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West Brookfield

A town of 3,859 people in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Town in Massachusetts, United States
1664Established
3,833Population
21.1 sq miArea
633 ftElevation

West 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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ZIP code01585
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Housing in West Brookfield

$413K▲ 1.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical West Brookfield home is worth about $413,000, up 1.9% in a year, 38% below the Massachusetts typical home.

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Safety Grade A

West Brookfield reports less crime per resident than 86% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
West Brookfield 0.8
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
West Brookfield 2.8
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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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.

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