Waltham Named Top Place To Live By Boston Magazine

WALTHAM, MA — Waltham has been named a 2022 Top Place to Live in the March 2022 issue of Boston Magazine.

Each year, Boston magazine's Top Places to Live highlight the region's most coveted communities, breaking down one of the nation's most intricate real-estate markets into a comprehensive guide.

The most recent Top Places to Live names 18 communities as Top Places to Live, examining each based on current trends, values, tax rates, education systems and more. This year, with high demand, rising prices, and low inventory, the guide focuses on six key trends driving the market.

The magazine describes Waltham as "host to a slew of companies, including Raytheon Technologies and Thermo Fisher Scientific, which has created a job boom in this suburb rivaling its urban counterparts.” It also notes that the city features the Charles Riverwalk and downtown restaurants, bars and a cinema.

According to the magazine, the median single-family home price in Waltham is $705,000 with a residential property tax rate of $11.14.

The March issue of Boston magazine is available as of Tuesday.