Webster, Massachusetts.
Typical home $442,459 (+2.0% in a year), asking rent $1,837 . Worcester, MA-CT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,316 (+131%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,803 +2%
- $433,656$442,459 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $96,599 +28%
- $345,860$442,459 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.
- Webster$2,322
- Massachusetts$3,439
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Webster, MA rose 2.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Webster, in Worcester County, had 12,194 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $63,837 a year and half less, against $95,939 across Worcester County; 16% of its people live below the poverty line. 46% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 54% 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 manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Webster is a community in Worcester County, and it is a younger town than many, with a median age below what older homeowners may be used to seeing elsewhere. Fewer homes are lived in by their owners than across much of the county, and incomes run well below the county's, with a larger share of residents living below the poverty line. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree here than you might expect, and most people commute some distance to work, with only a small number working from home. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and a good deal of snow, and summers are warm, with July the warmest.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, in shops, and in professional and business services. Among the largest workplaces in Webster are EssilorLuxottica, which makes lenses, Webster Schools, and Golub, the grocery stores. Across Worcester County, unemployment is a little lower than a year ago, and the number of jobs has grown slightly.
Things to do. Lake Chaubunagungamaug sits in or beside town, and the French River runs in or beside town as well, so water is close at hand. A short drive away are Douglas State Forest, a protected area, and Thompson International Speedway, a race track. Huguenot Fort is also a short drive from town.
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- 5,196households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 7%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 34° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 60°. About 47 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Buffumville Lake weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Webster
- EssilorLuxotticaLenses, ophthalmic, manufacturing430
- Webster SchoolsSchool district287FTE
- GolubGrocery stores231
- Athena200
- Jeffco Foam WebsterMattresses made from felt, foam rubber, urethane and similar materials182
- Athena120
- Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare CenterSkilled nursing facilities88
- WebsterMail and parcel delivery41
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,355 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
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Webster’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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.
Webster home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Webster$442,459
- Massachusetts$655,219
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Webster 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.
- Webster30.26%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Webster46
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Webster15
Zip codes with a Webster address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Webster — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.