Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Seekonk grades B overall, ranked 160th of 282 in Massachusetts. The median household earns $121K and it is healthier than 82% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $578K, 6.6 years of the Providence metro’s $87K median household income. Seekonk’s trail network density is 1.0 miles per square mile, below Massachusetts’ towns (1.8) but above U.S. towns (0.4). Its National Register listings include Martin House and Carpenter Homestead. Seekonk is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns.
Where Seekonk beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,243 in 1850, a low of 1,021 in 1870, 15,531 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1984 and 3 maps from 1894 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Seekonk is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Seekonk. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaFenway Park
Big draw26 mi MuseumThe Breakers
Big draw30 mi LakeLake Chaubunagungamaug
12 mi MuseumUSS Massachusetts
17 mi Ancient siteHMS EndeavourGillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fenway Park: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Breakers: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Chaubunagungamaug: Bree from Worcester, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Massachusetts: USN, Public domain · HMS Endeavour: Samuel Atkins (c.1760-1810), Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Seekonk, 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 Seekonk.
Seekonk sends many workers across the state line to East Providence, is safe by national standards but not by Massachusetts’s and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Massachusetts.
The national flood insurance program has paid 11 claims in Seekonk since 1983. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 88% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 68% come from inland flooding and 14% from hurricanes. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 10 declared disasters, most recently in 2023.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its A− is the best School Grade on its borders; Attleboro (C+) is next.
The Seekonk school district runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Seekonk High, with 505 students. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mildred Aitken SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 578 | A− |
| Seekonk HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 505 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
Within Massachusetts it is less healthy than 62% of the 279 graded towns: Massachusetts sets a high bar. Its widest gap with Massachusetts is tooth loss: 7.7% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 11.9% statewide.
The share of adults 18 to 64 in Seekonk who have no health insurance is 3.7%, against 3.7% in Massachusetts’ towns and 8.1% across U.S. towns. Among adults locally, 83% had a checkup this year. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Seekonk is ahead of Massachusetts on 8 and behind on 1. 29% of adults here have obesity; 18% binge drink.
| Seekonk | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 82% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 28% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 19% | 25% |
| What stands out | Seekonk | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.7% | 11.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Seekonk brings chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Summer afternoons peak near 83° in July, and January nights bottom out around 21°; snowfall runs to about 37 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Caratunk Wildlife Refuge, at 192 acres with 4.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. In 14 parks and preserves, walkers have 18 miles of trail. Parks and preserves in Seekonk: 14, covering 464 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Caratunk Wildlife Refuge | 4.2 mi | 192 |
| 2. Edna Martin Wildlife Refuge | 0.7 mi | 33 |
| 3. Helen Brackett Reserve | — | 48 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 25 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 88% of Massachusetts’s graded towns. Each of the 3 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Attleboro (B−) to Rehoboth (A).
Seekonk’s level of property crime comes in at 14.5 per 1,000 residents. Its rate of reported violence comes in at 1.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Seekonk | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 14.5 per 1,000 residents | 4.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.6 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
36% of working residents cross a state line to work, East Providence among the top destinations. Seekonk has about as many jobs (7,471) as working residents, but only 680 people both live and work here.
Just 8% of Seekonk’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs based in Seekonk grew to 7,471 in 2023, 788 more than in 2013. Also worth knowing: for workers in the town, the share who do their job from home is 20%. Half of commuters travel less than 11 miles.
| Seekonk | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $121,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Since 2020, Seekonk has grown 3.3%, to 16,046 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Adults 18 to 34 are nearly a fifth of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (39% statewide). The midpoint age for Seekonk comes to 46 years. College graduates make up 44% of adults 25 and older, against 47% across Massachusetts.
| Seekonk | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 years | 43.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 44% | 47% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 19% | 18% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.7 points. Across Massachusetts, 51.1% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 69% are men (MA 49%).
| Seekonk | MA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.9% | 10.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.8% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.6% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.4% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.8% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.5% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 8.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.9% | 22.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 16% | 14.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.7% | 7.5% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.2% | 25.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.3% | 21.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
In Seekonk, 87% of households live in a home they own. Typical home values rose 3.5% in the year to September 2026. Its going rate for rent is $1,916 a month.
| Seekonk | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,916 a month | $1,682 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 87% | 79% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
12 within 15 miles of the center of Seekonk
About 4 of every 100 Seekonk residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
13,722 counted in 2010 and 15,531 in 2020; an estimated 16,046 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
2 places in Seekonk on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Seekonk.
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Seekonk is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, on the Massachusetts border with Rhode Island. It was incorporated in 1812 from the western half of Rehoboth. The population was 15,531 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of North Seekonk. In 1862, under a U.S. Supreme Court decision resolving a longstanding border dispute between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, a portion of Tiverton, Rhode Island was awarded to Massachusetts to become part of Fall River, while two-thirds of Seekonk (now eastern Pawtucket and East Providence) was awarded to Rhode Island.
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5 towns share a border with Seekonk.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Seekonk grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #160 of 282 in Massachusetts. It grades A− for health, C+ for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Massachusetts has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Seekonk 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.
8 notable people were born here, including Joseph Bucklin Bishop and John Gregorek Jr..
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