The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 01602 sells for about $489,000, or $292 per square foot.
Prices are up +1.2% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 23 days to sell, which is fast. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,590 a month.
ZIP 01602 — Worcester
The 01602 housing market shows steady appreciation with a median listing price of $489,000. Demand remains competitive, supported by a well-educated local population and proximity to the broader Worcester employment hub.
Median prices moved up 1.2% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 23 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 6.1% · poverty 13.5% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 01602, 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.
not determinable
- Great Wolf Lodge | New England4.219.1 mi
- Apex Entertainment Marlborough4.414.4 mi
- Launch Entertainment Park Framingham4.518.9 mi
- Central Rock Gym - Worcester4.83.3 mi
- Launch Family Entertainment Park Westboro4.310.5 mi
- Wachusett Mountain Ski Area4.516.4 mi
- Apex Entertainment Marlborough4.414.4 mi
- DCU Center4.32.7 mi
- Blackstone Valley 14 Cinema de Lux4.46.1 mi
- Polar Park4.82.8 mi
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill4.78.9 mi
- Blackstone Valley 14 Cinema de Lux4.46.1 mi
- EcoTarium4.54.3 mi
- Worcester Art Museum4.72.5 mi
- Green Hill Park4.63.8 mi
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill4.78.9 mi
- Old Sturbridge Village4.716.9 mi
- EcoTarium4.54.3 mi
- American Heritage Museum4.919.7 mi
- Worcester Art Museum4.72.5 mi
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill4.78.9 mi
- Green Hill Park4.63.8 mi
- Purgatory Chasm State Reservation4.812 mi
- Elm Park4.61.8 mi
- Dean Park4.68.1 mi
- Point Breeze4.216.4 mi
- Cyprian Keyes Golf Club4.37.9 mi
- Juniper Hill Golf Course3.911.7 mi
- Highfields Golf & Country Club4.310.2 mi
- Kettle Brook Golf Club4.64.3 mi
- Wachusett Country Club4.36.8 mi
- Auburn Mall3.94.8 mi
- Burlington44.8 mi
- The Shops at Blackstone Valley4.46.1 mi
- Shaw's4.22.6 mi
- Worcester Public Market4.72.9 mi
- Worcester Regional Airport4.61.2 mi
- Boston Skydive Center530.4 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.