housing costs · Massachusetts
Housing costs in Worcester County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,426 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,347 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,263 | ± $18 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,142 | ± $12 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $423,700 | ± $3,371 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $390,700 | ± $3,366 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $363,200 | ± $2,372 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $314,900 | ± $2,858 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.3 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.9 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.5 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.0 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Worcester County is $1,426, below the Massachusetts median of $1,552 across 14 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.