Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Wrentham's standout: it has 104 miles of trail. Overall it grades A−, ranked 104th of 282 in Massachusetts. Residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $152K. Wrentham’s trail density is 4.6 miles per square mile, above both Massachusetts’ towns (1.8) and U.S. towns (0.4). Only 30 of Massachusetts’ 325 towns score higher on hazard risk. Its National Register listings include Roebuck Tavern and Plimpton-Winter House.
Where Wrentham beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,767 in 1790, a low of 1,743 in 1910, 12,178 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1795 and 8 maps from 1887 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wrentham takes its name from Wrentham in Suffolk, England, 3,350 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionWrentham, settled in 1660, takes its name from Wrentham, a village in Suffolk, England.
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Wrentham is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wrentham. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaFenway Park
Big draw25 mi LakeLake Chaubunagungamaug
Big draw24 mi MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
26 mi MuseumUSS Massachusetts
31 mi Ancient siteHMS EndeavourGillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fenway Park: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Chaubunagungamaug: Bree from Worcester, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Sean Dungan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Massachusetts: USN, Public domain · HMS Endeavour: Samuel Atkins (c.1760-1810), Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wrentham, 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 Wrentham.
Wrentham trades workers with Boston and other neighbors, has less tooth loss than most of Massachusetts and is safe by national standards but not by Massachusetts’s.
The biggest park or preserve is Lake Pearl Park, at 22 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake Pearl Park | — | 22 |
| 2. West Heights Conservation Rest | — | 3 |
| 3. Wrentham Town Common | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the King Philip school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is King Philip Regional High, with 1,114 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| DelaneyLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 601 | B+ |
| King Philip Regional HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,114 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Massachusetts is tooth loss: 6.3% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 11.9% statewide. Against the 2,619 U.S. towns with household incomes like Wrentham’s, it is healthier than 69%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
24% of adults have obesity in Wrentham, against 28% in Massachusetts’ towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 16% of Wrentham adults get no exercise outside work. Wrentham beats the Massachusetts average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Wrentham | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 28% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| What stands out | Wrentham | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.3% | 11.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Wrentham since 1978.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Wrentham has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 48 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (24% statewide). 55% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Wrentham. Wrentham has grown 2.2% since 2020, to 12,453 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Wrentham | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 55% | 47% | 29% |
| Median age | 46.8 years | 43.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.4 points. Across Massachusetts, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Wrentham | MA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.2% | 10.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.6% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.2% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.7% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.7% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 8.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 16.6% | 22.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.2% | 14.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.3% | 7.5% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 34% | 25.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 21.1% | 21.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The typical Wrentham home is worth about $769,000, up 3.6% in a year, 17% above the Massachusetts typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Wrentham has about as many jobs (6,046) as working residents, but only 475 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Wrentham for work: only 8% work in town. The average trip to work in Wrentham is 32 minutes. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Franklin Town (5%) and Walpole (3%).
| Wrentham | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $152,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 22% | 18% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 23.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 84% of Massachusetts’s graded towns. Each of the 5 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Plainville (C+) to Norfolk (A).
Among 277 Massachusetts towns, just 10 have a higher property crime rate than Wrentham.
| Wrentham | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 17.9 per 1,000 residents | 4.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.2 per 1,000 residents | 1.5 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
4 within 15 miles of the center of Wrentham
About 5 of every 100 Wrentham residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
12.3% of the town is conserved land, across 4 parks and preserves.
3 places in Wrentham on the National Register of Historic Places.
11 notable people were born in Wrentham.
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Wrentham ( REN-thəm) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,178 at the 2020 census.
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7 towns share a border with Wrentham.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrentham | #104 | A− | C+ | C+ | B+ | A |
| Plainville | #179 | B | C− | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Franklin Town | #34 | A+ | C− | A | A− | A |
| Norfolk | #32 | A+ | D | A | A− | A+ |
| Foxborough | #99 | A− | D | B | A− | A |
| Bellingham | #183 | B− | C | B− | C | A |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Wrentham grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #104 of 282 in Massachusetts. It grades A for health, C+ for safety and B+ for schools.
Massachusetts has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Wrentham sits nearer the middle.
That is 6.6 years of the area's median household income ($115,863 across the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
11 notable people were born here, including Garth Snow and Frederick David Ely.
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