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Five Corners, Braintree

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Braintree

The Town of Braintree is a suburban community with a strong residential character located ten miles south of Boston. Incorporated in 1640, Braintree has a rich history and a promising future. The town is ideally situated at the crossroads of Route I-93 (128) and Route 3 for easy access to the Greater Boston area and Cape Cod as well as having excellent public transportation to Boston and Logan International Airport.

The community has a good mix of established neighborhoods, small clusters of new homes and several condominium complexes. There is a strong business base which includes one of the largest regional shopping centers in the northeast; The South Shore Plaza. Attractive office and industrial parks are located in the town as well, because of its ideal location.

Braintree has a rich history. Old Braintree was the birthplace of two presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams, as well as John Hancock and General Sylvanus Thayer, the founder of West Point. Residents feel that people are attracted to Braintree as a good place to live and work because it has an excellent public school system as well as Thayer Academy and Archbishop Williams High School, and a fine parks and recreation program with the availability of many recreational resources such as Town Forest, Pond Meadow Park, Sunset Lake, Smith Beach, the Cranberry Pond Conservation District, the MDC Blue Hills Reservation trail system, and an 18 hole public golf course.

Braintree is a mature community with a broad residential and business base that is positioned for controlled growth in the coming years.

School System Info

MCAS Ranking (of 351 towns) in State:

10th Grade Math:	81
10th Grade Eng:	67
8th Grade Math:	100
8th Grade Eng:	116
8th Grade Science:	133
4th Grade Math:	77
4th Grade Eng:	67

Spending/Student:

$7,895

Average SAT scores:

1552

Student/Teacher Ratios:

14.6 to 1

Community

Population:34,422 Median Income in town: $79,377 Population Density:
(people per square mile)

2530

Crime Rate (per 1000 residents):

Property: 31.3 / 1,000
Violent: 2.7 / 1,000

Real Estate

Number of active:

Singles/Condos/Multis: 1 / 0 / 0

Median home price this year: N/A Median home price last year:

$330,000

Median home price 5 yrs ago:

$380,000

% change since last year:

N/A

% change since 5 years ago:

-15%

Avg single family tax bill:

$3,262

Transportation

Rail info: (T stops, commuter rail stops)

Braintree (Old Colony Lines, Kingston/Plymouth & Middleborough/Lakeville)
Weymouth Landing/East Braintree (Greenbush Line)

Subway info:

Red Line

Bus lines:

230, 236, 238

Miles to Boston:

Drive time to Boston (minutes):

Rail time to Boston:

Click to view the other homes available for sale in Five Corners, Braintree

RECENT LISTING


	TYPE: Land PRICE: $1,600,000	There is a house on the property which would have to be taken down is you put in the subdivision. There are three or four different plans to build as many as 6 homes on the lot. All of the lots would need to be 1 acre as this lot is in the water shed district which requires 1 acre lots. The land is fairly level . I have plans in the office should anyone have an interested customer.
	TYPE: Single Family PRICE: $369,700	Beautiful turn of the century Victorian w charm of yesteryear, stained glass windows, renovated, refinished pine floors, newly painted, over-sized 3 season porch w skylights, 1st floor dining room can be 1st floor bedroom, office, den, playroom, library. Full baths on both floors. Large, level back yard w mature plantings (rhodendron, blueberry bushes), walk to Braintree high school, Sunset Lake, Braintree Five Corners, proximity to South Shore Shopping Plaza, the "T" and rte 3! Great location!