Middleborough CenterMA
A town of 8,155.
Is Middleborough Center a good place to live?
53% of households own their home in Middleborough Center, against 79% in Massachusetts’ towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Middleborough Center’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile, below both Massachusetts’ towns (1.8) and U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest park or preserve is Peirce Playground, at 23 acres. We don’t grade Middleborough Center yet; the figures below are still real.
Gillette Stadium and 190 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Middleborough Center. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaFenway Park
Big draw35 mi MuseumThe Breakers
18 mi MuseumUSS Massachusetts
Big draw32 mi MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
30 mi Ancient siteHMS EndeavourPhoto credits
Gillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fenway Park: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Breakers: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: USN, Public domain · Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Sean Dungan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · HMS Endeavour: Samuel Atkins (c.1760-1810), Public domain
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Moving to Middleborough Center: who provides what
Middleborough Center is unincorporated, so Plymouth County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Middleborough Center.
Middleborough Center faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Middleborough Center, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Middleborough Center has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Middleborough Center has 0.8 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Middleborough Center for work: only 8% work in town. Middleborough Center’s median household income is $98,000. Jobs based in Middleborough Center grew to 3,261 in 2023, 211 more than in 2013.
| Middleborough Center | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 11% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.8% | 6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A larger share of adults in Middleborough Center report frequent mental distress than in the typical Massachusetts or U.S. town
20% of Middleborough Center adults report frequent mental distress. Middleborough Center beats the Massachusetts average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 35% of Middleborough Center adults feel lonely.
| Middleborough Center | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Middleborough Center | MA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.3% | 11.9% |
| More smokers | 14.9% | 11.3% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 20% | 16.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 3.7% of Middleborough Center
0.8 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. Only 4 of the 284 Massachusetts towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Middleborough Center.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Peirce Playground | 0.3 mi | 23 |
| 2. Westside Playground | — | 9 |
| 3. Field of Dreams | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Middleborough Center sell for about $550K
The median rent in Middleborough Center is $1,737 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Middleborough Center
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Middleborough Center
About 4 of every 100 Middleborough Center residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
About Middleborough Center
Census-designated place in Massachusetts, United States
Middleborough Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Middleborough in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Middleborough Center had a population of 7,921.
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- Area
- 4.0 sq mi
Middleborough Center’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Middleborough Center.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleborough Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Lakeville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Middleborough | #218 | C+ | C− | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Lakeville | #91 | A− | C− | A− | B+ | A− |
Middleborough Center and North Lakeville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Middleborough Center with a neighbor →
Questions about Middleborough Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Middleborough Center, MA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Middleborough Center yet; the figures below are still real.