Community Guide
The historic heart of Easton — a walkable 19th-century village of H.H. Richardson architecture, Olmsted landscapes, and the granite Ames Shovel Works, where homes near Main Street carry a real premium over the rest of town.
Quick Answer
North Easton is a village in Easton, about 24 miles south of Boston. It has no train station; riders use Stoughton or Mansfield on the MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line. Five H.H. Richardson buildings and Borderland State Park are here. Town-wide, Easton's FY2026 tax rate is $12.59 per $1,000 and the typical home value is about $691,000 (Zillow, September 2026).
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| County | Bristol County |
|---|---|
| ZIP code | 02356 |
| FY2026 residential tax rate | $12.59 per $1,000 of assessed value |
| Typical home value | $691,000 (Zillow, September 2026) |
| Commuter rail | No station. Stoughton (about 40 minutes) or Mansfield (about 45), Providence/Stoughton Line |
| Public schools | Easton Public Schools, a townwide PK-12 district; Oliver Ames High School |
| Town government | Part of the Town of Easton; Town Offices at 136 Elm Street, North Easton |
| Historic district | H.H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton, with five Richardson buildings |
Overview
North Easton is the village that gives Easton its identity, and buyers pay for it. Townwide, the market has stayed competitive into 2026: Zillow puts the typical Easton home value near $696,000 as of August 2026, while Redfin's May 2026 data shows a median sale price around $630,000, with homes going under agreement in roughly 20 days and drawing about two offers apiece. Inside the 02356 ZIP, the numbers run hotter. Movoto tracked a median asking price around $1.04 million in June 2026, at roughly $288 per square foot — a figure that swings month to month because only a dozen or so homes are typically on the market here at once. The takeaway holds either way: village addresses within walking distance of Main Street are scarce, and well-priced listings do not sit.
No other village south of Boston looks like this one. The H.H. Richardson Historic District — a National Historic Landmark since 1987 — packs five Richardson buildings into a few blocks: the Ames Free Library, Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, the Old Colony Railroad Station (now home to the Easton Historical Society), the Ames Gate Lodge, and the F.L. Ames Gardener's Cottage. Frederick Law Olmsted designed the grounds around the library and hall, plus the Rockery, a Civil War memorial piled from fieldstone boulders. The granite Ames Shovel Works — where the shovels that dug the Union Pacific were forged — was converted by Beacon Communities into 113 apartments in 2015 and anchors a village center of coffee shops, restaurants, and small storefronts. That walkability is the practical difference from South Easton, which trades a village core for larger lots along the Route 106 and 138 corridors.
The village is served by Easton Public Schools, including Oliver Ames High School; the state counts 3,297 students in the district for 2025-26, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9 to 1. Stonehill College's 380-plus-acre campus, built on a former Ames estate, adds lectures, Division I athletics, and college-town energy at the village's edge, while Borderland State Park spreads more than 1,800 acres of trails across the old Oakes and Blanche Ames estate to the northwest. Commuters take Route 138 to Stoughton's commuter rail station or Route 24 toward Boston, with Mansfield's Providence Line trains the more frequent alternative. South Coast Rail's Phase 2 plan would put a station in North Easton itself, though it remains unfunded. Easton's FY2026 tax rate of $12.59 per $1,000 undercuts neighboring Sharon at $17.15 and Mansfield at $13.09.
Current Properties
Current listings represented by Jessica Shauffer and the Weinstein Keach Team at Coldwell Banker Realty.
For Sale$1,725,000
Easton, MA 02356
For Sale$649,900
Easton, MA 02375
For Sale$450,000
Easton, MA 02375
For Sale$1,995,000
Easton, MA 02356
Under Contract$975,000
Easton, MA 02356
Under Contract$849,900
Easton, MA 02356
The things buyers ask about most in North Easton, in brief.
Easton's median sale price ran about $630,000 in May 2026 per Redfin, with homes under agreement in roughly 20 days and averaging two offers. North Easton village listings skew well above the townwide number — Movoto tracked a $1.04 million median asking price in the 02356 ZIP in June 2026 — because walkable village addresses are scarce and rarely linger.
Easton Public Schools, including Oliver Ames High School, enrolls 3,297 students for 2025-26, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9 to 1, according to the state. Stonehill College, founded in 1948 on a former Ames estate, enrolls about 2,500 undergraduates just south of the village center.
Borderland State Park covers more than 1,800 acres of trails, ponds, and glacial boulders on the former Oakes and Blanche Ames estate. In the village itself, Frederick Law Olmsted's landscapes survive around the Ames Free Library and Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, alongside his Rockery — a Civil War memorial built from piled fieldstone boulders.
Drivers reach Route 24 and Route 138 quickly, and commuter rail runs from Stoughton on the Providence/Stoughton Line, with Mansfield's Providence Line trains the more frequent option. South Coast Rail's proposed Phase 2 would add a North Easton station on a Stoughton extension, but the MBTA's FY2026-2030 capital plan includes no funding — a long-term possibility, not a promise.
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Common Questions
It depends on what you need. North Easton is part of the Town of Easton, so it shares the town's government and its PK-12 school district. All four district schools have North Easton addresses. There is no train station, so riders use Stoughton or Mansfield. The village has a historic district with five H.H. Richardson buildings, and Borderland State Park is on Massapoag Avenue.
MARKET DATA
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (typical home value), data through September 2026.
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