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Melrose is a small city of 29,650 people in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It's about 8 miles from Boston, MA. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 56 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $823k and rent runs about $2k a month.
29,650people
$823kTypical home
$1,970/moRent
83° / 37°Summer / winter
56"Snow
233Sunny days
138Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 29,650
- Part of a metro area
- About 6,331 people per sq mi
- 8 mi to Boston, MA
- 8 mi to Boston, MA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $823k (≈$5,189/mo)
- Median rent $1,970/mo
- Median household income $134k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 4.0% 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
- 138 days a year with rain or snow
- 56" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 14 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (161 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (583 per 100k)
People
- Median age 44
- 30% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 62% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 38 min
- 14% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to BOS airport
- 7 mi to BOS (major hub)
- 6 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 57% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 115 ft
- 5 mi to the ocean
- 72 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 17 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 127 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,570 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 205 bars within 25 mi
- 1,394 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 29 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 228 museums within 25 mi
- 54 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of Massachusetts districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Middlesex County: D+39 in 2024
- Massachusetts: D+25 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk