Westwood
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Outdoors in Westwood
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About Westwood
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesWestwood is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,266 at the 2020 United States census.
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How Westwood ranks
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Housing in Westwood
The typical Westwood home is worth about $1,240,000, up 3.4% in a year, 87% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Westwood
Safety Grade B
Westwood reports less crime per resident than 57% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Westwood sits closer to the middle.
Schools in Westwood
All 9 schools →School Grade A
The public schools Westwood’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 93% 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 Westwood is
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