Middleborough CenterMA
The town, home to 8,155 people, lies in Massachusetts.
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 density of trails 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 189 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
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Middleborough Center than in 71% of U.S. communities. 73% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 10%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Middleborough Center: four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 20°, with about 31 inches of snow 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
Just over one in ten workers work remotely from home in Middleborough Center. For most workers, Middleborough Center is a place to come home to: only 8% work in town. Jobs in Middleborough Center grew by 211 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 3,261. Half of commuters travel less than 18 miles.
| 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
Among adults in Middleborough Center, 30% have high blood pressure. Two figures for adults locally: 19% binge drink, 27% have been diagnosed with depression.
| 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
Less of Middleborough Center is conserved land than in most of Massachusetts or the rest of the country
Across 7 parks and preserves: 0.8 miles of trail.
| 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 $562K
On the market in Middleborough Center: a median 36 days to sell. The median rent locally is $1,737 a month. 26% of the homes sold in Middleborough Center went for more than their asking price.
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.