Zip lookup · MA

01523
Lancaster, Massachusetts.

Lancaster, Worcester County, MA · Worcester, MA-CT metro · population 8,606

What it costs per month · 01523 $3,036/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,676 (+123%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $11,963 +2%
$566,518$578,481 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $122,160 +27%
$456,321$578,481 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 01523 $3,036 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 01523$3,036
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.

Typical home values in zip 01523 rose 2.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Lancaster, MA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $578,481 as of Sep 2026
+2.1%year on year

Typical home value — 01523

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 01523 $578,481 Worcester $476,551 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 01523$578,481
  • Worcester$476,551
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.7 01434 Devens 1,564 — $594,096
4.8 01510 Clinton 15,563 $1,990 $451,865
4.9 01740 Bolton 5,737 — $866,126
5.1 01453 Leominster 43,851 $1,885 $466,439
5.4 01451 Harvard 5,487 — $923,177
5.5 01564 Sterling 8,183 — $593,811
6.6 01464 Shirley 6,976 — $551,657
7.2 01503 Berlin 3,378 $2,752 $662,496
7.7 01462 Lunenburg 11,919 — $543,549
8.0 01432 Ayer 8,521 $2,433 $569,156
8.3 01719 Boxborough 5,496 — $759,688
8.9 01505 Boylston 4,948 — $625,891
9.3 01775 Stow 7,165 — $806,407
9.4 01583 West Boylston 7,606 — $517,011
9.4 01749 Hudson 20,077 $2,558 $614,524
10.0 01420 Fitchburg 41,839 $1,859 $399,375
10.4 01541 Princeton 3,529 — $628,069
10.4 01460 Littleton 10,280 $2,549 $774,873
11.0 01450 Groton 11,356 — $776,585
11.1 01532 Northborough 15,750 $2,979 $685,631
11.4 01752 Marlborough 41,647 $2,666 $570,903
11.9 01522 Jefferson 3,152 — $533,904
12.1 01754 Maynard 10,712 $2,453 $600,065
12.3 01473 Westminster 8,374 — $537,993
12.4 01720 Acton 23,526 $2,408 $872,490
12.7 01469 Townsend 6,820 — $502,478
13.0 01606 Worcester 22,844 $2,221 $440,180
13.1 01718 Acton 404 — $488,761
13.3 01520 Holden 16,912 $2,819 $559,661
13.5 01474 West Townsend 2,280 — $513,914

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.