Single-Family Home Prices in Greater Boston
Want to know what your house is worth? Use this chart to find out.
For some, a great place to live is based on prestigious schools or hip location. Others want a strong community or green space for the kids. But price is always a factor, and as part of our Best Places to Live 2012 coverage, we have compiled this sortable real estate chart featuring cities and towns in greater Boston. Sort by neighborhood, year, home price, or days on the market to find how your house ranks against the rest.
(The Best Places to Live package in the March issue included a chart that featured inaccurate "percent change" numbers supplied by the Warren Group. We regret the error. The correct data is updated below.)
| City | 2006 | 2010 | 2011 | One-Year Change |
Five-Year Change |
Days on Market 2010 |
Days on Market 2011 |
One-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington | $317,500 | $275,000 | $259,900 | -5% | -18% | 103 | 134 | 30.1% |
| Acton | $535,000 | $495,750 | $519,500 | 5% | -3% | 77 | 96 | 24.7% |
| Allston | $420,000 | $431,250 | $390,000 | -10% | -7% | 146 | 151 | 3.4% |
| Amesbury | $329,950 | $287,000 | $277,000 | -3% | -16% | 103 | 94 | -8.7% |
| Andover | $530,000 | $524,900 | $500,000 | -5% | -6% | 49 | 62 | 26.5% |
| Arlington | $488,750 | $497,350 | $498,688 | 0% | 2% | 96 | 90 | -6.3% |
| Ashland | $419,900 | $337,500 | $344,000 | 2% | -18% | 117 | 138 | 17.9% |
| Attleboro | $318,000 | $232,000 | $223,250 | -4% | -30% | 155 | 129 | -16.8% |
| Avon | $312,500 | $270,000 | $226,750 | -16% | -27% | 65 | 98 | 50.8% |
| Bedford | $512,500 | $521,000 | $505,000 | -3% | -1% | 79 | 58 | -26.6% |
| Belmont | $749,500 | $695,000 | $695,000 | 0% | -7% | 87 | 122 | 40.2% |
| Beverly | $383,000 | $335,500 | $325,500 | -3% | -15% | 114 | 121 | 6.1% |
| Billerica | $345,000 | $310,500 | $285,500 | -8% | -17% | 89 | 100 | 12.4% |
| Boston | $1,662,500 | $2,150,000 | $1,935,000 | -10% | 16% | 78 | 64 | -17.9% |
| Boxboro | $550,000 | $465,000 | $565,000 | 22% | 3% | 97 | 98 | 1.0% |
| Boxford | $585,000 | $530,000 | $515,000 | -3% | -12% | 113 | 95 | -15.9% |
| Braintree | $380,000 | $330,000 | $315,000 | -5% | -17% | 94 | 98 | 4.3% |
| Bridgewater | $383,225 | $298,250 | $260,500 | -13% | -32% | 58 | 122 | 110.3% |
| Brighton | $453,250 | $390,000 | $365,000 | -6% | -19% | 89 | 108 | 21.3% |
| Brockton | $275,000 | $174,900 | $153,700 | -12% | -44% | 73 | 90 | 23.3% |
| Brookline | $985,000 | $1,126,000 | $1,188,750 | 6% | 21% | 69 | 145 | 110.1% |
| Burlington | $400,000 | $382,000 | $358,000 | -6% | -11% | 85 | 99 | 16.5% |
| Cambridge | $780,000 | $755,500 | $735,500 | -3% | -6% | 121 | 95 | -21.5% |
| Canton | $480,000 | $414,500 | $405,000 | -2% | -16% | 53 | 100 | 88.7% |
| Carlisle | $822,000 | $660,000 | $642,000 | -3% | -22% | 82 | 79 | -3.7% |
| Carver | $319,500 | $250,000 | $230,000 | -8% | -28% | 166 | 127 | -23.5% |
| Charlestown | $643,500 | $682,000 | $620,000 | -9% | -4% | 174 | 208 | 19.5% |
| Chelmsford | $370,000 | $335,000 | $310,950 | -7% | -16% | 76 | 99 | 30.3% |
| Chelsea | $343,750 | $200,000 | $210,900 | 5% | -39% | 124 | 136 | 9.7% |
| Cohasset | $856,500 | $760,000 | $689,500 | -9% | -19% | 89 | 117 | 31.5% |
| Concord | $835,000 | $680,000 | $700,000 | 3% | -16% | 96 | 125 | 30.2% |
| Danvers | $382,000 | $327,250 | $322,500 | -1% | -16% | 95 | 94 | -1.1% |
| Dedham | $380,000 | $346,850 | $325,000 | -6% | -14% | 72 | 69 | -4.2% |
| Dorchester | $349,000 | $275,000 | $262,500 | -5% | -25% | 120 | 112 | -6.7% |
| Dover | $917,500 | $827,750 | $940,000 | 14% | 2% | 142 | 140 | -1.4% |
| Dracut | $305,000 | $249,900 | $223,000 | -11% | -27% | 157 | 157 | 0.0% |
| Duxbury | $590,400 | $555,000 | $520,000 | -6% | -12% | 87 | 104 | 19.5% |
| East Boston | $327,500 | $216,075 | $190,000 | -12% | -42% | 71 | 116 | 63.4% |
| East Bridgewater | $328,750 | $255,000 | $238,750 | -6% | -27% | 165 | 194 | 17.6% |
| Easton | $410,000 | $392,500 | $345,000 | -12% | -16% | 109 | 118 | 8.3% |
| Essex | $516,000 | $507,500 | $507,000 | -0% | -2% | 105 | 122 | 16.2% |
| Everett | $345,000 | $225,000 | $218,750 | -3% | -37% | 109 | 107 | -1.8% |
| Foxboro | $389,900 | $351,000 | $350,000 | -0% | -10% | 163 | 234 | 43.6% |
| Framingham | $374,000 | $300,000 | $294,500 | -2% | -21% | 108 | 111 | 2.8% |
| Franklin | $435,000 | $370,000 | $362,000 | -2% | -17% | 166 | 197 | 18.7% |
| Georgetown | $415,000 | $376,750 | $335,375 | -11% | -19% | 90 | 158 | 75.6% |
| Gloucester | $364,500 | $306,750 | $328,000 | 7% | -10% | 107 | 131 | 22.4% |
| Groveland | $366,000 | $300,000 | $287,000 | -4% | -22% | 189 | 172 | -9.0% |
| Halifax | $315,000 | $265,000 | $235,000 | -11% | -25% | 75 | 102 | 36.0% |
| Hamilton | $496,000 | $447,000 | $360,000 | -19% | -27% | 116 | 133 | 14.7% |
| Hanover | $447,000 | $419,950 | $410,000 | -2% | -8% | 92 | 99 | 7.6% |
| Hanson | $337,000 | $246,000 | $237,450 | -3% | -30% | 102 | 110 | 7.8% |
| Haverhill | $304,500 | $250,000 | $225,000 | -10% | -26% | 176 | 145 | -17.6% |
| Hingham | $625,000 | $631,000 | $625,000 | -1% | 0% | 150 | 143 | -4.7% |
| Holbrook | $310,000 | $227,500 | $217,300 | -4% | -30% | 106 | 112 | 5.7% |
| Holliston | $390,000 | $375,000 | $370,000 | -1% | -5% | 119 | 188 | 58.0% |
| Hopkinton | $645,000 | $520,000 | $519,000 | -0% | -20% | 158 | 167 | 5.7% |
| Hudson | $346,000 | $277,500 | $256,000 | -8% | -26% | 129 | 133 | 3.1% |
| Hull | $384,950 | $298,000 | $307,500 | 3% | -20% | 104 | 130 | 25.0% |
| Hyde Park | $346,000 | $279,750 | $259,000 | -7% | -25% | 91 | 120 | 31.9% |
| Ipswich | $451,000 | $385,000 | $360,000 | -6% | -20% | 109 | 132 | 21.1% |
| Jamaica Plain | $520,000 | $480,000 | $500,500 | 4% | -4% | 97 | 112 | 15.5% |
| Kingston | $379,450 | $316,000 | $299,500 | -5% | -21% | 90 | 134 | 48.9% |
| Lakeville | $345,000 | $265,000 | $299,900 | 13% | -13% | 108 | 102 | -5.6% |
| Lawrence | $246,450 | $165,000 | $150,000 | -9% | -39% | 102 | 123 | 20.6% |
| Lexington | $697,500 | $693,500 | $701,000 | 1% | 1% | 140 | 148 | 5.7% |
| Lincoln | $904,250 | $897,000 | $900,000 | 0% | -0% | 158 | 120 | -24.1% |
| Littleton | $380,000 | $383,500 | $350,000 | -9% | -8% | 171 | 161 | -5.8% |
| Lowell | $265,000 | $190,000 | $182,750 | -4% | -31% | 109 | 152 | 39.4% |
| Lynn | $283,000 | $194,000 | $174,000 | -10% | -39% | 87 | 109 | 25.3% |
| Lynnfield | $520,000 | $522,500 | $458,950 | -12% | -12% | 92 | 88 | -4.3% |
| Malden | $345,000 | $269,500 | $260,000 | -4% | -25% | 185 | 137 | -25.9% |
| Manchester | $710,000 | $750,250 | $780,750 | 4% | 10% | 134 | 144 | 7.5% |
| Mansfield | $422,000 | $355,000 | $341,500 | -4% | -19% | 87 | 122 | 40.2% |
| Marblehead | $573,500 | $507,000 | $510,000 | 1% | -11% | 95 | 124 | 30.5% |
| Marlborough | $350,000 | $268,000 | $256,000 | -4% | -27% | 111 | 117 | 5.4% |
| Marshfield | $403,500 | $367,000 | $332,000 | -10% | -18% | 95 | 112 | 17.9% |
| Mattapan | $317,500 | $202,450 | $200,000 | -1% | -37% | 207 | 198 | -4.3% |
| Maynard | $354,950 | $302,000 | $298,500 | -1% | -16% | 102 | 103 | 1.0% |
| Medfield | $585,450 | $580,000 | $501,000 | -14% | -14% | 139 | 140 | 0.7% |
| Medford | $394,750 | $342,000 | $339,500 | -1% | -14% | 108 | 136 | 25.9% |
| Medway | $401,000 | $332,250 | $335,000 | 1% | -16% | 140 | 127 | -9.3% |
| Melrose | $420,900 | $405,000 | $392,000 | -3% | -7% | 97 | 109 | 12.4% |
| Merrimac | $342,500 | $285,000 | $278,750 | -2% | -19% | 125 | 121 | -3.2% |
| Methuen | $315,000 | $240,000 | $220,000 | -8% | -30% | 80 | 90 | 12.5% |
| Middleboro | $324,550 | $229,900 | $217,500 | -5% | -33% | 142 | 141 | -0.7% |
| Middleton | $551,000 | $399,500 | $505,000 | 26% | -8% | 74 | 93 | 25.7% |
| Milford | $325,000 | $265,000 | $245,000 | -8% | -25% | 130 | 144 | 10.8% |
| Millis | $370,000 | $309,500 | $300,000 | -3% | -19% | 105 | 115 | 9.5% |
| Milton | $466,000 | $469,000 | $445,000 | -5% | -5% | 123 | 169 | 37.4% |
| Nahant | $460,000 | $450,500 | $420,000 | -7% | -9% | 149 | 164 | 10.1% |
| Natick | $430,000 | $400,000 | $387,000 | -3% | -10% | 87 | 130 | 49.4% |
| Needham | $655,000 | $630,000 | $649,400 | 3% | -1% | 146 | 143 | -2.1% |
| Newbury | $480,000 | $393,250 | $353,500 | -10% | -26% | 107 | 108 | 0.9% |
| Newburyport | $447,500 | $415,250 | $423,000 | 2% | -5% | 158 | 174 | 10.1% |
| Newton | $739,000 | $735,000 | $750,000 | 2% | 1% | 73 | 86 | 17.8% |
| Norfolk | $460,000 | $416,500 | $423,200 | 2% | -8% | 90 | 100 | 11.1% |
| North Andover | $514,000 | $460,000 | $436,950 | -5% | -15% | 123 | 220 | 78.9% |
| North Attleboro | $364,750 | $296,750 | $285,000 | -4% | -22% | 126 | 137 | 8.7% |
| North Reading | $423,500 | $410,000 | $395,000 | -4% | -7% | 76 | 87 | 14.5% |
| Norton | $357,400 | $259,000 | $262,000 | 1% | -27% | 134 | 151 | 12.7% |
| Norwell | $636,500 | $525,500 | $502,000 | -4% | -21% | 102 | 116 | 13.7% |
| Norwood | $388,750 | $349,100 | $344,950 | -1% | -11% | 116 | 142 | 22.4% |
| Peabody | $359,000 | $295,000 | $284,000 | -4% | -21% | 110 | 108 | -1.8% |
| Pembroke | $357,450 | $280,000 | $300,000 | 7% | -16% | 133 | 141 | 6.0% |
| Plainville | $366,450 | $287,500 | $300,000 | 4% | -18% | 158 | 184 | 16.5% |
| Plymouth | $335,000 | $272,500 | $264,500 | -3% | -21% | 77 | 98 | 27.3% |
| Plympton | $405,800 | $292,500 | $290,750 | -1% | -28% | 70 | 104 | 48.6% |
| Quincy | $360,000 | $315,000 | $299,950 | -5% | -17% | 126 | 150 | 19.0% |
| Randolph | $328,000 | $238,700 | $216,875 | -9% | -34% | 132 | 119 | -9.8% |
| Raynham | $378,700 | $265,000 | $265,000 | 0% | -30% | 151 | 157 | 4.0% |
| Reading | $420,000 | $422,000 | $400,000 | -5% | -5% | 227 | 126 | -44.5% |
| Revere | $337,000 | $231,000 | $211,700 | -8% | -37% | 95 | 123 | 29.5% |
| Rockland | $309,000 | $255,000 | $218,000 | -15% | -29% | 80 | 111 | 38.8% |
| Rockport | $495,000 | $398,000 | $447,500 | 12% | -10% | 122 | 171 | 40.2% |
| Roslindale | $370,000 | $329,500 | $337,750 | 3% | -9% | 60 | 83 | 38.3% |
| Rowley | $481,895 | $340,000 | $386,750 | 14% | -20% | 84 | 109 | 29.8% |
| Roxbury | $329,900 | $225,000 | $232,450 | 3% | -30% | 104 | 128 | 23.1% |
| Salem | $325,000 | $289,000 | $260,000 | -10% | -20% | 149 | 152 | 2.0% |
| Salisbury | $319,750 | $252,500 | $250,000 | -1% | -22% | 168 | 155 | -7.7% |
| Saugus | $349,500 | $290,000 | $271,750 | -6% | -22% | 112 | 155 | 38.4% |
| Scituate | $490,000 | $430,000 | $437,000 | 2% | -11% | 171 | 132 | -22.8% |
| Sharon | $437,500 | $394,000 | $395,500 | 0% | -10% | 104 | 109 | 4.8% |
| Sherborn | $840,000 | $717,000 | $725,000 | 1% | -14% | 144 | 138 | -4.2% |
| Somerville | $422,500 | $400,000 | $445,000 | 11% | 5% | 93 | 107 | 15.1% |
| South Boston | $375,000 | $431,500 | $400,000 | -7% | 7% | 128 | 211 | 64.8% |
| Southborough | $575,125 | $540,000 | $487,500 | -10% | -15% | 67 | 89 | 32.8% |
| Stoneham | $403,000 | $402,000 | $352,500 | -12% | -13% | 136 | 139 | 2.2% |
| Stoughton | $341,000 | $291,000 | $243,750 | -16% | -29% | 91 | 103 | 13.2% |
| Stow | $497,500 | $440,000 | $417,500 | -5% | -16% | 89 | 107 | 20.2% |
| Sudbury | $654,250 | $619,600 | $635,000 | 2% | -3% | 156 | 186 | 19.2% |
| Swampscott | $435,000 | $430,000 | $348,000 | -19% | -20% | 154 | 154 | 0.0% |
| Taunton | $300,000 | $222,950 | $207,500 | -7% | -31% | 144 | 149 | 3.5% |
| Tewksbury | $365,000 | $294,000 | $295,450 | 0% | -19% | 112 | 129 | 15.2% |
| Topsfield | $557,500 | $431,500 | $415,700 | -4% | -25% | 118 | 115 | -2.5% |
| Wakefield | $400,000 | $369,900 | $372,500 | 1% | -7% | 125 | 167 | 33.6% |
| Walpole | $403,125 | $345,000 | $400,700 | 16% | -1% | 79 | 91 | 15.2% |
| Waltham | $419,950 | $385,000 | $365,500 | -5% | -13% | 82 | 108 | 31.7% |
| Watertown | $457,500 | $445,000 | $446,000 | 0% | -3% | 72 | 90 | 25.0% |
| Wayland | $586,250 | $545,000 | $555,500 | 2% | -5% | 66 | 77 | 16.7% |
| Wellesley | $976,500 | $900,000 | $880,000 | -2% | -10% | 140 | 143 | 2.1% |
| Wenham | $722,500 | $454,235 | $422,500 | -7% | -42% | 124 | 133 | 7.3% |
| West Bridgewater | $325,000 | $248,250 | $264,000 | 6% | -19% | 202 | 142 | -29.7% |
| West Newbury | $580,000 | $383,000 | $423,500 | 11% | -27% | 118 | 102 | -13.6% |
| West Roxbury | $405,000 | $405,000 | $375,000 | -7% | -7% | 185 | 163 | -11.9% |
| Westford | $465,000 | $433,250 | $436,400 | 1% | -6% | 109 | 110 | 0.9% |
| Weston | $1,200,000 | $1,091,500 | $1,150,000 | 5% | -4% | 182 | 145 | -20.3% |
| Westwood | $540,000 | $530,000 | $525,000 | -1% | -3% | 101 | 132 | 30.7% |
| Weymouth | $335,000 | $290,000 | $260,000 | -10% | -22% | 85 | 99 | 16.5% |
| Whitman | $317,750 | $243,000 | $224,000 | -8% | -30% | 86 | 120 | 39.5% |
| Wilmington | $387,000 | $345,000 | $316,000 | -8% | -18% | 126 | 117 | -7.1% |
| Winchester | $724,900 | $715,000 | $739,900 | 3% | 2% | 88 | 90 | 2.3% |
| Winthrop | $362,500 | $321,250 | $290,500 | -10% | -20% | 118 | 114 | -3.4% |
| Woburn | $365,000 | $320,000 | $310,000 | -3% | -15% | 97 | 105 | 8.2% |
| Wrentham | $430,000 | $345,000 | $390,000 | 13% | -9% | 135 | 129 | -4.4% |
| City | 2006 | 2010 | 2011 | One-Year Change |
Five-Year Change |
Days on Market 2010 |
Days on Market 2011 |
One-Year Change |