Everett was settled in 1630, established as a town in 1870 and incorporated as a city in 1892.  A blue-collar working class community, Everett has served as a gateway city to immigrants for most of its history.  The community has a diversified industrial and commercial base with manufacturing accounting for approximately 31% of all jobs and more than 35% of the total annual payroll, followed by services and retail trade.  The city’s public facilities include seven elementary schools, one junior and one senior high school, which offers a vocational education program.  Water and sewer services are provided by the MWRA.  Everett has a convenient and accessible location abutting Boston on the Mystic River. 

The city is close to Interstate Highways 93 and 95, has 60 miles of public roads and is served by the MBTA.  Logan International Airport is approximately 15 minutes away.  A small city of 3.5 square miles, Everett’s residential area has a population density of approximately 18,000 per square mile, yet is able to provide a high level of educational, public safety, public works and recreational services to its citizens at a modest tax rate.  Everett’s assessed value in FY94 is $2.0 billion and the city has maintained an A bond rating during the difficult economic times of recent years.  Everett industry contributes significantly to the economic well being of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with many of its companies producing and servicing products in use world-wide.

Family Circle Type:                  
Senior Citizens:  This group contains and unusual concentration of single persons over age 65, including widows, retired persons, and single pensioners.

Also known as the Socioeconomic Score, the score indicating whether a particular geographic unit is Higher than, lower than, or equal to the U.S. norm, which is 100.  The score’s range is from 65 to 170.  This a four-component status score that Rates the geographical unit by applying a weight to each element of the following four date categories:  Household income (25 categories), Educational attainment or years of school completed by persons age 25 and older (7 categories), Occupation of employed civilian labor force (13 categories), and Home value (20 categories).

GOVERNMENT

Mayor-Council, Bicameral Government

Year Incorporated:                               as town:  1870, as city: 1892

LOCATION
Eastern Massachusetts, bordered by Malden on the north, Revere on the east, Chelsea on the southeast, the Mystic River on the south, and Somerville and Medford on the west, Everett is 4 miles north of Boston.

Longitude:                                -71.051                        Latitude:                       42, 4112

TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORATION & ACCESS

Everett is situated in the Greater Boston Area, which has excellent rail, air, and highway facilities.  State Route 128 and Interstate Route 495 divide the region into inner and outer zones, which are connected by numerous spokes providing direct access to the airport, port, and intermodal facilities of Boston.

MAJOR HIGHWAYS
Principal highway are State Routes 16 and 99.

RAIL
There is no passenger service in Everett, but the network of intermodel facilities serving Massachusetts is easily accessible.  Freight rail service is available from the Springfield Terminal Railway.  Contact number: (508)66301073

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