Community Guide
A quiet Plymouth County crossroads town where the common dates to 1721, the average home still runs under $600,000, and two commuter rail lines sit a short drive away — just not in your backyard.
Quick Answer
East Bridgewater is about 27 miles southeast of Boston, on Routes 18, 106 and 14. It has no MBTA station; riders use stations in Bridgewater, Brockton, Hanson or Whitman. The East Bridgewater Common Historic District surrounds the Town Common. East Bridgewater's FY2026 tax rate is $13.69 per $1,000 and its typical home value is about $592,000 (Zillow, September 2026).
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| County | Plymouth County |
|---|---|
| ZIP code | 02333 |
| FY2026 residential tax rate | $13.69 per $1,000 of assessed value |
| Typical home value | $592,000 (Zillow, September 2026) |
| Commuter rail | None in town. Nearby: Whitman, Hanson (Kingston Line); Bridgewater, Brockton (Fall River/New Bedford Line) |
| Highways | Route 18 (north-south), Route 106 (east-west) and Route 14 |
| Public schools | East Bridgewater Public Schools, PK-12, 3 schools; East Bridgewater Jr./Sr. High School |
| Distance to Boston | About 27 miles southeast |
Overview
East Bridgewater sits at the crossing of Routes 18 and 106 in Plymouth County, a town of about 14,400 that split off from Olde Bridgewater in 1823 and has stayed deliberately low-key ever since. What you get here that you don't get next door is quiet without isolation. Bridgewater has a state university and Route 24 traffic; Whitman is denser and built around its rail stop. East Bridgewater kept a genuine town center instead: the Common, laid out in 1721, anchors a National Register historic district where the oldest houses date to 1703 and the First Parish Church has stood since 1794. Town offices still operate out of the 1850s Italianate Hobart estate house. The town reads as small because it functions that way — most housing sits on wooded residential streets off the two state routes, not in subdivisions stacked against a highway interchange.
The numbers support the value case. Zillow puts the average East Bridgewater home value at $597,975 as of late May 2026, up 3.2% over the past year, while Redfin shows a median sale price around $575,000, up 7.4% year over year, with homes going under agreement in a median of roughly 19 days and a median sale price of $355 per square foot. That keeps East Bridgewater meaningfully below towns closer to Route 3 and the coast while staying inside the Boston commute shed. The FY2026 residential tax rate is $13.69 per $1,000 — a notch above Bridgewater's $12.03 and West Bridgewater's $13.61, below Halifax's $14.08 — but it applies to lower assessed values than you'll find in the rail-station towns, so the annual bill on a comparable house tends to come out even or better.
The school system is compact by design: every secondary student in town attends East Bridgewater Jr./Sr. High, a roughly 880-student school for grades 7–12 housed in a 215,000-square-foot, LEED Gold building that opened in fall 2013 with a synthetic turf field and track. The state counts 1,982 students in the district for 2025-26, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2 to 1. There is no commuter rail stop in town. The town's master plan lists nearby stations at Hanson and Whitman on the Kingston Line, where weekday trains from Whitman reach South Station in about 40 to 47 minutes, and at Bridgewater and Brockton on the Fall River/New Bedford Line; Bridgewater station has 16 weekday trains each way and 499 parking spaces. If you want rail access without rail-town pricing, that trade is the whole pitch. Jessica Shauffer of Coldwell Banker Realty's Weinstein Keach Group — Presidents Circle, top 3% — works this market weekly. Call (617) 949-1046.
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The things buyers ask about most in East Bridgewater, in brief.
Zillow's average East Bridgewater home value is $597,975, up 3.2% year over year, while Redfin reports a median sale price near $575,000 — up 7.4% — with homes going under agreement in a median of about 19 days. The FY2026 residential tax rate is $13.69 per $1,000, above Bridgewater's $12.03 but below Halifax's $14.08.
Every secondary student in town attends East Bridgewater Jr./Sr. High, a roughly 880-student school for grades 7–12 in a 215,000-square-foot LEED Gold building opened in fall 2013, complete with a synthetic turf field and track. The state counts 1,982 students in the district for 2025-26, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2 to 1.
Town-owned Sachem Rock Farm on Plymouth Street preserves the granite outcrop where Ousamequin (Massasoit) deeded the Satucket tract to Myles Standish's party in 1649 — believed to be the first signed land agreement between colonists and Native people in North America. The grounds sit along the Satucket River, and the 1721 town common anchors a National Register historic district.
No station in town — part of why prices stay lower. Whitman's Kingston Line stop (199 parking spaces) is a short drive north, with rides to South Station running roughly 40 to 44 minutes. Bridgewater station at Bridgewater State University (499 spaces) has 16 weekday Fall River/New Bedford Line trains each way, about every 70 minutes on average. Routes 18 and 106 cross in the town center.
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Common Questions
It depends on what you need. East Bridgewater has no MBTA station; the town's master plan points to stations in Bridgewater, Brockton and Hanson. Routes 18, 106 and 14 serve the town. One district runs three schools for prekindergarten through grade 12. Public land includes Sachem Rock Farm, with hiking trails and community gardens, and the Town Common. About 81 percent of housing units are detached houses.
MARKET DATA
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (typical home value), data through September 2026.
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