Greater Boston’s Single-Family Home Prices By Town for 2022
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| City/Town | 2022 Median Price | 2021 Median Price | One-Year % Change in Price | Five-Year % Change in Price | 10-Year % Change in Price | 2022 Days on Market | 2021 Days on Market | One-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington | $540,000 | $500,000 | 8% | 42% | 97% | 22 | 23 | -4% |
| Acton | $875,000 | $814,500 | 7% | 42% | 72% | 18 | 20 | -10% |
| Amesbury | $580,000 | $525,000 | 10% | 59% | 121% | 24 | 23 | 4% |
| Andover | $928,500 | $840,000 | 11% | 45% | 71% | 24 | 28 | -14% |
| Arlington | $1,153,000 | $950,000 | 21% | 54% | 122% | 19 | 16 | 19% |
| Ashby | $385,000 | $419,900 | -8% | 40% | 151% | 52 | 68 | -24% |
| Ashland | $645,000 | $562,500 | 15% | 47% | 99% | 19 | 19 | 0% |
| Attleboro | $465,000 | $441,000 | 5% | 49% | 96% | 23 | 24 | -4% |
| Avon | $495,000 | $450,000 | 10% | 52% | 141% | 24 | 24 | 0% |
| Ayer | $614,500 | $450,000 | 37% | 78% | 118% | 30 | 32 | -6% |
| Bedford | $987,000 | $835,000 | 18% | 39% | 78% | 24 | 29 | -17% |
| Bellingham | $458,250 | $400,289 | 14% | 43% | 83% | 25 | 23 | 9% |
| Belmont | $1,560,000 | $1,430,000 | 9% | 50% | 113% | 28 | 22 | 27% |
| Beverly | $631,000 | $607,500 | 4% | 36% | 77% | 22 | 22 | 0% |
| Billerica | $625,000 | $577,000 | 8% | 45% | 98% | 25 | 24 | 4% |
| Boston | $796,500 | $767,500 | 4% | 38% | 116% | 34 | 36 | -6% |
| Boxborough | $975,000 | $882,500 | 10% | 57% | 112% | 27 | 18 | 50% |
| Boxford | $920,000 | $875,000 | 5% | 45% | 96% | 28 | 37 | -24% |
| Braintree | $670,000 | $625,500 | 7% | 42% | 103% | 24 | 25 | -4% |
| Bridgewater | $570,000 | $525,000 | 9% | 52% | 88% | 29 | 32 | -9% |
| Brockton | $440,000 | $405,000 | 9% | 62% | 193% | 28 | 25 | 12% |
| Brookline | $2,387,500 | $2,026,712 | 18% | 25% | 91% | 34 | 40 | -15% |
| Burlington | $736,500 | $707,500 | 4% | 33% | 89% | 26 | 25 | 4% |
| Cambridge | $1,870,000 | $1,800,000 | 4% | 29% | 111% | 27 | 26 | 4% |
| Canton | $800,000 | $742,500 | 8% | 45% | 104% | 30 | 26 | 15% |
| Carlisle | $1,325,000 | $1,300,000 | 2% | 54% | 112% | 28 | 32 | -13% |
| Carver | $509,400 | $465,000 | 10% | 62% | 151% | 36 | 35 | 3% |
| Chelmsford | $645,000 | $585,000 | 10% | 52% | 102% | 23 | 21 | 10% |
| Chelsea | $580,000 | $485,000 | 20% | 60% | 176% | 32 | 27 | 19% |
| Cohasset | $1,375,000 | $1,350,000 | 2% | 46% | 91% | 38 | 59 | -36% |
| Concord | $1,450,000 | $1,475,000 | -2% | 40% | 79% | 27 | 44 | -39% |
| Danvers | $635,000 | $648,596 | -2% | 41% | 81% | 25 | 22 | 14% |
| Dedham | $677,500 | $630,000 | 8% | 39% | 105% | 25 | 31 | -19% |
| Dover | $1,700,000 | $1,499,000 | 13% | 48% | 90% | 48 | 85 | -44% |
| Dracut | $511,000 | $485,000 | 5% | 48% | 104% | 23 | 21 | 10% |
| Dunstable | $715,000 | $670,000 | 7% | 38% | 69% | 28 | 28 | 0% |
| Duxbury | $955,000 | $885,000 | 8% | 42% | 77% | 32 | 26 | 23% |
| East Bridgewater | $490,000 | $467,000 | 5% | 41% | 92% | 31 | 30 | 3% |
| Easton | $699,900 | $625,000 | 12% | 57% | 86% | 36 | 37 | -3% |
| Essex | $745,000 | $777,500 | -4% | 16% | 74% | 30 | 27 | 11% |
| Everett | $599,000 | $547,500 | 9% | 46% | 150% | 27 | 28 | -4% |
| Foxborough | $605,000 | $596,450 | 1% | 41% | 78% | 26 | 25 | 4% |
| Framingham | $615,000 | $575,000 | 7% | 45% | 99% | 19 | 20 | -5% |
| Franklin | $634,500 | $600,000 | 6% | 43% | 67% | 23 | 23 | 0% |
| Georgetown | $660,000 | $610,000 | 8% | 52% | 85% | 30 | 24 | 25% |
| Gloucester | $654,900 | $600,000 | 9% | 43% | 82% | 32 | 35 | -9% |
| Groton | $745,500 | $670,000 | 11% | 55% | 80% | 25 | 34 | -26% |
| Groveland | $575,000 | $580,000 | -1% | 34% | 84% | 28 | 24 | 17% |
| Halifax | $500,000 | $470,000 | 6% | 52% | 92% | 30 | 38 | -21% |
| Hamilton | $735,000 | $778,200 | -6% | 34% | 93% | 29 | 45 | -36% |
| Hanover | $712,000 | $677,500 | 5% | 42% | 74% | 28 | 33 | -15% |
| Hanson | $510,000 | $485,000 | 5% | 44% | 104% | 36 | 24 | 50% |
| Harvard | $925,000 | $800,000 | 16% | 45% | 87% | 36 | 51 | -29% |
| Haverhill | $500,000 | $460,000 | 9% | 56% | 118% | 23 | 22 | 5% |
| Hingham | $1,250,000 | $1,125,000 | 11% | 56% | 88% | 28 | 33 | -15% |
| Holbrook | $479,900 | $435,350 | 10% | 52% | 114% | 23 | 23 | 0% |
| Holliston | $651,000 | $615,000 | 6% | 40% | 75% | 25 | 23 | 9% |
| Hopkinton | $903,500 | $871,000 | 4% | 39% | 61% | 31 | 28 | 11% |
| Hudson | $550,750 | $505,000 | 9% | 53% | 108% | 26 | 26 | 0% |
| Hull | $595,000 | $555,000 | 7% | 41% | 98% | 42 | 37 | 14% |
| Ipswich | $740,000 | $770,000 | -4% | 34% | 74% | 28 | 44 | -36% |
| Kingston | $623,250 | $600,000 | 4% | 35% | 120% | 45 | 35 | 29% |
| Lakeville | $547,500 | $547,525 | 0% | 54% | 109% | 37 | 36 | 3% |
| Lawrence | $450,000 | $404,500 | 11% | 76% | 214% | 24 | 23 | 4% |
| Lexington | $1,595,000 | $1,550,000 | 3% | 39% | 99% | 26 | 32 | -19% |
| Lincoln | $1,630,000 | $1,458,750 | 12% | 52% | 90% | 26 | 57 | -54% |
| Littleton | $735,000 | $605,000 | 21% | 51% | 96% | 25 | 32 | -22% |
| Lowell | $450,000 | $420,000 | 7% | 56% | 141% | 25 | 21 | 19% |
| Lynn | $510,000 | $475,000 | 7% | 55% | 172% | 25 | 23 | 9% |
| Lynnfield | $960,000 | $828,500 | 16% | 49% | 104% | 22 | 21 | 5% |
| Malden | $628,000 | $605,000 | 4% | 38% | 120% | 24 | 22 | 9% |
| Manchester-by-the-Sea | $1,355,000 | $985,000 | 38% | 56% | 90% | 39 | 59 | -34% |
| Mansfield | $645,000 | $575,500 | 12% | 43% | 84% | 23 | 21 | 10% |
| Marblehead | $935,000 | $850,000 | 10% | 41% | 92% | 27 | 30 | -10% |
| Marlborough | $529,000 | $480,000 | 10% | 47% | 103% | 25 | 24 | 4% |
| Marshfield | $665,000 | $627,500 | 6% | 41% | 90% | 27 | 29 | -7% |
| Maynard | $530,000 | $497,000 | 7% | 38% | 94% | 22 | 22 | 0% |
| Medfield | $977,000 | $835,000 | 17% | 43% | 61% | 23 | 25 | -8% |
| Medford | $816,209 | $750,000 | 9% | 37% | 127% | 22 | 27 | -19% |
| Medway | $620,000 | $559,000 | 11% | 52% | 84% | 25 | 22 | 14% |
| Melrose | $830,000 | $775,000 | 7% | 35% | 108% | 19 | 20 | -5% |
| Merrimac | $680,000 | $577,750 | 18% | 57% | 113% | 32 | 23 | 39% |
| Methuen | $520,000 | $474,000 | 10% | 52% | 112% | 25 | 20 | 25% |
| Middleborough | $485,000 | $436,250 | 11% | 62% | 111% | 33 | 32 | 3% |
| Middleton | $897,500 | $886,000 | 1% | 39% | 80% | 29 | 27 | 7% |
| Milford | $500,000 | $460,000 | 9% | 51% | 102% | 21 | 23 | -9% |
| Millis | $598,000 | $585,000 | 2% | 33% | 93% | 26 | 27 | -4% |
| Milton | $900,000 | $869,000 | 4% | 39% | 94% | 30 | 30 | 0% |
| Nahant | $950,000 | $820,000 | 16% | 41% | 103% | 36 | 90 | -60% |
| Natick | $900,000 | $738,250 | 22% | 50% | 105% | 29 | 24 | 21% |
| Needham | $1,500,000 | $1,320,000 | 14% | 52% | 116% | 22 | 28 | -21% |
| Newbury | $915,000 | $761,000 | 20% | 85% | 118% | 27 | 37 | -27% |
| Newburyport | $950,000 | $850,000 | 12% | 51% | 113% | 29 | 30 | -3% |
| Newton | $1,610,000 | $1,525,000 | 6% | 34% | 100% | 29 | 35 | -17% |
| Norfolk | $740,000 | $700,000 | 6% | 33% | 85% | 32 | 28 | 14% |
| North Andover | $892,500 | $752,450 | 19% | 57% | 88% | 24 | 28 | -14% |
| North Attleboro | $539,000 | $525,000 | 3% | 44% | 84% | 30 | 26 | 15% |
| North Reading | $786,000 | $730,000 | 8% | 43% | 91% | 19 | 19 | 0% |
| Norton | $508,000 | $495,000 | 3% | 37% | 113% | 25 | 28 | -11% |
| Norwell | $873,000 | $850,000 | 3% | 30% | 76% | 29 | 38 | -24% |
| Norwood | $650,000 | $610,000 | 7% | 48% | 98% | 24 | 23 | 4% |
| Peabody | $600,000 | $611,500 | -2% | 45% | 95% | 21 | 18 | 17% |
| Pembroke | $565,000 | $535,000 | 6% | 53% | 88% | 30 | 39 | -23% |
| Pepperell | $510,000 | $480,000 | 6% | 36% | 105% | 30 | 42 | -29% |
| Plainville | $553,500 | $535,000 | 3% | 31% | 90% | 25 | 24 | 4% |
| Plymouth | $575,000 | $500,000 | 15% | 64% | 105% | 34 | 34 | 0% |
| Plympton | $585,000 | $557,500 | 5% | 46% | 91% | 22 | 27 | -19% |
| Quincy | $660,000 | $620,000 | 6% | 47% | 113% | 30 | 28 | 7% |
| Randolph | $530,000 | $472,750 | 12% | 50% | 144% | 23 | 22 | 5% |
| Raynham | $527,450 | $500,000 | 5% | 40% | 93% | 29 | 29 | 0% |
| Reading | $815,000 | $722,500 | 13% | 36% | 94% | 22 | 23 | -4% |
| Revere | $587,250 | $540,000 | 9% | 56% | 146% | 23 | 26 | -12% |
| Rockland | $495,000 | $440,000 | 13% | 56% | 111% | 25 | 22 | 14% |
| Rockport | $785,000 | $808,500 | -3% | 40% | 73% | 33 | 41 | -20% |
| Rowley | $850,000 | $718,500 | 18% | 66% | 115% | 45 | 26 | 73% |
| Salem | $611,000 | $560,000 | 9% | 60% | 135% | 22 | 21 | 5% |
| Salisbury | $519,250 | $500,000 | 4% | 40% | 112% | 39 | 34 | 15% |
| Saugus | $620,000 | $550,000 | 13% | 49% | 122% | 23 | 23 | 0% |
| Scituate | $910,000 | $800,000 | 14% | 58% | 108% | 31 | 39 | -21% |
| Sharon | $775,000 | $675,000 | 15% | 50% | 87% | 32 | 30 | 7% |
| Sherborn | $1,118,500 | $1,053,000 | 6% | 36% | 68% | 27 | 33 | -18% |
| Shirley | $508,000 | $454,475 | 12% | 31% | 78% | 28 | 28 | 0% |
| Somerville | $1,100,000 | $967,500 | 14% | 50% | 136% | 28 | 34 | -18% |
| Southborough | $959,000 | $825,000 | 16% | 69% | 104% | 34 | 34 | 0% |
| Stoneham | $725,000 | $702,480 | 3% | 35% | 93% | 24 | 22 | 9% |
| Stoughton | $550,000 | $500,000 | 10% | 48% | 104% | 26 | 22 | 18% |
| Stow | $833,500 | $666,000 | 25% | 60% | 95% | 24 | 32 | -25% |
| Sudbury | $1,150,000 | $1,024,500 | 12% | 56% | 87% | 27 | 25 | 8% |
| Swampscott | $790,000 | $690,000 | 14% | 49% | 104% | 28 | 30 | -7% |
| Taunton | $463,750 | $413,150 | 12% | 63% | 106% | 27 | 25 | 8% |
| Tewksbury | $627,500 | $577,000 | 9% | 48% | 102% | 23 | 21 | 10% |
| Topsfield | $805,000 | $787,500 | 2% | 33% | 59% | 28 | 40 | -30% |
| Townsend | $450,000 | $410,000 | 10% | 56% | 114% | 31 | 26 | 19% |
| Tyngsborough | $650,000 | $550,500 | 18% | 63% | 117% | 25 | 26 | -4% |
| Wakefield | $725,000 | $687,500 | 5% | 39% | 85% | 22 | 24 | -8% |
| Walpole | $695,000 | $620,000 | 12% | 40% | 83% | 27 | 24 | 13% |
| Waltham | $740,018 | $705,000 | 5% | 27% | 90% | 25 | 26 | -4% |
| Watertown | $850,000 | $785,000 | 8% | 32% | 101% | 25 | 24 | 4% |
| Wayland | $1,047,000 | $1,000,000 | 5% | 50% | 94% | 25 | 31 | -19% |
| Wellesley | $1,888,000 | $1,655,000 | 14% | 37% | 97% | 22 | 32 | -31% |
| Wenham | $900,000 | $865,000 | 4% | 65% | 70% | 53 | 69 | -23% |
| West Bridgewater | $518,750 | $467,500 | 11% | 42% | 122% | 38 | 33 | 15% |
| West Newbury | $770,000 | $825,000 | -7% | 39% | 73% | 30 | 41 | -27% |
| Westford | $791,000 | $745,000 | 6% | 40% | 80% | 24 | 19 | 26% |
| Weston | $2,420,000 | $2,105,000 | 15% | 73% | 86% | 54 | 64 | -16% |
| Westwood | $1,192,954 | $1,049,000 | 14% | 64% | 113% | 23 | 28 | -18% |
| Weymouth | $575,000 | $535,000 | 7% | 46% | 109% | 23 | 26 | -12% |
| Whitman | $478,000 | $442,500 | 8% | 44% | 108% | 26 | 27 | -4% |
| Wilmington | $685,000 | $626,000 | 9% | 40% | 90% | 23 | 22 | 5% |
| Winchester | $1,470,000 | $1,349,500 | 9% | 34% | 109% | 28 | 34 | -18% |
| Winthrop | $679,000 | $665,000 | 2% | 43% | 132% | 41 | 34 | 21% |
| Woburn | $660,000 | $630,000 | 5% | 39% | 100% | 26 | 27 | -4% |
| Wrentham | $670,000 | $600,000 | 12% | 40% | 80% | 29 | 28 | 4% |
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).
First published in the print edition of the March 2023 issue, as part of our Top Places To Live 2023 cover package, with the headline, “The Big Real Estate Picture.”