Boston suburb Newton, with 85,146 people who call it home, is the second-safest city in our top 10. Its 147 crimes per 10,000 residents make it 53 percent safer than the national average and 32 percent lower than the Massachusetts average. Violent crimes are 78 percent lower in Newton than the average for the rest of the state. The cost of living in Newton, on the other hand, is quite high -- 61.8 percent higher than the national average, which ranks second on our list. An unemployment rate less than 4 percent helps, though, as does a $107,696 median household income that is 105.8 percent higher than the U.S. average. In terms of schools, Newton has one of the best student-teacher ratios in our top 10 at 11-to-1.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 23:48:27 +0000
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