Billerica is a suburban community of approximately with 42,000 residents located in Middlesex County just east of and Interstate 495. Being just 20 miles north-northwest of Boston it is a popular area with home buyers because of its convenient location (easy access to the commuter rail and major highways) and strong school system. The town was incorporated as Billerica in 1655. The Shawsheen River and Concord River are the two major waterways within the town. Nuttings Lake offers a public beach and other recreational water activities including canoeing and sailing. Billerica has several small neighborhoods that form villages (or sections) of town. Those villages are Billerica Center, East Billerica, North Billerica, Nutting Lake, Pinehurst, West Billerica, River Pines, Riverdale, and South Billerica
MBTA Commuter Rail provides service from Boston's North Station with the North Billerica station on its Lowell Line. The southern portions of the town are also geographically close to the Wilmington (MBTA station) and the Anderson Regional Transportation Center in Woburn. The Lowell Regional Transit Authority provides bus service in parts of Billerica.
Real Estate Market
The Real Estate market in Billerica is currently very strong, and has been immune to many of the price drops seen in other areas of the state in recent years.
The estimated median house price in Billerica for 2022 was $625,000 and the median condo price was $434,000 per the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.
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