Norwood
Real downtown with rail, a town common, and the kind of walkable density you usually pay Brookline money for.
The numbers
How Norwood scores
Who lives in Norwood
U.S. Census ACS 2018–2022 estimates. Rounded.
Schools in Norwood
Norwood 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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