The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 01506 sells for about $450,000, or $286 per square foot.
Prices are up +11.66% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 52 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,014 a month.
ZIP 01506 — Brookfield
The housing market in the Brookfield area reflects broader Worcester County trends, characterized by low inventory and sustained price growth. Buyers face a competitive environment with limited supply, driving a steady increase in median home values year-over-year.
Median prices moved up 11.7% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 52 days on market with 0.9 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 100% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 6.3% · poverty 8.9% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 01506, Worcester County MA
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Data retrieved from data.census.gov ZCTA-level tables.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.