ZIP 02536

02536 is one of 47 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Barnstable County, MA.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 19 of the 32 nearby ZIPs shown.

2 school locations in 02536: 2 elementary.

In alphabetical order: East Falmouth Elementary, Teaticket. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 02536 was worth $182,331.

Values peaked at $717,640 in August 2026. The latest reading is the peak.

As of August 2026: $717,640, +2.7% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $717,640. Put 20% down and borrow $574,112 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $3,975 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $95,295 a year, $7,941 a month. So the payment takes 50.1% of income — rated “severe” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 12.7% in 2000.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $1,092.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,469.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $3,692 — +151% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +58%.

Reported values rose +294% since January 2000.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $359,849. So the real change is +99%, not +294%.

02536: +294% since January 2000.

Barnstable County: +288% since January 2000.

Massachusetts: +233% since January 2000 — 02536 ran ahead of it by 60 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $4,693 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,538 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 38.9. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 27 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 59% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 76.

Going out — closed sales: about 26 a month. That is 65% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 2.9 months of supply — below the 4–6 month range Lotvox treats as balanced. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 1 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 26 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 34 — so sales ran at 76% of it, and below it in 22 of the last 24 months.

Across Barnstable County, builders pulled permits for 630 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 53% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Barnstable County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 3,174 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 2,998 moved out.

Net across those counties: +176 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 76 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Middlesex, MA (680 households); most departures went to Plymouth, MA (813).

County assessor records list 11,410 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $385,600; the typical home value is $717,640.

The assessor average sits −46.3% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.