Haverhill
Haverhill is an honest post-industrial city on the Merrimack: commuter rail to North Station, a reviving downtown, and among the most affordable prices for anything near Boston on the North Shore.
The numbers
How Haverhill scores
Who lives in Haverhill
U.S. Census ACS 2018–2022 estimates. Rounded.
Schools in Haverhill
Haverhill School District. Massachusetts DESE FY2024 (FY2025 graduation rates).
Source: Massachusetts DESE Education-to-Career Research and Data Hub. Percentile ranks against 194 MA towns in our index.
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