Best known as the home of the largest contemporary art museum in the United States, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams has in recent years become a center for tourism, culture and recreation.
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Housing in North Adams
The typical North Adams home is worth about $263,000, up 1.8% in a year, 60% below the Massachusetts typical home.
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Safety in North Adams
Safety Grade D-
North Adams reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 96% report less.
Schools in North Adams
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The public schools North Adams’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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