Location

Nearby schools

School ratings (A+ to F) from HJN community data.

Dolbeare Elementary School
KG-4 · Regular · Wakefield School District
443 students · 11.9:1 student–teacher
Dolbeare Elementary School school rating: A- 0.4 mi
Walton Elementary School
KG-4 · Regular · Wakefield School District
218 students · 13.6:1 student–teacher
Walton Elementary School school rating: B 1.1 mi
St Joseph School
PK-8 · Regular
189 students · 15.8:1 student–teacher
1.3 mi
Galvin Middle School
5-8 · Regular · Wakefield School District
1,056 students · 11.0:1 student–teacher
Galvin Middle School school rating: B 1.4 mi
Odyssey Day School
KG-8 · Regular
53 students · 7.6:1 student–teacher
1.6 mi
Lynnfield Middle School
5-8 · Regular · Lynnfield School District
698 students · 12.7:1 student–teacher
Lynnfield Middle School school rating: B+ 1.7 mi
J. Warren Killam Elementary School
KG-5 · Regular · Reading School District
406 students · 13.4:1 student–teacher
J. Warren Killam Elementary School school rating: A 1.7 mi
Early Childhood Center at the Doyle School
PK-PK · Regular · Wakefield School District
128 students · 14.1:1 student–teacher
1.9 mi

Nearby places

Within 2 miles of this home: 39+ restaurants and cafés, 5 grocery stores, 39 parks and green spaces, and 33+ transit stops.

Place data from OpenStreetMap.

Food & drink

Gingerbread Construction Company
Main Street
0.3 mi
Honey Dew
Lowell Street
0.4 mi
Bellino's Trattoria
Italian restaurant · Lowell Street
0.4 mi
Dino’s Brick Oven Pizzeria
Lowell Street
0.5 mi
Meletharb Ice Cream
Lowell Street
0.5 mi
Jade Gourmet
Chinese restaurant · Lowell Street
0.5 mi
Mandarin
Salem Street
0.8 mi
Dunkin' Donuts
Salem Street
0.8 mi

Groceries

Stop & Shop
Walkers Brook Drive
1.2 mi
The Farmland
Main Street
1.2 mi
Shaw's
Water Street
1.2 mi
Market Basket
General Way
1.3 mi
Professor's Market
Main Street
1.5 mi

Parks & recreation

Lake Quannapowitt
0.2 mi
Old Town Wells
0.2 mi
Colonel Connelly Park / Gertrude Spaulding Park
0.4 mi
Freeman Park
0.5 mi
Quannapowitt Lakeshore
0.5 mi
Conservation Land
0.6 mi
Lower Common
0.7 mi
Mill River Floodplain
New Salem Street
0.8 mi

Transit

Lowell St @ Pleasant St
0.0 mi
Lowell St @ Walton Ln
0.0 mi
Lowell St opp Pleasant St
0.1 mi
237 Lowell St
0.1 mi
Opp 237 Lowell St
0.1 mi
Lowell St @ Drury Ln
0.1 mi
Lowell St opp Drury Ln
0.1 mi
Lowell St @ Magnolia Terr
0.2 mi

Flock cameras and license-plate readers near 42 Hancock Rd, Wakefield

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Flock Safety reader
Other plate reader
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3 license-plate readers mapped within 1 mile of this home, 2 of them identified as Flock Safety devices. None within ½ mile. Nearest: 0.8 mi southwest. Operators named in the data: The Home Depot and Wakefield Police.

Mapped devices by type and distance from this home
Device type	Within ½ mi	Within 1 mi
License-plate readers	0	3
of which Flock Safety	0	2

Community-reported via OpenStreetMap; may be incomplete. Data as of Oct 13, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

About these devices

License-plate readers (ALPR) are fixed cameras that photograph passing vehicles and read their plates. Records are typically shared with the agency or association that operates the camera.

Flock Safety is a company whose plate-reader cameras are used by police departments, cities, HOAs and businesses. Its devices are usually solar-powered and pole-mounted.

The 01880 market

Homes for sale: 46
Median list price: $738,000

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42 Hancock Rd, Wakefield MA 01880

4

Beds

2

Baths

1,710

Sqft

1950

Year built

Estimated value: $915,456

Range $784,655 – $1,046,257 · as of August 30, 2026

How this estimate has moved

ATTOM automated valuation model · 54 published estimates over 6.7 years · shaded band is the model's own published low-to-high range

$560,312 January 2020$915,456 August 2026

Highest reading $915,456 in August 2026; lowest $545,184 in April 2020. The vertical scale starts at the series' own low, not at zero — it is drawn to show movement, not absolute size.

Public records

4 beds
2 baths
1,710 sqft
8,925 sqft lot
Built 1950
Stories: 2
Use: RESIDENTIAL
APN WAKE M:00014A B:0036 P:00B126

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Home price

Down payment (20%)

$183,091

Loan term

Interest rate (%)

Property tax (%/yr)

Home insurance ($/yr)

HOA ($/mo)

Estimated monthly payment

$6,027/mo

Principal & interest$5,071

Property tax$839

Home insurance$117

Loan amount $732,365. Estimate only — your actual rate and payment depend on credit, location, and lender.

Tax history

2025 roll

Land: $379,700
Structure: $319,100
Assessed total: $698,800
County market value: $832,295
Property tax billed: $7,931

Sale & deed history

June 27, 2025Arm's-lengthCash$883,000
April 25, 2025Arm's-length$706,000