The story of this market
The typical home in Westfield, Massachusetts sells for about $360,000, or $241 per square foot.
Prices are down 3% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 24 days to sell, which is fast. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,117 a month.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+2.5%
MA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Westfield, Massachusetts
The Westfield housing market is currently experiencing a slight cooling in prices with a 3% year-over-year decline, though demand remains competitive with a low median days on market of 24 days. The city maintains a stable population base and a median household income of $87,753. Specific data regarding property tax rates, school ratings, and detailed development pipelines were not available in current public reports.
No ARED county foreclosure postings attributed to Westfield yet — the verified ledger covers every county the foreclosure ingest has read, attributed by published city area. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Deterministic aggregate of 2 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Median prices moved down 0.1% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 30 days on market with 2.3 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
7% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 99.18% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · poverty 10.7% — a stable, low-distress profile.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this city — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
A large, well-regarded public park offering extensive gardens, walking paths, and recreational facilities that serve as a major community anchor.
A multi-use rail trail providing residents with significant outdoor recreation and non-motorized transit connectivity through the city.
A natural waterway providing scenic value and recreational opportunities for fishing and water-based activities.
A local park providing green space and recreational amenities for neighborhood residents.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Massachusetts) — Massachusetts Local Property Tax: Ad valorem tax calculated as (Municipal Budget / Total Assessed Value of all taxable property) = Tax Rate per $1,000 of assessed value. Assessments must be at 100% of full and fair cash (market) value.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and Profile pages.
No public schools report a street address in this area. Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2023-24.