Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Tewksbury grades B overall, 157th among Massachusetts's 282 graded towns. It has 38 miles of trail. The median household earns $128K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 89% of the country. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $671K, 5.8 years of the Boston metro’s $116K median household income. Tewksbury’s median rent is $2,310 a month, where Massachusetts’ towns sit at $1,682 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Tewksbury State Hospital is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tewksbury is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 70% of U.S. towns.
Where Tewksbury beats most towns.
Census counts: 958 in 1790, a low of 906 in 1840, 31,342 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1883 and 8 maps from 1886 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 Tewksbury is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tewksbury. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaFenway Park
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
Big draw20 mi MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
13 mi LakeWalden Pond
20 mi AttractionFreedom Trail
18 mi Stadium & arenaHarvard StadiumFenway Park: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Sean Dungan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Walden Pond: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Freedom Trail: Ingfbruno, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harvard Stadium: Nick Allen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tewksbury, 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 Tewksbury.
Tewksbury trades workers with Boston and other neighbors, is safe by national standards but not by Massachusetts’s and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Massachusetts.
Within Massachusetts it is healthier than 55% of the 279 graded towns: Massachusetts sets a high bar. Against the 4,742 U.S. towns with household incomes like Tewksbury’s, it is healthier than 70%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
25% of adults have obesity in Tewksbury. Tewksbury beats the Massachusetts average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Tewksbury.
| Tewksbury | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 28% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Tewksbury | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.8% | 5.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.8% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Tewksbury school district. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Tewksbury Memorial High, with 696 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–4 | Grades 2–4 | 812 | – |
| Tewksbury Memorial HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 696 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
39 miles of trail in 49 parks and preserves. Tewksbury’s trail density is 1.8 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Tewksbury State Hospital, 575 acres with 10.1 miles of trail.
| Tewksbury | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.8 miles per square mile | 1.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 15% | 19% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tewksbury State Hospital | 10.1 mi | 575 |
| 2. Chandler Well Fields | 2.3 mi | 119 |
| 3. Melvin G. Rogers Park | 1.3 mi | 29 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 61 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Tewksbury.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Tewksbury has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Tewksbury has about as many jobs (15,232) as working residents, but only 1,454 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Tewksbury for work: only 9% work in town. 3.4% of Tewksbury residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Boston (10%), Lowell (5%) and Woburn (4%).
| Tewksbury | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $128,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 15% | 18% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Massachusetts average. The median age in Tewksbury is 46.1 years. Tewksbury has grown 2.3% since 2020, to 31,901 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Tewksbury | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 46.1 years | 43.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 47% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 19% | 18% |
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.4 points). Across Massachusetts, 51.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 47.6, men 44.4.
| Tewksbury | MA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.9% | 10.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.6% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.2% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.3% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.1% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.2% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.4% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.9% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 8.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.6% | 22.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.9% | 14.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.1% | 7.5% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.9% | 25.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.3% | 21.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
At 20.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 76% of Massachusetts’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Tewksbury home is worth about $671,000, up 2.1% in a year, close to the Massachusetts typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
8 within 15 miles of the center of Tewksbury
About 5 of every 100 Tewksbury residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
4 notable people were born in Tewksbury.
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Tewksbury (locally usually TUUKS-bur-ee; also TOOKS-burr-ee) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Its population was 31,342 as of the 2020 United States census.
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4 towns share a border with Tewksbury.
Lowell next door grades lower for schools (D to Tewksbury’s B) and higher for cost of living (C to D).
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tewksbury | #157 | B | D | B− | B | A |
| Andover | #45 | A+ | D | A− | A | A+ |
| Lowell | #260 | D | C | C− | D | B |
| Dracut | #170 | B | C− | B+ | C | A− |
| Wilmington | #108 | A− | D | B | B | A |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Tewksbury grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns and #157 of 282 in Massachusetts. It grades A for health, B− for safety and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Massachusetts has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Tewksbury 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.
4 notable people were born here, including Scott Oberg and Patrick Cullity.
