Reading
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Outdoors in Reading
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About Reading
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesReading ( RED-ing) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, 16 miles (26 km) north of central Boston. The population was 25,518 at the 2020 census.
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How Reading ranks
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Housing in Reading
The typical Reading home is worth about $918,000, up 3.3% in a year, 39% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Reading
Safety Grade A
Reading reports less crime per resident than 88% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Reading
All Reading schools →School Grade A-
The public schools Reading’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 81% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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.
Famous people from Reading
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Where Reading is
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