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About Paxton
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesPaxton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,004 at the 2020 census.
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Housing in Paxton
The typical Paxton home is worth about $557,000, up 2% in a year, 16% below the Massachusetts typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Paxton
Safety Grade A
Paxton reports less crime per resident than 92% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Paxton
All Paxton schools →School Grade B+
The public schools Paxton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 71% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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