Single-Family Home Prices in Greater Boston 2015
No matter how you judge a neighborhood—Are there good schools? How high is the crime rate? What’s the cool factor?—price always matters. As part of our Best Places to Live 2015 coverage, we have compiled this sortable real estate chart of single-family homes in cities and towns in greater Boston. Sort by neighborhood, year, home price, and days on market to find out how your house ranks against the rest.
| Town | 2014 Median Price | 2013 Median Price | One-Year Change | Five-Year Change | 10-Year Change | 2014 Days on Market | 2014 Number of Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington | $303,750 | $285,000 | 6.6% | 21.5% | -5.7% | 82 | 124 |
| Acton | $525,000 | $481,000 | 9.1% | 8.9% | -3.2% | 68 | 207 |
| Amesbury | $295,000 | $302,500 | -2.5% | 1.7% | -10.3% | 101 | 153 |
| Andover | $579,900 | $545,000 | 6.4% | 12.9% | 8.4% | 73 | 349 |
| Arlington | $612,000 | $550,000 | 11.3% | 29.2% | 29.1% | 23 | 317 |
| Ashland | $387,000 | $350,000 | 10.6% | 18.2% | -7.2% | 68 | 153 |
| Attleboro | $256,500 | $249,900 | 2.6% | 1.1% | -18.0% | 95 | 292 |
| Avon | $264,000 | $267,500 | -1.3% | 11.9% | -9.0% | 110 | 49 |
| Bedford | $580,000 | $581,000 | -0.2% | 18.7% | 12.6% | 65 | 155 |
| Belmont | $899,000 | $791,000 | 13.7% | 37.8% | 32.2% | 36 | 168 |
| Beverly | $370,000 | $350,000 | 5.7% | 14.5% | -4.3% | 68 | 343 |
| Billerica | $346,000 | $330,000 | 4.8% | 11.6% | -2.9% | 79 | 383 |
| Boston - Citywide | $450,000 | $418,000 | 7.7% | 34.3% | 18.4% | 59 | 970 |
| Boston - Allston | $520,000 | $535,019 | -2.8% | 16.9% | 17.5% | 41 | 12 |
| Boston - Back Bay | $7,375,000 | $6,475,000 | 13.9% | 44.6% | 158.8% | 333 | 6 |
| Boston - Bay Village/South End | $2,499,500 | $1,860,000 | 34.4% | 85.8% | 141.0% | 79 | 24 |
| Boston - Beacon Hill | $3,175,000 | $2,592,150 | 22.5% | 24.5% | 81.4% | 158 | 29 |
| Boston - Brighton | $530,000 | $480,000 | 10.4% | 24.0% | 15.2% | 65 | 29 |
| Boston - Charlestown | $770,000 | $759,000 | 1.4% | 35.7% | 22.4% | 49 | 69 |
| Boston - Chinatown/Leather District | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Boston - N. Dorchester/S. Dorchester | $380,000 | $350,000 | 8.6% | 33.3% | 11.8% | 69 | 133 |
| Boston - East Boston | $340,000 | $305,425 | 11.3% | 83.8% | 21.4% | 45 | 35 |
| Boston - Fenway | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Boston - Hyde Park | $337,000 | $313,500 | 7.5% | 23.0% | 2.1% | 69 | 99 |
| Boston - Jamaica Plain | $743,000 | $625,000 | 18.9% | 36.5% | 50.1% | 33 | 63 |
| Boston - Mattapan | $252,000 | $250,000 | 0.8% | 34.8% | -15.7% | 97 | 14 |
| Boston - North End/West End | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Boston - Roslindale | $422,250 | $411,250 | 2.7% | 27.4% | 12.6% | 47 | 126 |
| Boston - Roxbury | $454,000 | $290,000 | 56.6% | 233.8% | 36.5% | 45 | 12 |
| Boston - South Boston | $542,750 | $549,000 | -1.1% | 51.8% | 46.7% | 48 | 60 |
| Boston - West Roxbury | $457,000 | $425,000 | 7.5% | 16.4% | 7.8% | 43 | 191 |
| Boxboro | $641,333 | $486,563 | 31.8% | 11.2% | 3.8% | 100 | 34 |
| Boxford | $572,500 | $535,000 | 7.0% | 12.3% | -10.1% | 124 | 116 |
| Braintree | $365,000 | $354,800 | 2.9% | 10.7% | -2.9% | 58 | 304 |
| Bridgewater | $310,000 | $314,250 | -1.4% | 8.3% | -14.8% | 87 | 171 |
| Brockton | $204,000 | $179,000 | 14.0% | 23.6% | -19.7% | 89 | 619 |
| Brookline | $1,485,000 | $1,237,500 | 20.0% | 26.8% | 50.5% | 83 | 181 |
| Burlington | $428,500 | $411,000 | 4.3% | 16.4% | 4.5% | 60 | 208 |
| Cambridge | $1,200,000 | $858,000 | 39.9% | 77.8% | 92.2% | 32 | 117 |
| Canton | $478,850 | $442,000 | 8.3% | 18.2% | 4.3% | 88 | 186 |
| Carlisle | $775,000 | $667,000 | 16.2% | 3.8% | 4.0% | 81 | 65 |
| Carver | $275,000 | $249,900 | 10.0% | 1.9% | -14.0% | 122 | 108 |
| Chelmsford | $369,000 | $333,850 | 10.5% | 11.8% | 3.9% | 58 | 309 |
| Chelsea | $257,500 | $238,500 | 8.0% | 52.5% | -17.6% | 76 | 26 |
| Cohasset | $775,000 | $857,500 | -9.6% | 18.3% | 6.5% | 135 | 131 |
| Concord | $914,000 | $810,450 | 12.8% | 29.5% | 27.3% | 90 | 199 |
| Danvers | $363,000 | $359,000 | 1.1% | 11.0% | -2.5% | 69 | 210 |
| Dedham | $390,000 | $389,250 | 0.2% | 21.9% | 2.6% | 60 | 278 |
| Dover | $853,000 | $822,000 | 3.8% | -5.5% | -9.6% | 154 | 74 |
| Dracut | $262,500 | $260,000 | 1.0% | 5.0% | -11.2% | 89 | 262 |
| Duxbury | $560,000 | $550,000 | 1.8% | 10.3% | -9.7% | 115 | 206 |
| East Bridgewater | $335,000 | $285,000 | 17.5% | 31.4% | 7.4% | 115 | 131 |
| Easton | $400,000 | $373,000 | 7.2% | 18.7% | -1.7% | 101 | 173 |
| Essex | $460,000 | $400,000 | 15.0% | 4.7% | -5.2% | 161 | 29 |
| Everett | $282,000 | $260,000 | 8.5% | 25.3% | -15.3% | 70 | 99 |
| Foxboro | $375,000 | $350,100 | 7.1% | 7.1% | -3.8% | 84 | 149 |
| Framingham | $336,000 | $335,000 | 0.3% | 12.0% | -7.9% | 59 | 604 |
| Franklin | $398,000 | $350,000 | 13.7% | 4.1% | -2.9% | 77 | 253 |
| Georgetown | $401,972 | $380,000 | 5.8% | 10.0% | -4.3% | 96 | 84 |
| Gloucester | $362,000 | $323,500 | 11.9% | 13.5% | -4.5% | 103 | 169 |
| Groveland | $335,500 | $340,000 | -1.3% | 12.5% | -12.9% | 82 | 66 |
| Halifax | $260,000 | $277,250 | -6.2% | -7.1% | -19.4% | 102 | 73 |
| Hamilton | $462,500 | $470,000 | -1.6% | 19.2% | -3.8% | 125 | 80 |
| Hanover | $445,000 | $388,000 | 14.7% | 27.1% | 10.1% | 87 | 148 |
| Hanson | $300,000 | $298,700 | 0.4% | 20.0% | -9.6% | 92 | 119 |
| Haverhill | $265,000 | $250,000 | 6.0% | 6.6% | -13.1% | 93 | 352 |
| Hingham | $655,000 | $657,500 | -0.4% | 9.2% | 6.1% | 104 | 288 |
| Holbrook | $248,000 | $242,500 | 2.3% | 6.0% | -17.3% | 79 | 131 |
| Holliston | $423,700 | $386,500 | 9.6% | 18.7% | 3.5% | 79 | 150 |
| Hopkinton | $549,100 | $520,000 | 5.6% | 13.2% | 3.6% | 82 | 201 |
| Hudson | $300,000 | $272,000 | 10.3% | 11.1% | -11.8% | 89 | 169 |
| Hull | $345,000 | $334,500 | 3.1% | 15.0% | -4.0% | 129 | 127 |
| Ipswich | $430,750 | $434,500 | -0.9% | 6.4% | -7.4% | 133 | 132 |
| Kingston | $339,950 | $336,000 | 1.2% | 10.5% | -7.1% | 108 | 152 |
| Lakeville | $297,500 | $260,000 | 14.4% | 12.6% | -14.4% | 131 | 112 |
| Lawrence | $188,500 | $182,450 | 3.3% | 17.1% | -17.6% | 91 | 182 |
| Lexington | $950,000 | $829,500 | 14.5% | 51.4% | 45.0% | 65 | 419 |
| Lincoln | $1,045,000 | $1,037,500 | 0.7% | 26.7% | 12.4% | 99 | 67 |
| Littleton | $412,500 | $395,000 | 4.4% | 16.7% | 3.3% | 85 | 104 |
| Lowell | $227,000 | $220,000 | 3.2% | 16.4% | -10.0% | 87 | 473 |
| Lynn | $240,000 | $219,861 | 9.2% | 22.4% | -11.1% | 78 | 473 |
| Lynnfield | $525,500 | $513,750 | 2.3% | 6.2% | 5.7% | 88 | 141 |
| Malden | $325,000 | $315,000 | 3.2% | 24.0% | -4.3% | 54 | 246 |
| Manchester | $750,000 | $693,500 | 8.1% | 25.1% | 28.4% | 154 | 65 |
| Mansfield | $370,000 | $356,145 | 3.9% | 7.2% | -8.0% | 67 | 142 |
| Marblehead | $585,600 | $526,000 | 11.3% | 25.6% | 10.5% | 108 | 234 |
| Marlborough | $310,000 | $292,000 | 6.2% | 17.0% | -7.7% | 98 | 257 |
| Marshfield | $362,750 | $364,000 | -0.3% | 9.8% | -9.3% | 110 | 286 |
| Maynard | $317,000 | $318,000 | -0.3% | 13.2% | -4.2% | 75 | 122 |
| Medfield | $568,250 | $573,500 | -0.9% | 3.8% | 7.2% | 87 | 150 |
| Medford | $420,000 | $395,000 | 6.3% | 23.5% | 7.7% | 45 | 310 |
| Medway | $383,750 | $370,000 | 3.7% | 14.1% | -5.5% | 73 | 142 |
| Melrose | $475,500 | $430,000 | 10.6% | 24.7% | 15.4% | 42 | 276 |
| Merrimac | $348,950 | $279,200 | 25.0% | 20.0% | -17.4% | 118 | 60 |
| Middleboro | $272,500 | $259,900 | 4.8% | 6.9% | -13.5% | 110 | 191 |
| Middleton | $635,000 | $484,900 | 31.0% | 31.4% | 30.6% | 112 | 73 |
| Milford | $274,950 | $265,000 | 3.8% | 5.8% | -17.8% | 89 | 218 |
| Millis | $379,900 | $343,000 | 10.8% | 16.9% | 5.5% | 82 | 67 |
| Milton | $525,000 | $492,500 | 6.6% | 19.2% | 11.9% | 73 | 283 |
| Nahant | $450,000 | $432,500 | 4.0% | 13.6% | -0.9% | 117 | 23 |
| Natick | $477,000 | $439,000 | 8.7% | 13.7% | 11.3% | 50 | 369 |
| Needham | $805,000 | $749,500 | 7.4% | 23.8% | 29.9% | 55 | 378 |
| Newbury | $427,000 | $410,000 | 4.1% | 13.9% | -3.0% | 194 | 72 |
| Newburyport | $490,000 | $497,000 | -1.4% | 22.5% | 11.7% | 83 | 198 |
| Newton | $941,000 | $890,000 | 5.7% | 32.5% | 32.9% | 52 | 634 |
| Norfolk | $440,000 | $438,750 | 0.3% | 3.5% | -7.4% | 141 | 121 |
| North Andover | $480,000 | $459,500 | 4.5% | 16.2% | -7.7% | 84 | 263 |
| North Attleboro | $316,500 | $328,750 | -3.7% | -1.6% | -8.4% | 96 | 210 |
| North Reading | $456,020 | $425,000 | 7.3% | 24.1% | 6.1% | 65 | 173 |
| Norton | $275,000 | $276,500 | -0.5% | 0.0% | -19.1% | 88 | 147 |
| Norwell | $506,750 | $573,200 | -11.6% | -1.3% | -9.5% | 122 | 142 |
| Norwood | $381,250 | $360,000 | 5.9% | 10.0% | -1.0% | 63 | 220 |
| Peabody | $341,000 | $320,000 | 6.6% | 15.6% | -7.7% | 64 | 360 |
| Pembroke | $309,900 | $320,000 | -3.2% | 5.1% | -11.5% | 93 | 193 |
| Plainville | $351,000 | $350,000 | 0.3% | 15.3% | -4.9% | 76 | 68 |
| Plymouth | $309,900 | $287,838 | 7.7% | 10.4% | -7.4% | 125 | 624 |
| Plympton | $295,000 | $315,000 | -6.3% | 5.4% | -26.3% | 125 | 43 |
| Quincy | $375,000 | $348,000 | 7.8% | 17.2% | 5.6% | 62 | 547 |
| Randolph | $255,000 | $240,000 | 6.3% | 13.3% | -19.0% | 74 | 268 |
| Raynham | $307,500 | $270,550 | 13.7% | -2.9% | -11.9% | 113 | 110 |
| Reading | $475,000 | $460,000 | 3.3% | 18.8% | 12.8% | 42 | 258 |
| Revere | $284,000 | $255,000 | 11.4% | 29.1% | -11.3% | 72 | 177 |
| Rockland | $268,000 | $235,000 | 14.0% | 5.5% | -14.9% | 104 | 135 |
| Rockport | $425,000 | $440,000 | -3.4% | 11.3% | -5.0% | 134 | 68 |
| Rowley | $400,000 | $387,900 | 3.1% | -4.8% | 2.6% | 83 | 47 |
| Salem | $327,500 | $300,000 | 9.2% | 17.0% | 0.8% | 91 | 186 |
| Salisbury | $299,500 | $284,500 | 5.3% | 8.5% | -8.1% | 94 | 56 |
| Saugus | $321,000 | $295,000 | 8.8% | 16.7% | -7.8% | 78 | 209 |
| Scituate | $490,500 | $461,000 | 6.4% | 18.9% | -4.8% | 113 | 254 |
| Sharon | $488,425 | $469,950 | 3.9% | 31.1% | 13.5% | 62 | 214 |
| Sherborn | $745,000 | $745,000 | 0.0% | 18.4% | 0.9% | 115 | 53 |
| Somerville | $545,000 | $544,350 | 0.1% | 46.3% | 39.8% | 51 | 93 |
| Southborough | $580,000 | $485,000 | 19.6% | 46.8% | 13.0% | 79 | 115 |
| Stoneham | $415,000 | $400,000 | 3.8% | 14.7% | 5.1% | 67 | 190 |
| Stoughton | $305,500 | $292,500 | 4.4% | 17.5% | -12.7% | 69 | 226 |
| Stow | $446,000 | $435,500 | 2.4% | 15.1% | 0.8% | 93 | 92 |
| Sudbury | $685,000 | $675,000 | 1.5% | 18.7% | 6.2% | 97 | 247 |
| Swampscott | $439,000 | $425,000 | 3.3% | 11.0% | -2.0% | 91 | 145 |
| Taunton | $229,700 | $225,000 | 2.1% | 3.0% | -20.8% | 111 | 294 |
| Tewksbury | $342,000 | $317,000 | 7.9% | 10.3% | -3.5% | 74 | 283 |
| Topsfield | $559,500 | $477,500 | 17.2% | 26.2% | 2.7% | 139 | 68 |
| Wakefield | $427,750 | $407,500 | 5.0% | 12.6% | 6.9% | 45 | 256 |
| Walpole | $434,500 | $419,000 | 3.7% | 20.0% | 6.4% | 78 | 256 |
| Waltham | $449,450 | $424,400 | 5.9% | 15.8% | 11.0% | 44 | 396 |
| Watertown | $528,000 | $462,000 | 14.3% | 28.8% | 12.3% | 38 | 104 |
| Wayland | $624,120 | $598,500 | 4.3% | 22.4% | 9.5% | 69 | 146 |
| Wellesley | $1,180,000 | $1,068,750 | 10.4% | 37.8% | 34.1% | 85 | 357 |
| Wenham | $571,000 | $486,500 | 17.4% | 3.8% | 4.8% | 117 | 31 |
| West Bridgewater | $270,000 | $293,500 | -8.0% | 6.1% | -18.2% | 97 | 69 |
| West Newbury | $483,000 | $434,000 | 11.3% | 8.4% | 3.4% | 136 | 49 |
| Westford | $492,500 | $461,000 | 6.8% | 17.5% | 6.1% | 83 | 210 |
| Weston | $1,349,000 | $1,230,000 | 9.7% | 11.7% | 7.9% | 100 | 156 |
| Westwood | $608,600 | $610,000 | -0.2% | 16.8% | 11.2% | 66 | 184 |
| Weymouth | $317,000 | $290,000 | 9.3% | 13.2% | -3.9% | 76 | 461 |
| Whitman | $264,450 | $245,000 | 7.9% | -1.0% | -11.9% | 93 | 127 |
| Wilmington | $375,000 | $365,000 | 2.7% | 11.9% | 4.2% | 62 | 263 |
| Winchester | $905,000 | $825,000 | 9.7% | 27.5% | 32.1% | 53 | 231 |
| Winthrop | $329,000 | $325,000 | 1.2% | 9.8% | -11.1% | 75 | 80 |
| Woburn | $374,950 | $358,000 | 4.7% | 14.5% | 2.7% | 60 | 264 |
| Wrentham | $412,500 | $412,500 | 0.0% | 1.9% | -6.3% | 111 | 136 |
SOURCES: Boston median home prices, sales volumes, and days on market provided by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (marealtor.com) and MLS Property Information Network. Boston walk, bike, and transit scores sourced from Walk Score (walkscore.com). Town median home prices and sales volumes provided by the Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman (thewarrengroup.com). Town days on market provided by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and MLS Property Information Network.
Also check out our chart of 2015 condo sales.