Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Everett grades D overall, ranked 263rd of 282 in Massachusetts, mostly because of schools. Its public schools trail 90% of Massachusetts towns on state tests and graduation. In its favor, few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. On health, just 20 of Massachusetts’ 321 towns do worse. Everett's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 99% of U.S. towns. On safety, just 26 of Massachusetts’ 300 towns do worse.
Where Everett beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Revere Beach Parkway-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lafayette School | K–8 | 998 |
| Parlin School | K–8 | 992 |
| George Keverian School | K–8 | 873 |
Census counts: 2,220 in 1870, 49,075 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1895 and 6 maps from 1893 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Everett is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 8%), so the D overall blends very different results.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Everett. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi Stadium & arenaFenway Park
Big draw5 mi MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
3 mi AttractionFreedom Trail
2 mi MuseumBunker Hill Monument
4 mi City parkBoston CommonFenway Park: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Sean Dungan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Freedom Trail: Ingfbruno, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bunker Hill Monument: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Boston Common: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Everett, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Everett.
Everett is mostly renters and is safe by national standards but not by Massachusetts’s.
Two of its 12 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The Everett school district runs its public schools. Public school enrollment here: 4,589 students across 6 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 998 | C− |
| Everett HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,307 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
Everett’s density of trails is 1.6 miles per square mile, below the Massachusetts town median (1.8) but above the median of U.S. towns (0.4). There are 5.7 miles of trail across 20 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves here: 20, covering 79 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rivergreen Park | 0.8 mi | 15 |
| 2. Seven Acre Park | 0.5 mi | 6 |
| 3. Glendale Park | 0.4 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The top destinations are Boston (32%), Cambridge (8%) and Somerville (3%). Most people who work leave Everett to do it: just 7% work in town. Its average trip to work is 35 minutes, above both Massachusetts’ towns (30 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Among residents locally, 15% live below the poverty line.
| Everett | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 11% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 27.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 91% of Massachusetts’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 863 to 835 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property offense rate in Everett is 12.7 per 1,000 residents. The violent crime rate locally is 3.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Everett | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.2 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 12.7 per 1,000 residents | 4.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 21° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Federal aid has come to Everett households in 11 declared disasters; the latest was in 2018. On expected storm and flood damage, Everett sits below nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 70% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 9% to hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everett: 10% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Among 279 Massachusetts towns, just 7 have a higher share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Everett. Against the Massachusetts average, Everett comes out ahead on 2 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 23.
| Everett | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 33% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 9.1% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 15% | 19% |
| What stands out | Everett | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.7% | 8.5% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 22.9% | 25.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 10.2% | 5.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everett’s going rate for rent comes in at $2,076 a month. The typical Everett home is worth about $620,000, up 0.5% in a year, 5% below the Massachusetts typical home. A home in Everett typically sold within 16 days of listing.
| Everett | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 37% | 79% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,076 a month | $1,682 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 56% | 52% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
54 within 15 miles of the center of Everett
About 6 of every 100 Everett residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
41,667 counted in 2010 and 49,075 in 2020; an estimated 53,572 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 9.2% since 2020, after 17.8% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
45 notable people were born in Everett.
City in Massachusetts, United States
Everett is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, directly north of Boston, bordering the neighborhood of Charlestown. The population was 49,075 at the time of the 2020 United States census. Everett was the last city in the United States to have a bicameral legislature, which was composed of a seven-member Board of Aldermen and an eighteen-member Common Council. On November 8, 2011, the voters approved a new City Charter that changed the City Council to a unicameral body with eleven members – six ward councilors and five councilors-at-large. The new City Council was elected during the 2013 City Election.
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6 towns share a border with Everett.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Everett grades D overall, better than 11% of U.S. towns and #263 of 282 in Massachusetts. It grades C+ for health, C for safety and D for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Massachusetts has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Everett sits nearer the middle.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
45 notable people were born here, including Ellen Pompeo and Vannevar Bush.
