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Winchester is a small city of 23,406 people in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It's about 10 miles from Boston, MA. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 60 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.2M and rent runs about $2k a month.
23,406people
$1.2MTypical home
$2,279/moRent
84° / 37°Summer / winter
60"Snow
233Sunny days
138Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 23,406
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,880 people per sq mi
- 10 mi to Boston, MA
- 10 mi to Boston, MA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $1.2M (≈$7,663/mo)
- Median rent $2,279/mo
- Median household income $230k
- 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
- 138 days a year with rain or snow
- 60" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 18 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (36 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (456 per 100k)
People
- Median age 43
- 42% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 79% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to BED airport
- 9 mi to BOS (major hub)
- 7 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1954
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 52 ft
- 8 mi to the ocean
- 72 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 17 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 133 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,592 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 206 bars within 25 mi
- 1,400 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 29 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 223 museums within 25 mi
- 57 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 30% of Massachusetts districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 3 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