Community Guide
Mansfield sits at the I-95/I-495 junction with 39-minute trains to South Station and an 850-acre business park that keeps the tax rate moderate — a commuter town whose downtown is adding hundreds of new homes.
Quick Answer
Mansfield is a town about 28 miles south of Boston. Mansfield station, downtown, is on the MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line, about 45 minutes from South Station. I-95 and I-495 are minutes away. The Great Woods conservation area has marked trails. Mansfield's FY2026 tax rate is $13.09 per $1,000 and its typical home value is about $709,000 (Zillow, September 2026).
Reviewed by Jessica Shauffer, Massachusetts real estate license #9554769 · Updated
| County | Bristol County |
|---|---|
| ZIP code | 02048 |
| FY2026 residential tax rate | $13.09 per $1,000 of assessed value |
| Typical home value | $709,000 (Zillow, September 2026) |
| Commuter rail | Mansfield station, Providence/Stoughton Line; about 45 minutes to South Station |
| Public schools | Mansfield Public Schools, PK-12, five schools; Mansfield High School |
| Distance to Boston | About 28 miles south |
| Highways | I-95, I-495, Route 140 and Route 123 |
Overview
The real estate market in Mansfield MA has stayed firmly competitive through 2025 and into 2026. The typical home value is running near $715,000 (Zillow Home Value Index, August 2026), and well-priced listings draw about four offers on average. Spring 2026 sales moved fast — median days on market hit 14 in April — before easing to the mid-20s by midsummer. Carrying costs are a genuine advantage here. The FY2026 residential tax rate is $13.09 per $1,000, versus $17.15 in Sharon and $12.59 in Easton, and it stays moderate because Mansfield carries a deep commercial base: the 850-acre Cabot Business Park hosts Medtronic, Amazon, Trimark, and Integra LifeSciences. The town-owned electric utility charges some of the lowest residential rates in Massachusetts, which helps the monthly cost of ownership pencil out better than in most towns along the Providence Line.
Commuting is the reason many buyers land in Mansfield. The MBTA station downtown sits on the Providence/Stoughton Line, with the fastest trains reaching South Station in 39 minutes and most runs taking about 45. It is one of the busiest commuter rail stops outside Boston — roughly 1,140 weekday boardings in the MBTA's 2024 count — and the town manages 806 parking spaces at the station, $3 a day with a resident sticker and $5 without. Drivers do just as well: the I-95/I-495 interchange sits at the town line, putting Boston about 28 miles north and Providence about 20 miles south. Downtown itself is in the middle of a real transformation. The 1903 Lowney chocolate factory on Oakland Street reopened as the Chocolate Factory, 130 apartments over commercial space, and developers have proposed another 140-plus units across two mixed-use projects on North Main Street.
Mansfield Public Schools run on a clean feeder path — Jordan/Jackson Elementary for grades 3 through 5, Qualters Middle School, then Mansfield High. The state counts 3,243 students in the district for 2025-26, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5 to 1. Recreation here is anchored by two very different landmarks. The Xfinity Center — still 'Great Woods' to anyone who grew up nearby — is a 19,900-capacity amphitheater that fills its calendar from mid-May through September. And the actual Great Woods, the woodland the venue was named for, includes more than 700 acres of protected conservation land in Mansfield, with about 3 miles of marked trails from the Oak Street entrance. Between the tax math, the train schedule, and a downtown that keeps adding places to live and eat, Mansfield is one of the stronger value cases in this corner of Bristol County.
Current Properties
Current listings represented by Jessica Shauffer and the Weinstein Keach Team at Coldwell Banker Realty.
Under Contract$499,999
Mansfield, MA 02048
For Sale$1,725,000
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For Sale$749,999
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For Sale$699,999
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The things buyers ask about most in Mansfield, in brief.
Typical home values are near $715,000 (Zillow Home Value Index, August 2026), and well-priced listings average four offers. Spring 2026 homes went under agreement in about 14 days. The FY2026 tax rate of $13.09 per $1,000 stays moderate thanks to the 850-acre Cabot Business Park and a town-owned electric utility with some of the lowest rates in Massachusetts.
The state counts 3,243 students in Mansfield Public Schools for 2025-26, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5 to 1. The district runs a single feeder path — Jordan/Jackson Elementary for grades 3 through 5, then Qualters Middle School — so every grade cohort moves through town together from kindergarten to graduation.
The Great Woods Conservation Area protects more than 700 acres in Mansfield, with more protected land across the Norton line and about 3 miles of marked trails from the Oak Street entrance. Its namesake, the Xfinity Center amphitheater, holds 19,900 and runs a packed concert calendar from mid-May through late September — the venue opened as Great Woods in 1986 and locals still call it that.
Mansfield station on the Providence/Stoughton Line reaches South Station in as little as 39 minutes, with 806 town-managed parking spaces at $3 to $5 a day. The stop logged roughly 1,140 weekday boardings in the MBTA's 2024 count, among the busiest outside Boston, and the I-95/I-495 interchange sits right at the town line.
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Common Questions
It depends on what you need. Mansfield has a commuter rail station downtown on the Providence/Stoughton Line, with trips of about 45 minutes to South Station. I-95 and I-495 are minutes away. The town runs its own PK-12 district with five schools. The Great Woods is its largest group of conservation parcels. Town zoning allows higher-density housing and mixed-use development around the station.
MARKET DATA
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (typical home value), data through September 2026.
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