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The median home value in Athol, MA is $342,616 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.46% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$342,616
Year-over-Year
+1.46%
Population
12,165
Athol ranks #126 of 134 Massachusetts cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 48.4% below the state's city median of $664,186. It sits in Worcester County, where the county-wide median is $504,884.
Median household income in Athol is $67,394, so the typical home value is about 5.1× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Athol police recorded a violent crime rate of 452 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 732 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Athol, that value is $342,616. That's up 1.46% from a year earlier. It is about 48.4% below the typical Massachusetts city tracked here.
Homes in Athol are cheaper than Worcester County as a whole, where the median is $504,884 — a difference of about 32.1%.
Median household income here is $67,394, so the typical home value is about 5.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Athol police reported 452 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 12,165. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.