North Reading
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Outdoors in North Reading
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About North Reading
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesNorth Reading (pronounced, as is with Reading as ( ) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,554 at the 2020 census.
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How North Reading ranks
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Housing in North Reading
The typical North Reading home is worth about $828,000, up 2.7% in a year, 25% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in North Reading
Safety Grade A
North Reading reports less crime per resident than 86% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in North Reading
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The public schools North Reading’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 92% 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 North Reading is
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