Real Estate

Stoughton Among 50 Best Communities In Mass. To Buy A Home

The town was listed as the 50th best place in Massachusetts to purchase a house in a list created by website LendEDU.

STOUGHTON, MA — If you're looking to buy a home, apparently Stoughton is the place to do it.

The town was listed as the 50th best place in Massachusetts to purchase a house in a list created by website LendEDU. Jefferson in Worcester County took the top spot.

Stoughton scored a 34.64 out of 40 points in population, 23.68 out of 40 in value, and 9.42 out of 20 in income.

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LendEDU's methodology included information from Onboard Informatics that was broken down by ZIP Code, which was then simplified down to town and city names. LendEDU's original list contained nearly 500 Massachusetts cities and towns. An arbitrary population cutoff was implemented at 3,000, and any town or city with a population below 3,000 was taken out of consideration.

Click here to see the full list and more information on the methodology.

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