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Needham is a small city of 32,459 people in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It's about 12 miles from Boston, MA. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 56 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.2M and rent runs about $2k a month.
32,459people
$1.2MTypical home
$2,409/moRent
84° / 37°Summer / winter
56"Snow
233Sunny days
130Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 32,459
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,639 people per sq mi
- 12 mi to Boston, MA
- 12 mi to Boston, MA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $1.2M (≈$7,495/mo)
- Median rent $2,409/mo
- Median household income $214k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°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
- 130 days a year with rain or snow
- 56" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 17 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (84 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (600 per 100k)
People
- Median age 43
- 41% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 82% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 10% walk or take transit to work
- 13 mi to BOS airport
- 13 mi to BOS (major hub)
- 7 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1965
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 144 ft
- 10 mi to the ocean
- 83 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 8 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 136 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,622 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 213 bars within 25 mi
- 1,486 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 30 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 208 museums within 25 mi
- 59 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 17% of Massachusetts districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 1 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Norfolk County: D+29 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
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk