Whitman, Massachusetts.
Typical home $551,042 (+3.5% in a year), asking rent $2,474 . Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,563 (+118%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $18,634 +3%
- $532,408$551,042 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $111,139 +25%
- $439,902$551,042 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.
- Whitman$2,892
- Massachusetts$3,439
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Whitman, MA rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Whitman, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Whitman is a town of 15,121 people in Plymouth County. Half its households earn more than $108,933 a year and half less, against $114,201 across Plymouth County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Plymouth County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Whitman is a small Massachusetts town in Plymouth County where most homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run a little below the county's, and the typical home costs a good deal to buy or rent. Residents tend to be of middle age, and fewer than across much of the state hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers turn warm, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in the building trades. Among the largest workplaces in Whitman are Whitman-Hanson Schools, Stop & Shop and T&K Asphalt Services. Commutes tend to be long, and some residents work from home. Unemployment across Plymouth County has eased slightly over the past year, and the county has added a few more jobs.
Things to do. The better-known places nearby are a longer drive away. Gillette Stadium is a stadium, and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston is a museum, both a longer drive from town. For a day out, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is another museum, and Boston Common is a garden, each also a longer drive away.
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- 5,742households
- 31%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 36 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Plymouth County had 197,448 jobs in 2025, 1.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 63°. About 34 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Brockton weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Whitman
- Whitman-Hanson SchoolsSchool district475FTE
- Stop & ShopGrocery stores144
- T&K Asphalt ServicesParking lot marking and line painting131
- First Student45
- WhitmanMail and parcel delivery23
- Whitman Tool & DIEMetal stampings, unfinished, manufacturing23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 366 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
- Coastal floodingVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Plymouth 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 Plymouth County and the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro.
Whitman home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Whitman$551,042
- Massachusetts$655,219
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Whitman 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.
- Whitman35.48%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Whitman32
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Whitman14
Zip codes with a Whitman address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Whitman — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.