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Winthrop Town is a small city of 18,759 people in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It's about 4 miles from Boston, MA. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 49 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $650k and rent runs about $2k a month.
18,759people
$650kTypical home
$2,064/moRent
82° / 37°Summer / winter
49"Snow
229Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 18,759
- Part of a metro area
- About 9,408 people per sq mi
- 4 mi to Boston, MA
- 4 mi to Boston, MA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $650k (≈$4,096/mo)
- Median rent $2,064/mo
- Median household income $116k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 37°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 229 sunny days a year (67 totally clear)
- 136 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- 49" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (171 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (685 per 100k)
People
- Median age 43
- 26% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 46% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 37 min
- 20% walk or take transit to work
- 2 mi to BOS airport
- 2 mi to BOS (major hub)
- 5 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 35% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 3 ft
- Right on the coast
- 78 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 14 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 113 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,418 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 198 bars within 25 mi
- 1,410 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 28 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 214 museums within 25 mi
- 55 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 18% of Massachusetts districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 4 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