The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 01605 sells for about $510,000, or $297 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (-0.83%), a market in balance. Homes take about 25 days to sell, which is fast. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,421 a month.
ZIP 01605 — Worcester
The 01605 housing market remains competitive with a median sale price of $510,000, reflecting a slight year-over-year decline of 0.83%. While inventory levels in the broader Worcester market have increased, the local ZIP code continues to see homes selling in approximately 25 days.
Median prices moved down 0.8% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 25 days on market with 2.4 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 7.9% · poverty 21.4% — a mixed stability profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 01605, 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 sourced from Data Commons/Census 2024 estimates.
- Great Wolf Lodge | New England4.218.7 mi
- Apex Entertainment Marlborough4.411.3 mi
- Launch Entertainment Park Framingham4.515.8 mi
- Central Rock Gym - Worcester4.81.2 mi
- Launch Family Entertainment Park Westboro4.37.5 mi
- Wachusett Mountain Ski Area4.516.4 mi
- Apex Entertainment Marlborough4.411.3 mi
- DCU Center4.31.1 mi
- Blackstone Valley 14 Cinema de Lux4.45.6 mi
- Polar Park4.81.6 mi
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill4.76.5 mi
- Apex Entertainment Marlborough4.411.3 mi
- Blackstone Valley 14 Cinema de Lux4.45.6 mi
- Davis Farmland4.711.3 mi
- EcoTarium4.51.7 mi
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill4.76.5 mi
- Old Sturbridge Village4.719.7 mi
- EcoTarium4.51.7 mi
- American Heritage Museum4.916.8 mi
- Worcester Art Museum4.70.7 mi
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill4.76.5 mi
- Green Hill Park4.60.7 mi
- Purgatory Chasm State Reservation4.811.1 mi
- Lake Williams Boardwalk4.612.4 mi
- Elm Park4.61.4 mi
- Point Breeze4.217.2 mi
- Shady Point Beach & Campground4.419.7 mi
- Fore Kicks II Indoor & Outdoor Sports Complex4.611.5 mi
- Shining Rock Golf Club4.211.5 mi
- Cyprian Keyes Golf Club4.35.2 mi
- Juniper Hill Golf Course3.98.6 mi
- Highfields Golf & Country Club4.38.2 mi
- Solomon Pond Mall4.310.6 mi
- Auburn Mall3.95.8 mi
- Burlington44.6 mi
- The Shops at Blackstone Valley4.45.6 mi
- Shaw's4.21 mi
- Worcester Regional Airport4.64.3 mi
- Boston Skydive Center529.2 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
No county-record distress flags across 1 researched property on the ARED base layer. Key-figure check: median price diverges 97.2% from the nearest retained anchor (researched-property base layer) — beyond the 12.5% tolerance; an automated validation case is open and the value publishes pending its verdict. Validation: confirmed genuine market swing — the flagged $510,000 was independently re-read and corroborated by 2 source(s); it stands as the new anchor baseline.