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Neighbourhoods 🇺🇸 United States Massachusetts ZIP 01542, Worcester
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ZIP 01542, Worcester

Moderate

🇺🇸Worcester, Massachusetts · United States

Residential
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83
Safety
Schools
64
Transport
23
Amenities
Mixed fit Based on 7 scored dimensions
Best reasons
85
Property confidence
83
Safety
77
Affordability
Trade-offs
0
Schools
23
Amenities
Unknowns
Safety — based on limited evidence
Schools — no source available yet
Transport — based on limited evidence
Score dashboard
FBI CDE Jun 2026 · ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
83
Safety
Jun 2026
77
Affordability
ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
0
Schools
NCES CCD
64
Transport
ACS 2020-2024
23
Amenities
ACS 2020-2024
24
Lifestyle
ACS 2020-2024
85
Property Confidence
ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Flood & earthquake history
🌊 Flood: None on record
🌍 Earthquake: None on record
🔥 Wildfire: None on record
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Community demographics
ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Population
2,615
Median household income
$96,111/yr
Median home value
$405,100
Price-to-income ratio
Median home ÷ median household income
4.2×
Moderately priced

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Safety
83 Light
Violent and property crime rates (per 1,000 residents) vs. the FBI UCR national benchmark, weighted toward violent crime. No city/agency-level crime data exists for this area — this score reflects the WHOLE STATE's rate, a real but considerably coarser signal than city-level data (every ZIP in this state shares the same score).
FBI Crime Data Explorer (state-level) ·Jun 2026
Affordability
77 Moderate
Median home value (neighborhood-level ACS estimate, not a per-property valuation) as a multiple of median household income.
US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates ·ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Schools
0 Unavailable
Real school count by level within this ZIP area. NCES provides directory data only — no quality rating exists in this score.
NCES Common Core of Data (school directory) ·NCES CCD
Transport
64 Light
Transit connectivity estimated from ACS 2020-2024: Limited transit connectivity (1247 jobs accessible via public transit from this ZIP). No individual transit stops mapped in OpenStreetMap for this area.
US Census ACS 2020-2024 (transit job accessibility) ·ACS 2020-2024
Amenities
23 Light
Amenities score estimated from ZIP area population (2615 residents, small town area). No OpenStreetMap amenity data is available for this specific ZIP boundary.
US Census ACS 2020-2024 (population-density estimate) ·ACS 2020-2024
Lifestyle
24 Light
Lifestyle score estimated from ZIP area population (2615 residents, small town area). No OpenStreetMap venue data is available for this specific ZIP boundary.
US Census ACS 2020-2024 (population-density estimate) ·ACS 2020-2024
Property Confidence
85 Light
Reflects how tight or wide the ACS margin of error is on the median home value estimate — a confidence read, NOT a price trend or valuation (no national US house-price-trend index exists for ZIP-level areas).
US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates ·ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates