Methuen
Methuen is the Merrimack Valley's most pragmatic buy: one of the most diverse communities in this dataset, sub-$625K homes, and access to both I-93 and the NH border for tax-free shopping.
The numbers
How Methuen scores
Who lives in Methuen
U.S. Census ACS 2018–2022 estimates. Rounded.
Schools in Methuen
Methuen 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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