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About West Brookfield
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesWest Brookfield is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,833 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Lucy Stone was born in West Brookfield, and George and Charles Merriam, the publishers of Webster's Dictionary, were raised there.
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Housing in West Brookfield
The typical West Brookfield home is worth about $413,000, up 1.9% in a year, 38% below the Massachusetts typical home.
Only 4 sales in May 2026, too few for a market read. The typical value is the steadier guide.
Safety in West Brookfield
Safety Grade A
West Brookfield reports less crime per resident than 86% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in West Brookfield
All West Brookfield schools →School Grade C+
The public schools West Brookfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% 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.
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