02492
Needham, Massachusetts.
Needham, Norfolk County, MA · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro · population 21,424
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$5,210 (+142%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $94,991 +6%
- $1,596,958$1,691,948 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $455,196 +37%
- $1,236,753$1,691,948 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.
- 02492$8,881
- United States$1,932
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in zip 02492 rose 6.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Needham, MA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 02492
Against the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro and the national benchmark.
- 02492$4,269
- Boston$3,005
- United States$1,930
Within 20 miles
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | 02494 | Needham Heights | 11,035 | $3,339 | $1,340,124 |
| 2.8 | 02464 | Newton Upper Falls | 3,833 | $3,100 | $925,130 |
| 2.9 | 02481 | Wellesley Hills | 17,415 | $3,981 | $2,187,412 |
| 3.1 | 02482 | Wellesley | 11,051 | $4,432 | $1,813,470 |
| 3.3 | 02461 | Newton Highlands | 6,975 | $4,254 | $1,475,376 |
| 3.4 | 02030 | Dover | 5,930 | — | $1,737,754 |
| 3.6 | 02468 | Waban | 5,773 | — | $2,097,651 |
| 3.8 | 02459 | Newton Center | 18,449 | $4,115 | $1,791,267 |
| 3.8 | 02462 | Newton Lower Falls | 1,470 | — | $1,295,580 |
| 4.0 | 02026 | Dedham | 25,237 | $2,913 | $756,680 |
| 4.2 | 02090 | Westwood | 16,318 | $3,318 | $1,232,997 |
| 4.3 | 02132 | West Roxbury | 26,444 | $2,830 | $792,121 |
| 4.8 | 02466 | Auburndale | 8,679 | $3,636 | $1,372,997 |
| 5.1 | 02467 | Chestnut Hill | 23,001 | $3,731 | $1,182,233 |
| 5.2 | 02465 | West Newton | 11,697 | $3,155 | $1,353,462 |
| 5.4 | 01760 | Natick | 36,782 | $2,930 | $875,694 |
| 5.5 | 02460 | Newtonville | 10,099 | $3,379 | $1,344,401 |
| 6.0 | 02458 | Newton | 13,050 | $2,954 | $1,232,418 |
| 6.1 | 02131 | Roslindale | 31,151 | $2,874 | $703,893 |
| 6.2 | 02136 | Hyde Park | 37,265 | $2,806 | $638,889 |
| 6.4 | 02493 | Weston | 11,579 | $5,450 | $2,233,515 |
| 6.4 | 02453 | Waltham | 31,591 | $2,806 | $795,058 |
| 6.6 | 02445 | Brookline | 22,560 | $3,439 | $1,205,297 |
| 6.7 | 02062 | Norwood | 31,542 | $2,579 | $727,644 |
| 6.9 | 02135 | Brighton | 43,149 | $2,914 | $621,581 |
| 6.9 | 02130 | Jamaica Plain | 40,055 | $3,112 | $788,944 |
| 7.0 | 02052 | Medfield | 13,068 | — | $1,061,885 |
| 7.3 | 01770 | Sherborn | 4,427 | — | $1,212,682 |
| 7.3 | 02472 | Watertown | 35,620 | $3,101 | $810,489 |
| 7.8 | 02126 | Mattapan | 26,583 | $2,971 | $585,491 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.