Seekonk, Massachusetts.
Typical home $578,484 (+3.5% in a year). Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,679 (+124%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $19,516 +3%
- $558,968$578,484 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $133,389 +30%
- $445,095$578,484 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.
- Seekonk$3,036
- Massachusetts$3,439
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Seekonk, MA rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Seekonk, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Seekonk is a town of 15,531 people in Bristol County. Half its households earn more than $120,613 a year and half less, against $85,625 across Bristol County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 87% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 13% are rented. Unemployment in Bristol County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Seekonk sits on the Rhode Island line, and it is a town where most homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run well above the county's, fewer people live below the poverty line than you might expect, and residents are somewhat older than in much of the country. Many adults hold a four-year degree, and a good number work from home, though the typical commute is a fairly long one. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are warm, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by professional and business services, manufacturing and shops. Within town, Seekonk Schools, Target and Walmart are among the biggest workplaces. Across Bristol County, jobs have slipped slightly from the year before, and unemployment is a little lower than a year earlier.
Things to do. The Ten Mile River runs in or beside town, and Roger Williams National Memorial, a protected area, is a short drive away. The Seekonk River is also close by. For a longer outing, Gillette Stadium and the USS Massachusetts museum are a longer drive away.
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- 5,955households
- 44%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 20%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bristol County had 225,223 jobs in 2025, 1.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 65°. About 37 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Providence T F Green Airport weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Seekonk
- Seekonk SchoolsSchool district310FTE
- TargetDiscount department stores215
- WalmartDiscount department stores199
- J L Marshall & SonsFooting and foundation concrete contractors165
- BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.Warehouse club and supercenters160
- Stop & ShopGrocery stores146
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter138
- Waste Connections USGarbage collection services135
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 25 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,964 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Bristol County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Bristol County and the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro.
Seekonk home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Seekonk$578,484
- Massachusetts$655,219
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Seekonk listings, and the typical home goes pending in 17 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Seekonk26.31%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Seekonk45
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Seekonk14
Zip codes with a Seekonk address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Seekonk — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.