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About Southborough
City in Massachusetts, United StatesSouthborough is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It incorporates the villages of Cordaville, Fayville, and Southville. Its name is often informally shortened to Southboro, a usage seen on many area signs and maps. At the 2020 census, its population was 10,450 in 3,542 households. As of 2021, 43% of land use was residential, with 35% open space, including one-tenth of the town's area that is flooded by the Sudbury Reservoir. Light industrial land use is concentrated along main roads, primarily Massachusetts Route 9, and there are several small business districts in the villages and along Route 9.
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Housing in Southborough
The typical Southborough home is worth about $953,000, up 1.7% in a year, 44% above the Massachusetts typical home.
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Safety in Southborough
Safety Grade A
Southborough reports less crime per resident than 94% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Southborough
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The public schools Southborough’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 99% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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