Single-Family Home Prices in Greater Boston 2016

 

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Neighborhood / Town	2015 Median Price	2014 Median Price	One-Year Change	2010 Median Price	Five-Year Change	2005 Median Price	Ten-Year Change	2015 Days on Market	2015 No. of Sales	2015 Best Schools Ranking
Abington	$319,450	$310,000	3%	$605,000	-47%	$354,950	-10%	83	152	109
Acton	$566,750	$557,944	2%	$532,500	6%	$614,116	-8%	71	242	25
Amesbury	$325,500	$304,499	7%	$291,000	12%	$375,000	-13%	100	164	76
Andover	$615,000	$579,000	6%	$521,500	18%	$597,250	3%	80	362	26
Arlington	$640,750	$625,000	3%	$500,000	28%	$503,000	27%	29	306	37
Ashland	$400,000	$390,000	3%	$359,900	11%	$446,000	-10%	55	125	47
Avon	$236,500	$269,900	-12%	$270,000	-12%	$334,250	-29%	102	52	93
Bedford	$675,000	$615,000	10%	$547,500	23%	$530,000	27%	66	147	5
Belmont	$909,750	$950,000	-4%	$703,000	29%	$709,500	28%	56	156	45
Beverly	$395,000	$375,000	5%	$339,000	17%	$391,750	1%	75	345	90
Billerica	$369,000	$352,750	5%	$321,250	15%	$377,500	-2%	69	372	88
Boston - Citywide	$475,000	$450,000	6%	$360,000	32%	$400,000	19%	53	995	116
Boston - Allston	$773,000	$520,000	49%	$442,500	75%	$479,575	0%	24	1
Boston - Back Bay	$6,350,000	$7,375,000	-14%	$2,656,222	139%	$2,725,000	133%	98	9
Boston - Bay Village / South End	$2,525,000	$2,499,500	1%	$1,640,000	54%	$1,235,000	104%	39	27
Boston - Beacon Hill	$2,892,750	$3,175,000	-9%	$2,400,000	21%	$1,980,000	46%	139	21
Boston - Brighton	$582,500	$530,000	10%	$402,000	45%	$500,000	17%	39	28
Boston - Charlestown	$895,000	$819,500	9%	$702,500	27%	$675,000	33%	42	61
Boston - Chinatown / Leather District
Boston - Dorchester	$400,000	$389,000	3%	$277,000	44%	$360,000	11%	64	65
Boston - East Boston	$331,750	$325,538	2%	$224,750	48%	$330,000	1%	80	20
Boston - Fenway	$2,112,500							89	2
Boston - Hyde Park	$359,000	$330,000	9%	$278,250	29%	$357,700	0%	66	83
Boston - Jamaica Plain	$820,000	$743,000	10%	$515,000	59%	$505,000	62%	33	73
Boston - Mattapan	$291,500	$252,000	16%	$199,900	46%	$320,000	-9%	62	24
Boston - North End/West End
Boston - Roslindale	$450,000	$422,250	7%	$323,250	39%	$381,000	18%	41	113
Boston - Roxbury	$307,500	$488,000	-37%	$180,000	71%	$345,000	-11%	102	8
Boston - South Boston	$577,000	$554,500	4%	$446,500	29%	$426,550	35%	66	38
Boston - West Roxbury	$465,000	$445,500	4%	$416,000	12%	$456,500	2%	48	214
Boxborough	$609,000	$640,000	-5%	$450,000	35%	$656,450	-7%	56	55	25
Boxford	$585,000	$585,000	0%	$536,250	9%	$655,000	-11%	106	107	24
Braintree	$407,750	$373,713	9%	$340,000	20%	$382,000	7%	59	282	53
Bridgewater	$329,900	$321,500	3%	$298,950	10%	$379,900	-13%	81	208	100
Brockton	$223,500	$205,000	9%	$175,000	28%	$278,000	-20%	86	740	122
Brookline	$1,625,000	$1,570,000	4%	$1,156,750	40%	$1,120,000	45%	71	175	20
Burlington	$485,000	$455,500	6%	$387,750	25%	$415,000	17%	68	201	39
Cambridge	$1,343,500	$1,250,359	7%	$859,000	56%	$816,250	65%	32	112	31
Canton	$493,000	$479,950	3%	$435,000	13%	$525,000	-6%	88	195	56
Carlisle	$827,500	$790,000	5%	$660,000	25%	$889,000	-7%	99	64	6
Carver	$298,000	$274,500	9%	$255,000	17%	$350,000	-15%	121	146	97
Chelmsford	$388,043	$370,000	5%	$346,500	12%	$373,700	4%	62	311	46
Chelsea	$307,500	$262,000	17%	$200,000	54%	$307,000	0%	89	34	125
Cohasset	$814,000	$750,000	9%	$760,000	7%	$768,000	6%	116	111	33
Concord	$960,000	$970,000	-1%	$700,000	37%	$749,900	28%	83	191	6
Danvers	$407,450	$362,000	13%	$331,000	23%	$405,000	1%	68	230	74
Dedham	$410,000	$393,250	4%	$351,250	17%	$409,950	0%	68	273	57
Dover	$979,444	$954,000	3%	$848,800	15%	$1,007,000	-3%	171	78	1
Duxbury	$590,000	$589,938	0%	$555,000	6%	$617,500	-4%	124	195	38
East Bridgewater	$290,000	$285,000	2%	$265,000	9%	$359,400	-19%	103	140	103
Easton	$415,000	$410,000	1%	$406,200	2%	$435,500	-5%	107	202	64
Essex	$519,000	$500,000	4%	$552,500	-6%	$697,500	-26%	139	45	16
Everett	$319,000	$283,500	13%	$231,000	38%	$350,000	-9%	73	99	121
Foxboro	$384,500	$367,500	5%	$357,000	8%	$400,000	-4%	94	166	35
Framingham	$373,000	$349,000	7%	$305,500	22%	$386,500	-3%	56	625	70
Franklin	$405,000	$405,000	0%	$377,000	7%	$439,900	-8%	70	268	51
Georgetown	$405,000	$403,689	0%	$401,000	1%	$459,900	-12%	79	106	62
Gloucester	$375,000	$380,500	-1%	$319,000	18%	$399,000	-6%	96	208	94
Groveland	$370,500	$344,250	8%	$300,000	24%	$395,500	-6%	81	76	54
Halifax	$294,000	$290,000	1%	$260,000	13%	$330,000	-11%	113	89	82
Hamilton	$493,500	$473,000	4%	$428,000	15%	$539,000	-8%	99	86	23
Hanover	$454,500	$450,000	1%	$438,000	4%	$462,500	-2%	83	150	52
Hanson	$326,000	$295,000	11%	$288,500	13%	$363,675	-10%	105	123	110
Haverhill	$288,000	$274,000	5%	$251,000	15%	$330,000	-13%	82	457	114
Hingham	$767,000	$662,500	16%	$670,000	14%	$665,000	15%	100	257	30
Holbrook	$264,000	$255,000	4%	$236,000	12%	$325,000	-19%	67	135	111
Holliston	$472,000	$445,450	6%	$380,000	24%	$449,500	5%	80	191	14
Hopkinton	$632,253	$582,433	9%	$525,000	20%	$582,450	9%	86	208	28
Hudson	$326,000	$307,500	6%	$286,750	14%	$364,250	-11%	71	170	81
Hull	$350,000	$355,000	-1%	$296,000	18%	$384,000	-9%	113	117	71
Ipswich	$477,500	$458,750	4%	$387,500	23%	$526,950	-9%	107	132	59
Kingston	$379,000	$361,450	5%	$336,000	13%	$385,000	-2%	134	177	82
Lawrence	$209,900	$189,000	11%	$165,250	27%	$249,700	-16%	80	205	124
Lexington	$1,000,000	$1,050,000	-5%	$745,000	34%	$725,000	38%	68	387	3
Lincoln	$1,050,000	$1,100,000	-5%	$1,020,000	3%	$1,200,000	-13%	103	47	13
Littleton	$486,900	$442,500	10%	$400,000	22%	$481,000	1%	95	136	44
Lowell	$245,000	$231,000	6%	$195,000	26%	$279,900	-12%	83	432	117
Lynn	$266,000	$246,000	8%	$196,000	36%	$293,000	-9%	68	549	123
Lynnfield	$600,500	$542,500	11%	$529,000	14%	$580,000	4%	76	144	36
Malden	$360,000	$325,000	11%	$267,000	35%	$360,000	0%	51	235	115
Manchester-by-the-Sea	$799,000	$787,500	1%	$739,000	8%	$823,000	-3%	165	71	16
Mansfield	$369,000	$395,000	-7%	$356,250	4%	$436,000	-15%	66	167	42
Marblehead	$596,500	$590,000	1%	$510,000	17%	$584,000	2%	96	238	17
Marlborough	$324,500	$307,000	6%	$277,500	17%	$365,000	-11%	79	246	98
Marshfield	$393,500	$380,000	4%	$379,000	4%	$451,000	-13%	103	280	77
Maynard	$338,000	$325,000	4%	$297,500	14%	$349,500	-3%	74	115	85
Medfield	$671,500	$613,500	9%	$573,500	17%	$635,000	6%	80	159	12
Medford	$463,500	$430,000	8%	$350,000	32%	$395,000	17%	42	296	83
Medway	$405,000	$403,750	0%	$339,450	19%	$450,000	-10%	78	149	63
Melrose	$504,325	$477,000	6%	$406,650	24%	$430,000	17%	42	238	78
Merrimac	$334,839	$395,000	-15%	$299,000	12%	$372,500	-10%	93	76	54
Middleborough	$275,000	$245,000	12%	$243,000	13%	$353,700	-22%	93	223	105
Middleton	$602,000	$650,000	-7%	$406,000	48%	$556,500	8%	83	66	24
Milford	$295,000	$278,000	6%	$265,000	11%	$365,000	-19%	75	227	91
Millis	$381,000	$379,000	1%	$310,000	23%	$406,000	-6%	80	100	68
Milton	$570,000	$545,000	5%	$469,000	22%	$472,000	21%	77	267	60
Nahant	$577,000	$475,000	21%	$485,000	19%	$515,000	12%	128	38	40
Natick	$555,000	$509,000	9%	$400,000	39%	$463,500	20%	59	339	50
Needham	$867,500	$843,750	3%	$665,000	30%	$672,000	29%	71	336	22
Newbury	$452,000	$445,000	2%	$423,000	7%	$455,000	-1%	141	83	54
Newburyport	$535,000	$515,000	4%	$426,200	26%	$467,750	14%	79	192	27
Newton	$1,117,600	$971,500	15%	$744,150	50%	$806,000	39%	62	600	10
Norfolk	$493,500	$460,900	7%	$427,500	15%	$500,000	-1%	109	148	67
North Andover	$537,450	$510,000	5%	$479,753	12%	$589,950	-9%	85	262	73
North Reading	$488,500	$502,500	-3%	$425,000	15%	$530,500	-8%	54	160	48
Norton	$321,750	$275,000	17%	$265,000	21%	$360,000	-11%	92	146	79
Norwell	$607,500	$522,500	16%	$531,000	14%	$569,900	7%	120	158	32
Norwood	$410,000	$399,500	3%	$355,000	15%	$406,000	1%	55	211	72
Peabody	$366,750	$348,875	5%	$295,000	24%	$680,000	-46%	67	375	96
Pembroke	$338,500	$330,000	3%	$287,000	18%	$369,900	-8%	103	196	95
Plainville	$341,000	$354,000	-4%	$363,438	-6%	$375,500	-9%	79	73	67
Plymouth	$329,000	$313,000	5%	$281,750	17%	$359,000	-8%	118	712	92
Plympton	$370,000	$314,000	18%	$312,500	18%	$399,500	-7%	115	41	82
Raynham	$324,000	$320,750	1%	$272,621	19%	$359,000	-10%	83	150	100
Quincy	$393,000	$375,000	5%	$320,000	23%	$378,000	4%	62	501	89
Randolph	$293,000	$261,000	12%	$244,500	20%	$347,500	-16%	58	295	108
Reading	$518,500	$469,950	10%	$422,000	23%	$440,000	18%	42	248	55
Revere	$330,000	$285,000	16%	$233,000	42%	$349,900	-6%	73	193	118
Rockland	$277,000	$273,500	1%	$258,000	7%	$320,000	-13%	93	169	112
Rockport	$531,250	$457,500	16%	$405,000	31%	$459,000	16%	136	78	34
Rowley	$455,000	$444,450	2%	350,000	30%	$517,471	-12%	105	60	69
Salem	$345,000	$345,000	0%	$290,750	19%	$349,000	-1%	82	217	101
Salisbury	$340,000	$332,450	2%	$266,500	28%	$348,000	-2%	108	64	69
Saugus	$339,900	$325,000	5%	$299,900	13%	$365,000	-7%	67	261	104
Scituate	$499,125	$500,000	0%	$450,000	11%	$550,000	-9%	93	286	43
Sharon	$508,000	$503,500	1%	$395,000	29%	$450,000	13%	72	192	11
Sherborn	$749,000	$741,000	1%	$744,500	1%	$754,000	-1%	118	65	1
Somerville	$725,000	$562,000	29%	$402,500	80%	$437,000	66%	39	84	107
Southborough	$574,000	$595,000	-4%	$559,000	3%	$579,000	-1%	82	122	18
Stoneham	$465,250	$423,995	10%	$399,900	16%	$426,000	9%	55	182	41
Stoughton	$313,500	$311,000	1%	$297,500	5%	$352,750	-11%	71	248	80
Stow	$465,000	$475,000	-2%	$453,000	3%	$510,000	-9%	104	67	29
Sudbury	$685,000	$701,000	-2%	$639,000	7%	$745,000	-8%	102	251	13
Swampscott	$460,000	$440,000	5%	$437,500	5%	$519,300	-11%	91	183	40
Taunton	$250,000	$235,000	6%	$225,000	11%	$310,000	-19%	91	402	119
Tewksbury	$374,000	$352,000	6%	$305,000	23%	$380,000	-2%	63	159	87
Topsfield	$513,125	$564,500	-9%	$443,000	16%	$532,890	-4%	98	76	24
Wakefield	$463,500	$435,500	6%	$372,000	25%	$425,000	9%	49	218	66
Walpole	$505,000	$441,000	15%	$360,000	40%	$450,000	12%	74	236	58
Waltham	$476,000	$457,250	4%	$390,000	22%	$435,000	9%	51	358	84
Watertown	$560,000	$535,000	5%	$471,000	19%	$488,250	15%	37	87	65
Wayland	$705,000	$684,000	3%	$565,000	25%	$602,000	17%	89	183	4
Wellesley	$1,234,250	$1,225,000	1%	$937,500	32%	$1,010,000	22%	78	328	8
Wenham	$517,500	$585,000	-12%	$479,450	8%	$539,950	-4%	133	56	23
West Bridgewater	$296,500	$304,950	-3%	$255,000	16%	$349,900	-15%	102	84	75
West Newbury	$535,000	$520,450	3%	$386,000	39%	$494,950	8%	122	63	54
Westford	$488,750	$521,750	-6%	$465,000	5%	$515,000	-5%	71	215	19
Weston	$1,480,000	$1,395,000	6%	$1,091,500	36%	$1,272,400	16%	142	145	2
Westwood	$659,000	$627,500	5%	$535,000	23%	$614,950	7%	77	169	21
Weymouth	$336,000	$325,000	3%	$295,000	14%	$345,000	-3%	62	521	106
Whitman	$288,500	$270,000	7%	$248,000	16%	$322,000	-10%	58	130	110
Wilmington	$438,500	$398,000	10%	$360,000	22%	$417,500	5%	57	219	61
Winchester	$950,250	$920,000	3%	$697,250	36%	$739,500	28%	55	240	15
Winthrop	$375,000	$327,000	15%	$310,500	21%	$380,000	-1%	71	89	99
Woburn	$415,000	$388,500	7%	$320,000	30%	$397,750	4%	93	321	86
Wrentham	$447,000	$433,000	3%	$370,750	21%	$440,000	2%	106	147	67

 

SOURCES: Boston neighborhood and town median home prices, sales volumes, and days on market provided by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (marealtor.com) and MLS Property Information Network (mlspin.com). School district rankings come from Boston magazine’s Best Schools issue, published in September 2015.