Value

Reasonable home prices and one of the lowest residential property tax rates in Massachusetts allow residents to truly appreciate Woburn’s value.  The average median sales price for a single-family home over the last year was an affordable $302,500.  The FY2011 residential tax rate is $10.30 per $1,000, and is several dollars lower than the rates of the immediately surrounding communities.  Despite having such a remarkably low tax rate, Woburn is known for its excellent school system with a very low student/teacher ratio of just 13.1.  Three of Woburn’s public schools have been commended by the state Department of Education for improved MCAS scores, two years in a row.  The majority of students in Woburn’s brand new high school continue on to four-year colleges and universities after graduation.

History

Woburn opened its first truly public library in 1856, but the library’s history actually began more than 200 years ago.  Its Romanesque quarters were designed by Henry H. Richardson, who also designed Boston’s Trinity Church.  Woburn Public Library is architecturally one of the country’s most significant community libraries.  Plans are actively underway for a major addition to this stunning gem of a building.

Demographics

Of the estimated one-million-person population within a 10-mile radius of Woburn, 63 percent of those working are reportedly white collar workers; 37 percent have a college education; nearly 64 percent are of working age between 19 and 64, with nearly 26 percent between ages 25 and 39.  An estimated 10,174 businesses operate within a five-mile radius, and Woburn also has a far lower unemployment rate than the statewide rate.  No doubt about it - Woburn is an ideal location for almost any good clean business.

Easy Access

Why not move your business (or perhaps your family, too) to Woburn, conveniently located at the commercial crossroads of Greater Boston, the junction of route 128 (I-95) and Interstate 93.  Woburn offers an easy commute and some of the best commercial leasing deals in New England.

Direct MBTA bus and train service to and from downtown Boston (including North Woburn’s new Regional Transportation Center), and a host of hotels, restaurants, shopping centers, and entertainment all combine for a most convenient locale.  What a concept:  less traffic, lower taxes, excellent schools, and more time at home!  There are direct express MBTA buses from Haymarket Square, Boston to 400 West Cummings Park, and another MBTA bus from the Wellington Station, Orange Line to TradeCenter 128, via Winchester Center and Medford Square.  A third bus provides service between the Anderson Regional Transportation Center and 400 West Cummings Park.

Commercial Real Estate Brokers

In-house commercial real estate brokers at Cummings Properties work cooperatively with licensed brokers from any state. We buy commercial property in eastern Massachusetts, including distressed parcels. The 260 regular full-time real estate brokers and other management and service staff of Cummings Properties currently have a combined total of 2,000 years of service with the firm!

• Settled: 1640
• Township Incorporated: 1642, Incorporated as a City: 1889
• City Government: Mayor & City Council
• Mayor: Scott Galvin
• County: Middlesex (America’s largest county)
• District Court: Woburn 4th Eastern Middlesex
• Total Area: 13.11 Square Miles
  
• Population (1950): 20,492; (1960): 31,241; (1988): 35,198; (1998): 37,202
  
• 2006 Tax Rate: Residential: $8.70; Commercial/Industrial: $21.50
• Latitude is 42.479N, and Longitude is 71.152W

Important Woburn Phone Numbers
Boys & Girls Club 781-935-3777
City Clerk 781-932-4450
City Hall 781-932-4400
Cummings Properties 781-935-8000
Daily Times Chronicle 781-933-3700
Fire Department 781-933-3131
High School Principal 781-937-8211
Library 781-933-0148
Mayor 781-932-4501
Police 781-933-1212
Supt. of Schools 781-935-6609
Woburn Advocate 781-937-8000
Woburn Bus. Assoc. 781-935-0345
Woburn YMCA 781-935-3270