Whitman
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Outdoors in Whitman
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About Whitman
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesWhitman is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,121 at the 2020 census. It is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Boston on the western edge of the South Shore. The chocolate chip cookie was invented in Whitman by Ruth Graves Wakefield at the Toll House Inn.
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Housing in Whitman
The typical Whitman home is worth about $556,000, up 3.6% in a year, 16% below the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Whitman
Safety Grade B
Whitman reports less crime per resident than 59% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Whitman sits closer to the middle.
Schools in Whitman
All Whitman schools →School Grade B-
The public schools Whitman’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% 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 Whitman is
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