01542
Leicester, Massachusetts.
Leicester, Worcester County, MA · Worcester, MA-CT metro · population 2,615
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,445 (+123%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,757 +1%
- $493,059$498,815 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $104,535 +27%
- $394,280$498,815 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.
- 01542$2,618
- 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 01542 rose 1.2% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Leicester, MA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Typical home value — 01542
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 01542$498,815
- Worcester$476,551
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 66 zips in range — sorting picks from all 66.
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
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| 3.0 | 01537 | North Oxford | 2,278 | — | $413,365 |
| 3.1 | 01611 | Cherry Valley | 2,299 | — | $424,592 |
| 3.3 | 01524 | Leicester | 6,327 | $1,900 | $462,483 |
| 3.3 | 01501 | Auburn | 16,877 | $2,534 | $464,555 |
| 4.4 | 01603 | Worcester | 20,868 | $2,073 | $395,233 |
| 5.2 | 01562 | Spencer | 12,008 | $1,824 | $435,720 |
| 5.5 | 01507 | Charlton | 13,435 | — | $530,311 |
| 5.7 | 01602 | Worcester | 27,092 | $2,218 | $450,661 |
| 6.0 | 01610 | Worcester | 30,444 | $2,128 | $374,537 |
| 6.3 | 01607 | Worcester | 8,706 | $2,094 | $389,834 |
| 6.5 | 01540 | Oxford | 10,979 | — | $432,024 |
| 6.9 | 01608 | Worcester | 4,932 | $1,875 | $184,994 |
| 7.0 | 01527 | Millbury | 13,961 | $2,459 | $500,719 |
| 7.0 | 01515 | East Brookfield | 2,166 | — | $431,604 |
| 7.1 | 01609 | Worcester | 22,047 | $1,928 | $545,108 |
| 7.5 | 01612 | Paxton | 5,002 | — | $551,387 |
| 8.0 | 01604 | Worcester | 39,812 | $2,175 | $421,555 |
| 8.7 | 01605 | Worcester | 30,579 | $2,272 | $443,180 |
| 9.4 | 01590 | Sutton | 9,422 | — | $641,536 |
| 9.6 | 01606 | Worcester | 22,844 | $2,221 | $440,180 |
| 9.8 | 01520 | Holden | 16,912 | $2,819 | $559,661 |
| 9.8 | 01535 | North Brookfield | 4,760 | — | $392,381 |
| 10.0 | 01506 | Brookfield | 3,460 | — | $410,495 |
| 10.3 | 01571 | Dudley | 11,929 | — | $461,379 |
| 10.9 | 01570 | Webster | 17,748 | $1,837 | $442,081 |
| 10.9 | 01566 | Sturbridge | 7,362 | — | $511,950 |
| 11.3 | 01536 | North Grafton | 6,860 | $2,550 | $568,755 |
| 11.4 | 01545 | Shrewsbury | 38,876 | $2,350 | $686,263 |
| 11.7 | 01550 | Southbridge | 17,928 | $1,762 | $379,285 |
| 11.8 | 01519 | Grafton | 8,058 | — | $681,509 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.