Home values, rents and more in the Worcester metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Worcester metro compares
The typical home in the Worcester metro area is worth about $477,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Worcester metro are 27% below the typical value in Massachusetts ($655,000) and 30% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Worcester metro rose 2.1%, compared with +2.3% in Massachusetts and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,105 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 20% below Massachusetts ($2,626) and 9% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.5% over the past year.
The median household income is $95,939, against $103,960 in Massachusetts and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 888,502 people live in the Worcester metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Worcester metro has the 91st-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 5th-highest of 9 in Massachusetts with Zillow figures.
Part of: Massachusetts
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- Price-to-income and monthly cost to buy
- Zillow 12-month price forecast
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- Flood, wildfire and natural hazard risk
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Worcester metro
Cities in the Worcester metro
- Worcester, MA $433,000
- Leominster, MA $467,000
- Fitchburg, MA $400,000
- Shrewsbury, MA $686,000
- Milford, MA $557,000
- Gardner, MA $373,000
- Holden, MA $556,000
- Grafton, MA $608,000
- Southbridge, MA $379,000
- Auburn, MA $464,000
- Northbridge, MA $512,000
- Uxbridge, MA $540,000
- Millbury, MA $501,000
- Charlton, MA $530,000
- Webster, MA $442,000
- Dudley, MA $461,000
- Leicester, MA $457,000
- Southborough, MA $941,000
- Sutton, MA $641,000
- Blackstone, MA $479,000
- Douglas, MA $555,000
- Athol, MA $337,000
- Lancaster, MA $580,000
- Westminster, MA $538,000
- Templeton, MA $418,000
- Sterling, MA $594,000
- West Boylston, MA $518,000
- Clinton, MA $452,000
- Harvard, MA $922,000
- Ashburnham, MA $458,000
- Northborough, MA $686,000
- Mendon, MA $709,000
- Bolton, MA $868,000
- Oxford, MA $432,000
- Spencer, MA $436,000
- Paxton, MA $551,000
- Boylston, MA $627,000
- Westborough, MA $727,000
- Hubbardston, MA $479,000
- Hopedale, MA $535,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.