Wilbraham, Massachusetts.
Typical home $482,174 (+5.4% in a year). Springfield, MA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,406 (+125%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $24,904 +5%
- $457,270$482,174 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $117,547 +32%
- $364,626$482,174 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.
- Wilbraham$2,531
- Massachusetts$3,439
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Wilbraham, MA rose 5.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Wilbraham, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Wilbraham, in Hampden County, had 4,003 people in the 2020 census. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% are rented. Unemployment in Hampden County was 5.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Wilbraham is a small community in Hampden County where nearly all homes are lived in by their owners, a far higher share than is usual across the country. Typical home values run high, and household incomes sit above the county's. A large share of adults hold a four-year degree, and a good number of residents work from home. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and plenty of snow, while July brings warm summer days and rain falls through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in shops, and in banks, insurance and property. Within the town, the largest workplaces are care facilities for older people, among them Life Care Center Of Wilbraham and Kre-bsl Husky Wilbraham Operation. Across Hampden County, unemployment is a little lower than a year ago, though the number of jobs has slipped slightly.
Things to do. Lusitano Stadium is in or beside town, and a short drive brings you to Springfield Armory, a protected area, and to the Volleyball Hall of Fame, a museum. The Ware River, the Chicopee River and the Westfield River are also a short drive away for time by the water. A longer drive leads to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and to Six Flags New England, an amusement park.
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- 1,409households
- 46%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hampden County had 201,216 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 60°. About 48 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Belchertown weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Wilbraham
- Life Care Center Of WilbrahamSkilled nursing facilities309
- Hampden OperatorSkilled nursing facilities128
- Kre-bsl Husky Wilbraham OperationAssisted living facilities for the elderly79
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 516 people in all. 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
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively 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 Wilbraham’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 Hampden County and the Springfield, MA metro.
Wilbraham home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Wilbraham$482,174
- 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 4 Wilbraham listings, and the typical home goes pending in 14 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.
- Wilbraham23.28%
- 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.
- Wilbraham57
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Wilbraham22
Zip codes with a Wilbraham address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Wilbraham — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.