02421
Lexington, Massachusetts.
Lexington, Middlesex County, MA · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro · population 18,080
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$4,579 (+121%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $49,536 +3%
- $1,543,762$1,593,298 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $398,007 +33%
- $1,195,291$1,593,298 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.
- 02421$8,363
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in zip 02421 rose 3.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Lexington, MA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 02421
Against the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro and the national benchmark.
- 02421$3,253
- Boston$2,987
- United States$1,932
Typical home value — 02421
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 02421$1,593,298
- Boston$725,639
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 142 zips in range — sorting picks from all 142.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 02420 | Lexington | 16,215 | $4,108 | $1,505,966 |
| 2.9 | 02451 | Waltham | 17,393 | $3,271 | $794,545 |
| 3.2 | 02452 | Waltham | 15,808 | $2,781 | $849,257 |
| 3.6 | 02476 | Arlington | 17,708 | $3,132 | $1,078,713 |
| 3.7 | 01773 | Lincoln | 4,891 | — | $1,502,246 |
| 4.2 | 02478 | Belmont | 27,175 | $3,059 | $1,421,483 |
| 4.4 | 02474 | Arlington | 28,642 | $2,676 | $1,044,447 |
| 4.7 | 01730 | Bedford | 14,707 | $3,154 | $1,018,879 |
| 4.8 | 02453 | Waltham | 31,591 | $2,806 | $795,058 |
| 4.8 | 01890 | Winchester | 23,406 | $3,246 | $1,532,323 |
| 4.9 | 01803 | Burlington | 26,274 | $3,145 | $867,243 |
| 5.5 | 01801 | Woburn | 41,939 | $2,841 | $753,249 |
| 5.7 | 02472 | Watertown | 35,620 | $3,101 | $810,489 |
| 6.1 | 02465 | West Newton | 11,697 | $3,155 | $1,353,462 |
| 6.1 | 02460 | Newtonville | 10,099 | $3,379 | $1,344,401 |
| 6.2 | 02140 | Cambridge | 21,204 | $3,360 | $1,066,152 |
| 6.3 | 02493 | Weston | 11,579 | $5,450 | $2,233,515 |
| 6.4 | 02466 | Auburndale | 8,679 | $3,636 | $1,372,997 |
| 6.4 | 02458 | Newton | 13,050 | $2,954 | $1,232,418 |
| 6.5 | 02144 | Somerville | 25,448 | $4,065 | $1,027,861 |
| 6.6 | 01742 | Concord | 18,448 | $3,122 | $1,415,835 |
| 6.7 | 02138 | Cambridge | 38,509 | $3,205 | $1,133,659 |
| 6.7 | 02155 | Medford | 61,730 | $3,663 | $817,590 |
| 7.4 | 02462 | Newton Lower Falls | 1,470 | — | $1,295,580 |
| 7.5 | 02135 | Brighton | 43,149 | $2,914 | $621,581 |
| 7.6 | 02468 | Waban | 5,773 | — | $2,097,651 |
| 7.7 | 02180 | Stoneham | 23,355 | $3,053 | $798,100 |
| 7.8 | 01821 | Billerica | 30,143 | $2,746 | $696,060 |
| 7.8 | 02134 | Allston | 17,667 | $2,934 | $733,753 |
| 8.2 | 01778 | Wayland | 14,033 | $3,741 | $1,136,142 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.