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A town of 10,493 people in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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City in Massachusetts, United States
1660Established
10,450Population
15.7 sq miArea
305 ftElevation

Southborough 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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ZIP code01745, 01772
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Housing in Southborough

$953K▲ 1.7% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

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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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market20
Sale-to-list102.3%
Sold in May7
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Safety Grade A

Southborough reports less crime per resident than 94% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Southborough 0.9
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Southborough 0.9
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade A+

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.

#8Best public schoolsof 282 in MA
DistrictSouthboroughSchools7

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