Newburyport, MA

Newburyport is a small city in Massachusetts with a population of 18,444. Residents earn $144,259 per year, which is 92% above the national average.

3.6 /5.0

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18,444 Population 2,209/sq mi density

$144,259 Median Income $78,121 per capita

$792,400 Home Value $906,071 Zillow

$1,511 Median Rent 25.4% income on rent

48°F Avg Temperature 246 sunny days/yr

127 Violent Crime/100K 694 property/100K

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Overall

3.6 / 5.0

Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

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Economy

4.7 / 5.0

$144,259 median income, 4.0% unemployment

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Affordability

3.6 / 5.0

$792,400 home value, $1,511/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

127 violent crimes/100K (67% below avg)

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Education

5.0 / 5.0

65.9% bachelor's degree or higher

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4 reported haunted locations found near Newburyport, MA.

Name	Description
Harbor schools 28	In 1994 a boy hung himself in the attic it is said that he and many others still roam the halls in bedroom 2 upstairs you can see a pilgrim woman knitting in the corner late at night and down in the basement where the pool table is kept you can hear and sometimes see the boy who hung himself(jamie)playing pool or lifting weights. at night in the omni room you can see the lights flicker and the doors slam. a stairway not used is and where the boy hung himself is cold and you can hear footsteps...
Maudslay State Park	known to have had hauntings for many years.
Newburyport High School	An unknown ghost haunts the halls of the third floor in Newburyport High school. Janitors have reported the sounds of footsteps passing right by them late at night when no one else occupies the building. They have also reported smelling a faint scent of pipe smoke in the hall. It is believed that the ghost is friendly, possibly a former teacher or alum from NHS.
Old Hill Cemetery	This cemetery, the oldest in Newburyport (which rests across the street from the historic "Olde Goal" and alongside the Barlette Mall), has a history of, well, unadulterated strangeness. There are cases where visitors have been temporarily "possessed" and taken on different personalities while at the cemetery. The cemetery is infamous for an occurrence in 1984 when a bunch of drunken teenagers forced entry into the Pierce tomb one night and proceeded to desecrate the corpses found in there. T...