Community Guide
Weston is Middlesex County's estate town and routinely the most expensive municipality in Massachusetts — a landscape of acre-plus lots and conservation land where the median sale price now runs around $2.7 million.
Quick Answer
Weston is 12 miles west of Boston. Kendal Green station is on the MBTA Fitchburg Line to North Station, and the Massachusetts Turnpike and Route 128/I-95 serve the town. Its Conservation Commission manages about 1,800 acres of protected land. Weston's FY2026 tax rate is $10.88 per $1,000 and its typical home value is about $2,229,000 (Zillow, September 2026).
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| County | Middlesex County |
|---|---|
| ZIP code | 02493 |
| FY2026 residential tax rate | $10.88 per $1,000 of assessed value |
| Typical home value | $2,229,000 (Zillow, September 2026) |
| Commuter rail | Kendal Green station, Fitchburg Line; about 35 minutes to North Station |
| Public schools | Weston Public Schools, the town's own K-12 district; Weston High School |
| Distance to Boston | 12 miles west |
| Highways | Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90), Route 128/I-95, U.S. Route 20, and Routes 30 and 117 |
Overview
Weston is routinely the most expensive town in Massachusetts, and the 2026 numbers back it up. Zillow puts the typical Weston home value near $2.25 million as of August 2026, while Redfin shows a median sale price around $2.7 million for the three months ending May 2026 — up 12.7% year over year — with homes going under agreement in roughly 20 days and selling for about 1% over asking. CBS Boston's statewide review pegged Weston's 2025 median at $2,575,000, among the very highest of any city or town in the Commonwealth. The surprise for many buyers is the tax bill: Weston's FY2026 residential rate is $10.88 per $1,000, lower than most towns in the region, which takes some of the sting out of carrying a home at this price point.
What a buyer gets in Weston that the neighbors cannot match is land and quiet at close range to Boston. The town built its identity around large residential lots and never developed the commercial corridors that shape Wellesley and Newton, so the streetscape is stone walls, long driveways, and genuine estate parcels rather than retail strips. Weston Public Schools serves prekindergarten through grade 12. The state counts 2,079 students in the district for 2025-26, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7 to 1.
Weston protects open space at a scale few towns attempt: the Conservation Commission alone holds about 1,800 acres laced with roughly 90 miles of trails, and the Weston Forest & Trail Association has been adding to that network since 1955. Land's Sake Farm works a 40-acre field on the town-owned Case Estates, selling organically grown produce at its farm stand and donating a third of the harvest to hunger relief. The two-mile Weston Reservoir loop is the everyday walk, three paved miles of the Mass Central Rail Trail cross the north side of town, and the Weston Ski Track at Leo J. Martin turns a DCR golf course into the only snowmaking cross-country ski facility within 15 miles of Boston each winter. For the commute, Kendal Green station on the Fitchburg Line reaches North Station in about 35 minutes, and the Mass Pike meets Route 128/I-95 inside town lines.
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The things buyers ask about most in Weston, in brief.
Zillow puts the typical Weston home value at about $2.25 million as of August 2026, while Redfin shows a median sale price near $2.7 million for the three months ending May 2026, up 12.7%, with homes going pending in roughly 20 days. Weston's FY2026 residential tax rate is $10.88 per $1,000 — low for the area.
Weston Public Schools serves prekindergarten through grade 12. The state counts 2,079 students in the district for 2025-26, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7 to 1. Test results and graduation rates for each school are on the state's School and District Profiles site.
About 1,800 acres of town conservation land and roughly 90 miles of trails, including the two-mile Weston Reservoir loop and three paved miles of the Mass Central Rail Trail. Land's Sake Farm works the town-owned Case Estates fields, and the Weston Ski Track at Leo J. Martin is the only snowmaking cross-country ski facility within 15 miles of Boston.
Kendal Green station on the Fitchburg Line reaches North Station in about 35 minutes, with limited flag-stop service at Silver Hill. Drivers get a rare setup: the Mass Pike and Route 128/I-95 interchange sits inside Weston's town lines, covering east-west and north-south routes without crossing a neighboring town first.
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Common Questions
It depends on what you need. Weston has commuter rail at Kendal Green, about 35 minutes from North Station, and its principal highways include the Massachusetts Turnpike and Route 128/I-95. The town reports no bus service. It runs its own K-12 school district with five schools. The Conservation Commission manages about 1,800 acres with roughly 90 miles of trails. The town's housing plan says 89 percent of housing units are single-family houses.
MARKET DATA
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (typical home value), data through September 2026.
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