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Outdoors in Winchester
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About Winchester
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesWinchester is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 8.2 miles (13.2 km) north of downtown Boston as part of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. It is also one of the wealthiest municipalities in Massachusetts. The population was 22,970 at the 2020 United States Census.
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How Winchester ranks
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Housing in Winchester
The typical Winchester home is worth about $1,549,000, up 2.4% in a year, 134% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Winchester
Safety Grade A
Winchester reports less crime per resident than 93% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Winchester
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The public schools Winchester’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 92% 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 Winchester is
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