Stoughton
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Outdoors in Stoughton
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About Stoughton
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesStoughton (official name: Town of Stoughton) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 29,281 at the 2020 census. The town is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) from Boston, 31 miles (50 km) from Providence, Rhode Island, and 35 miles (56 km) from Cape Cod.
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How Stoughton ranks
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Housing in Stoughton
The typical Stoughton home is worth about $607,000, up 1.7% in a year, 8% below the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Stoughton
Safety Grade C+
Stoughton reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 56% report less.
Schools in Stoughton
All Stoughton schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Stoughton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 61% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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 Stoughton is
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