Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Revere's standout: few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. Overall it grades C−, 255th of 282 graded towns in Massachusetts. It has 7 miles of trail. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $609K for a typical one and 5.3 times the Boston metro’s $116K median household income. Only 23 of Massachusetts’ 300 towns score lower on safety. Revere's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 99% of U.S. towns. 46% of households own their home in Revere, against 79% in Massachusetts’ towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
Where Revere beats most towns.
Revere Beach Reservation is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 935 in 1850, 62,186 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1901 and 6 maps from 1893 on.
9 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Revere is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 7%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Revere. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaFenway Park
Big draw8 mi MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
5 mi AttractionFreedom Trail
5 mi MuseumBunker Hill Monument
6 mi GardenBoston 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 Revere, 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 Revere.
Revere is safe by national standards but not by Massachusetts’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Massachusetts; it also has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Its public schools are run by the Revere school district. Two of its 12 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. C. Whelan Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 658 | C |
| Revere HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,115 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Revere for work: only 7% work in town. The average trip to work in Revere is 34 minutes. Since 2013, Revere has added 935 jobs, to 9,361 in 2023.
| Revere | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9.2% | 18% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 29 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 92% of Massachusetts’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 1,060 to 855 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Revere’s violent crime rate is 3.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Revere | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 11.1 per 1,000 residents | 4.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Revere has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 20° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2,147 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 289 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 2,147 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Revere.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
6.6 miles of trail in 18 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Rumney Marsh Reservation, at 282 acres.
| Revere | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 1.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 9.3% | 19% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Griswold Park | 0.4 mi | 10 |
| 2. Belle Isle Marsh Reservation | 0.3 mi | 27 |
| 3. Gibson Park | 0.3 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Within Massachusetts it is less healthy than 88% of the 279 graded towns: Massachusetts sets a high bar.
Revere beats the Massachusetts average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 19. 39% of adults feel lonely in Revere. Among 279 Massachusetts towns, just 7 have a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Revere.
| Revere | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 33% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 9.1% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 19% | 25% |
| What stands out | Revere | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 8.5% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 22.1% | 25.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 10.2% | 5.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Revere home is worth about $609,000, up 1.1% in a year, 7% below the Massachusetts typical home. 58% of Revere renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent.
| Revere | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,076 a month | $1,682 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 58% | 52% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
49 within 15 miles of the center of Revere
About 4 of every 100 Revere residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
51,755 counted in 2010 and 62,186 in 2020; an estimated 60,141 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 3.4%, after 20.2% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
9 places in Revere on the National Register of Historic Places.
16 notable people were born in Revere.
City in Massachusetts, United States
Revere (, locally ) is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Downtown Boston, Revere is the terminus of the MBTA Blue Line, with three stations located within the city: Wonderland, Revere Beach, and Beachmont. The city borders Massachusetts Bay, and was the site of the Battle of Chelsea Creek. Revere Beach, a three mile (4.8 km) stretch of beach on the city's eastern coast, is the oldest public beach in the United States. Revere is one of the oldest communities in the United States. Originally known as Rumney Marsh, in reference to the 600-acre salt marsh located within the Saugus and Pines River Inlet, present-day Revere was part of Bo…
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8 towns share a border with Revere.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Revere grades C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns and #255 of 282 in Massachusetts. It grades B for health, C for safety and C− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Massachusetts has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Revere sits nearer the middle.
16 notable people were born here, including John Cazale and Freddy Cannon.
