The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 02740 sells for about $440,000, or $283 per square foot.
Prices are up +3.53% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 38 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,086 a month.
ZIP 02740 — New Bedford
The New Bedford 02740 housing market is currently characterized by high activity with a median listing price of $440,000. While inventory remains constrained at 104 active listings, the market shows year-over-year price appreciation of 3.53%.
Median prices moved up 3.5% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 38 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 8.1% · poverty 19.8% — a mixed stability profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 02740, Bristol County MA
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Data sourced from SimpleMaps and Census ACS 5-year estimates.
- Water Wizz of Cape Cod4.416.6 mi
- Funcity Adventure Park4.217.9 mi
- Jellystone Park™ Cranberry Acres4.318.5 mi
- Ryan Family Amusements - Raynham4.519.5 mi
- FunZ Trampoline Park4.42.6 mi
- King Richard’s Faire3.716.6 mi
- Newport Vineyards4.218.9 mi
- Cisco Kitchen & Bar4.52.5 mi
- Flying Bridge Restaurant4.418.3 mi
- Blithewold Manor, Gardens & Arboretum4.717 mi
- Lizzie Borden House (A Bed and Breakfast & Museum)4.812.1 mi
- New Bedford Whaling Museum4.80.7 mi
- Buttonwood Park Zoo4.51 mi
- AMC Dartmouth Mall 114.42.9 mi
- Battleship Cove4.712.5 mi
- Lizzie Borden House (A Bed and Breakfast & Museum)4.812.1 mi
- New Bedford Whaling Museum4.80.7 mi
- Newport Car Museum4.918.4 mi
- Blithewold Manor, Gardens & Arboretum4.717 mi
- Battleship Cove4.712.5 mi
- DNRT Parsons Reserve Trailhead4.86 mi
- Thousand Trails Gateway to Cape Cod3.911.2 mi
- Freetown-Fall River State Forest4.511.2 mi
- Fort Phoenix State Reservation4.62.2 mi
- Fort Taber Park4.63.4 mi
- The Cove | Restaurant & Marina4.312.5 mi
- Herreshoff Marine Museum4.717.4 mi
- Kingman Yacht Center4.716.8 mi
- Pope's Island Marina4.51.2 mi
- East Wind Lobster and Grille4.318 mi
- Acushnet River Valley4.15.7 mi
- Marion Golf Club4.611.1 mi
- Allendale Country Club4.32.3 mi
- Whaling City Golf Course4.21.8 mi
- Dartmouth Mall4.22.8 mi
- Burlington4.212 mi
- Shaw's4.21.3 mi
- Shaw's4.212.3 mi
- Kohl's4.32.5 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.