Sturbridge, Massachusetts.
Typical home $517,102 (+3.9% in a year). Worcester, MA-CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,539 (+131%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $19,463 +4%
- $497,639$517,102 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $123,284 +31%
- $393,818$517,102 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.
- Sturbridge$2,714
- 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 Sturbridge, MA rose 3.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Sturbridge, in Worcester County, had 2,385 people in the 2020 census. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in Worcester County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sturbridge is a small town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, where nearly everyone owns the home they live in and few households live below the poverty line. The typical home is worth more than most of the country's, and the share of adults with a four-year degree is high. Winters are cold and snowy, with January highs near freezing and lows well below it, while summers are warm, with July the warmest month, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, with shops and banks, insurance and property also employing people. Among the largest workplaces in Sturbridge are the Publick House, a hotel, and Shaws Supermarkets, a grocery store, along with Lightera, which makes scientific glassware. Commutes are fairly long, and a good number of people work from home.
Things to do. Old Sturbridge Village, a museum, sits in or beside town. A short drive away are Bigelow Hollow State Park and Wells State Park, both protected areas with room to walk and spend time outdoors. A longer drive brings you to Lake Chaubunagungamaug, a lake that suits a day by the water.
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- 986households
- 56%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Worcester County had 356,384 jobs in 2025, 1.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 60°. About 52 inches of snow and 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Southbridge Southwest weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Sturbridge
- Publick HouseHotels171
- Shaws SupermarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores134
- LighteraScientific glassware, pressed or blown, made in glass making plants97
- Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School (District)School district58FTE
- Ocean State Job Lot MA1244All other general merchandise retailers33
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 435 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
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sturbridge’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. 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 Worcester County and the Worcester, MA-CT metro.
Sturbridge home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Sturbridge$517,102
- Massachusetts$655,219
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Sturbridge listings — 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.
- Sturbridge28.53%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sturbridge37
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Sturbridge15
Zip codes with a Sturbridge address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sturbridge — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Sturbridge
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01566 | Sturbridge | 7,362 | — | $511,950 |
| 01518 | Fiskdale | 2,598 | — | $532,378 |