Weston, Massachusetts.
Typical home $2,229,223 (+4.5% in a year). Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$6,956 (+147%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $95,951 +4%
- $2,133,272$2,229,223 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $639,743 +40%
- $1,589,480$2,229,223 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.
- Weston$11,701
- Massachusetts$3,439
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Weston, MA rose 4.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Weston is a town of 11,851 people in Middlesex County. 88% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 12% are rented. Unemployment in Middlesex County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Weston is a town in Middlesex County where nearly everyone owns the home they live in, and homes are valued far above what is typical across the country. Few residents live below the poverty line, and a very large share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while July is the warmest and summers are pleasantly warm. Rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in professional and business services, in schools, hospitals and social care, in banks, insurance and property, and in manufacturing. Within Weston itself, Regis College and the Weston Schools are among the largest workplaces, along with Vanguard Renewables. Many people work from home, and the typical commute for those who travel to work is a moderate one. Across Middlesex County, unemployment is a little lower than a year ago, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. A short drive away, Walden Pond is a reservoir with a long literary history and room to walk and swim. Harvard Art Museums is also a short drive off, a museum with art from many periods and places. Farther out, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston is a large art museum a longer drive away.
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- 3,776households
- 84%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 29%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Middlesex County had 903,942 jobs in 2025, 2.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 62°. About 46 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Natick weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Weston
- Regis CollegeUniversity or college625
- Weston SchoolsSchool district330FTE
- Vanguard RenewablesPower generation, biomass135
- Maplewood at WestonAssisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities100
- Campion Health & WellnessSkilled nursing facilities83
- Roche Bros - WestonSupermarket groc not convenience store74
- Campion CenterSkilled nursing facilities55
- Pope St John XXIII National SeminaryUniversity or college47
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 503 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts 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 stormsVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Middlesex County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Middlesex County and the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro.
Weston home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Weston$2,229,223
- Massachusetts$655,219
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Weston 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.
- Weston18.60%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Weston50
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Weston10
Zip codes with a Weston address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Weston — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.