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Haverhill

North Shore · pop. 68,618

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.

Commuter ValueCity Life
Livability Index
50
/ 100
Ranks #176 of 194 MA towns

The numbers

Median home
$535k
6.1× household income
Household income
$88k
ACS median
Commute to Boston
50 min
peak driving
Population
68,618
5-yr trend 58/100

How Haverhill scores

Schools
60
Safety
58
Walkability
58
Transit
35
Biking
30
Dining
50
Nightlife
35
Arts & Culture
30
Green Space
30
Diversity
45
Climate
72

Who lives in Haverhill

U.S. Census ACS 2018–2022 estimates. Rounded.

Median age
37.9
Foreign-born
12%
Bachelor's or higher
30%
Population
67k
White65.9%
Hispanic / Latino24.2%
Asian1.4%
Black3.3%
Other / multi5.2%

Schools in Haverhill

Haverhill School District. Massachusetts DESE FY2024 (FY2025 graduation rates).

Overall vs MA
Bottom 25%
18/100
ELA · 3-8
p13
25.2%
Math · 3-8
p17
28.6%
ELA · 10
p20
35.4%
Math · 10
p20
23.4%
Grad rate
88.4%
Bottom 25%
Spend / pupil
$20.4k
Below average
Teachers / 100
8.4
Below average
Enrollment
7,882

Source: Massachusetts DESE Education-to-Career Research and Data Hub. Percentile ranks against 194 MA towns in our index.

The honest read

Best for
Budget commuters and first-time buyers who need commuter rail access at a genuinely low price.
The tradeoff
Schools score a Niche C and crime rates are the highest in this dataset outside of major cities.

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