Stoneham
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About Stoneham
Town in Massachusetts, U.S.Stoneham ( STO-nəm) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, nine miles (14 km) north of downtown Boston. Its population was 23,244 at the 2020 census. Its proximity to major highways and public transportation offers convenient access to Boston and the North Shore coastal region and beaches of Massachusetts. The town is the birthplace of the Olympic figure-skating medalist Nancy Kerrigan and is the location of the Stone Zoo.
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How Stoneham ranks
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Housing in Stoneham
The typical Stoneham home is worth about $806,000, up 2.8% in a year, 22% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Stoneham
Safety Grade B+
Stoneham reports less crime per resident than 68% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Stoneham sits closer to the middle.
Health in Stoneham
Health Grade A+
Healthier than 95% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Massachusetts
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 14 are too close to call.
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Schools in Stoneham
All Stoneham schools →School Grade B
The public schools Stoneham’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 64% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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.
Where Stoneham is
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