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Rutland

A town of 9,353 people in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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About Rutland

Town in Massachusetts, United States
1686Established
9,049Population
36.4 sq miArea
1,112 ftElevation

Rutland is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,049 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Rutland is the geographic center of Massachusetts; a tree, the Central Tree, located on Central Tree Road, marks the general spot.

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ZIP code01543
Area code508
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Housing in Rutland

$537K▲ 2.3% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Rutland home is worth about $537,000, up 2.3% in a year, 19% below the Massachusetts typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market64
Sale-to-list101.7%
Sold in May8
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Safety in Rutland

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Safety Grade A

Rutland reports less crime per resident than 86% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Rutland 1.1
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Rutland 2.3
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B+

The public schools Rutland’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 71% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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