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Chelsea is a small city of 39,908 people in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It's about 4 miles from Boston, MA. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 50 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $494k and rent runs about $2k a month.
39,908people
$494kTypical home
$1,956/moRent
83° / 37°Summer / winter
50"Snow
233Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 39,908
- Part of a metro area
- About 17,985 people per sq mi
- 4 mi to Boston, MA
- 4 mi to Boston, MA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $494k (≈$3,112/mo)
- Median rent $1,956/mo
- Median household income $72k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 37°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 233 sunny days a year (74 totally clear)
- 132 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- 50" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 8 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- High violent crime (780 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,431 per 100k)
People
- Median age 34
- 35% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 36 min
- 26% walk or take transit to work
- 3 mi to BOS airport
- 3 mi to BOS (major hub)
- 3 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 13% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1941
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 20 ft
- Right on the coast
- 76 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 13 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 121 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,515 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 205 bars within 25 mi
- 1,414 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 29 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 226 museums within 25 mi
- 56 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of Massachusetts districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Suffolk County: D+52 in 2024
- Massachusetts: D+25 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk