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A town of 20,522 people in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Map of Sandwich: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land38%10,745 of 28,220 acres
Trails170 mi3.9 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves35524 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Sandwich

Town in Massachusetts, United States
1637Established
20,259Population
44.2 sq miArea
20 ftElevation

Sandwich is a town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and is its oldest town. The town motto is Post tot Naufracia Portus, Latin for "after so many shipwrecks, a haven". The population was 20,259 at the 2020 census.

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Housing in Sandwich

$690K▲ 2.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Sandwich home is worth about $690,000, up 2.9% in a year, close to the Massachusetts typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market22
Sale-to-list98.4%
Sold in May28
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Safety in Sandwich

A−

Safety Grade A-

Sandwich reports less crime per resident than 80% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Sandwich sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000
Sandwich 1.5
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Sandwich 2.6
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B

The public schools Sandwich’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#77Best public schoolsof 282 in MA
DistrictSandwichSchools7

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.

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