Swampscott
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About Swampscott
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesSwampscott () is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 15 miles (24 km) up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States census. A former summer resort on Massachusetts Bay, Swampscott is today a fairly affluent residential community and includes the village of Beach Bluff, as well as part of the neighborhood of Clifton.
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Housing in Swampscott
The typical Swampscott home is worth about $829,000, up 2.5% in a year, 25% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Swampscott
Safety Grade B+
Swampscott reports less crime per resident than 69% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Swampscott sits closer to the middle.
Schools in Swampscott
All Swampscott schools →School Grade B+
The public schools Swampscott’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 70% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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Where Swampscott is
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