Single-Family Home Prices in Greater Boston

Do you know what your house is worth? Use our sortable chart find out how your real estate ranks against other single-family homes in Boston.

 

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 2013 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.

City	2012 Median Price	2011 Median Price	Median Price One-Year Change	2007 Median Price	Median Price Five-Year Change	2012 Days on Market	2011 Days on Market	Days on Market One-Year Change
Abington	$267,000	$259,900	2.7%	$322,000	-17.1%	124	134	-7.5%
Acton	$480,000	$519,500	-7.6%	$525,000	-8.6%	121	96	26.0%
Allston	$398,000	$390,000	2.1%	$449,000	-11.4%	78	64	21.9%
Amesbury	$251,600	$277,500	-9.3%	$359,000	-29.9%	154	151	2.0%
Andover	$505,000	$500,000	1.0%	$565,000	-10.6%	95	94	1.1%
Arlington	$515,000	$498,688	3.3%	$472,200	9.1%	41	62	-33.9%
Ashland	$308,250	$344,000	-10.4%	$388,500	-20.7%	104	90	15.6%
Attleboro	$223,200	$223,250	0.0%	$300,000	-25.6%	141	138	2.2%
Avon	$185,500	$226,750	-18.2%	$291,000	-36.3%	99	129	-23.3%
Bedford	$510,000	$505,000	1.0%	$499,000	2.2%	86	98	-12.2%
Belmont	$689,000	$695,000	-0.9%	$682,000	1.0%	58	58	0.0%
Beverly	$355,000	$325,500	9.1%	$369,000	-3.8%	96	122	-21.3%
Billerica	$303,000	$286,000	5.9%	$345,000	-12.2%	113	121	-6.6%
Boston	$1,950,000	$1,930,000	1.0%	$1,506,250	29.5%	90	100	-10.0%
Boxboro	$490,000	$565,000	-13.3%	$598,000	-18.1%	96	127	-24.4%
Boxford	$461,500	$515,000	-10.4%	$607,450	-24.0%	171	208	-17.8%
Braintree	$329,650	$315,000	4.7%	$370,000	-10.9%	88	99	-11.1%
Bridgewater	$280,000	$262,500	6.7%	$369,000	-24.1%	141	136	3.7%
Brighton	$448,250	$365,000	22.8%	$459,000	-2.3%	42	98	-57.1%
Brockton	$150,000	$153,850	-2.5%	$250,000	-40.0%	111	117	-5.1%
Brookline	$1,200,000	$1,188,750	0.9%	$1,070,000	12.1%	101	125	-19.2%
Burlington	$385,000	$358,000	7.5%	$410,000	-6.1%	93	94	-1.1%
Cambridge	$809,000	$740,000	9.3%	$650,000	24.5%	52	69	-24.6%
Canton	$382,000	$405,000	-5.7%	$410,000	-6.8%	119	112	6.3%
Carlisle	$618,100	$642,000	-3.7%	$727,500	-15.0%	183	140	30.7%
Carver	$218,500	$230,000	-5.0%	$306,500	-28.7%	160	157	1.9%
Charlestown	$638,625	$620,000	3.0%	$629,000	1.5%	94	95	-1.1%
Chelmsford	$315,000	$310,950	1.3%	$355,000	-11.3%	101	104	-2.9%
Chelsea	$189,500	$210,900	-10.1%	$303,500	-37.6%	92	116	-20.7%
Cohasset	$720,000	$689,500	4.4%	$789,000	-8.7%	192	194	-1.0%
Concord	$715,000	$700,000	2.1%	$780,000	-8.3%	97	118	-17.8%
Danvers	$343,450	$321,250	6.9%	$393,200	-12.7%	110	122	-9.8%
Dedham	$325,000	$325,000	0.0%	$362,750	-10.4%	89	107	-16.8%
Dorchester	$275,700	$262,500	5.0%	$336,000	-17.9%	95	98	-3.1%
Dover	$865,000	$940,000	-8.0%	$1,020,825	-15.3%	170	234	-27.4%
Dracut	$230,000	$223,000	3.1%	$285,000	-19.3%	133	111	19.8%
Duxbury	$542,250	$520,000	4.3%	$639,000	-15.1%	161	197	-18.3%
East Boston	$262,500	$190,000	38.2%	$292,500	-10.3%	89	122	-27.0%
East Bridgewater	$255,000	$238,750	6.8%	$341,500	-25.3%	128	158	-19.0%
Easton	$364,157	$345,000	5.6%	$393,750	-7.5%	147	131	12.2%
Essex	$302,500	$507,000	-40.3%	$449,000	-32.6%	221	172	28.5%
Everett	$237,000	$218,750	8.3%	$305,000	-22.3%	92	102	-9.8%
Foxboro	$323,000	$350,000	-7.7%	$395,000	-18.2%	120	133	-9.8%
Framingham	$304,900	$294,500	3.5%	$360,000	-15.3%	94	99	-5.1%
Franklin	$352,500	$362,000	-2.6%	$444,000	-20.6%	117	110	6.4%
Georgetown	$324,900	$335,375	-3.1%	$415,000	-21.7%	118	145	-18.6%
Gloucester	$347,000	$328,000	5.8%	$381,000	-8.9%	164	143	14.7%
Groveland	$313,326	$287,000	9.2%	$358,500	-12.6%	135	112	20.5%
Halifax	$243,200	$235,000	3.5%	$310,500	-21.7%	131	188	-30.3%
Hamilton	$364,950	$360,000	1.4%	$426,250	-14.4%	150	167	-10.2%
Hanover	$399,900	$410,000	-2.5%	$462,500	-13.5%	145	133	9.0%
Hanson	$255,000	$237,450	7.4%	$329,000	-22.5%	138	130	6.2%
Haverhill	$220,000	$225,000	-2.2%	$300,000	-26.7%	119	120	-0.8%
Hingham	$650,000	$625,000	4.0%	$628,000	3.5%	124	132	-6.1%
Holbrook	$225,000	$218,150	3.1%	$292,251	-23.0%	133	112	18.8%
Holliston	$359,950	$370,000	-2.7%	$398,200	-9.6%	104	134	-22.4%
Hopkinton	$535,000	$519,000	3.1%	$585,000	-8.5%	104	102	2.0%
Hudson	$265,000	$256,000	3.5%	$352,000	-24.7%	130	123	5.7%
Hull	$300,000	$305,000	-1.6%	$360,000	-16.7%	143	148	-3.4%
Hyde Park	$271,500	$259,000	4.8%	$323,000	-15.9%	98	108	-9.3%
Ipswich	$328,000	$360,000	-8.9%	$502,430	-34.7%	160	120	33.3%
Jamaica Plain	$530,000	$500,500	5.9%	$485,000	9.3%	49	90	-45.6%
Kingston	$258,000	$299,500	-13.9%	$345,000	-25.2%	170	161	5.6%
Lakeville	$248,250	$299,000	-17.0%	$365,000	-32.0%	167	152	9.9%
Lawrence	$141,300	$150,000	-5.8%	$218,500	-35.3%	116	109	6.4%
Lexington	$724,000	$701,000	3.3%	$691,500	4.7%	86	88	-2.3%
Lincoln	$850,000	$900,000	-5.6%	$1,117,500	-23.9%	148	137	8.0%
Littleton	$354,000	$350,000	1.1%	$400,000	-11.5%	124	144	-13.9%
Lowell	$185,000	$182,750	1.2%	$251,000	-26.3%	114	122	-6.6%
Lynn	$180,000	$174,000	3.4%	$259,000	-30.5%	118	124	-4.8%
Lynnfield	$433,000	$458,950	-5.7%	$539,000	-19.7%	121	117	3.4%
Malden	$278,000	$261,250	6.4%	$327,500	-15.1%	84	112	-25.0%
Manchester	$692,500	$780,750	-11.3%	$675,000	2.6%	184	198	-7.1%
Mansfield	$342,400	$341,500	0.3%	$384,950	-11.1%	99	103	-3.9%
Marblehead	$480,000	$510,000	-5.9%	$547,000	-12.2%	144	140	2.9%
Marlborough	$250,750	$256,000	-2.1%	$340,000	-26.3%	130	136	-4.4%
Marshfield	$328,500	$332,000	-1.1%	$379,500	-13.4%	140	127	10.2%
Mattapan	$196,000	$200,000	-2.0%	$305,000	-35.7%	92	145	-36.6%
Maynard	$274,500	$298,500	-8.0%	$333,000	-17.6%	132	109	21.1%
Medfield	$590,000	$501,000	17.8%	$550,000	7.3%	121	121	0.0%
Medford	$355,000	$339,500	4.6%	$385,000	-7.8%	72	90	-20.0%
Medway	$315,000	$335,000	-6.0%	$385,000	-18.2%	97	141	-31.2%
Melrose	$403,000	$392,000	2.8%	$408,000	-1.2%	69	93	-25.8%
Merrimac	$290,000	$278,750	4.0%	$376,500	-23.0%	136	144	-5.6%
Methuen	$235,000	$220,000	6.8%	$288,950	-18.7%	97	115	-15.7%
Middleboro	$225,000	$217,500	3.4%	$313,000	-28.1%	128	169	-24.3%
Middleton	$456,950	$480,000	-4.8%	$450,000	1.5%	126	164	-23.2%
Milford	$238,625	$245,000	-2.6%	$329,000	-27.5%	97	130	-25.4%
Millis	$305,000	$300,000	1.7%	$355,500	-14.2%	112	143	-21.7%
Milton	$450,000	$445,000	1.1%	$441,000	2.0%	102	108	-5.6%
Nahant	$388,850	$420,000	-7.4%	$501,500	-22.5%	193	174	10.9%
Natick	$419,625	$387,000	8.4%	$432,500	-3.0%	69	86	-19.8%
Needham	$670,000	$649,400	3.2%	$618,000	8.4%	101	100	1.0%
Newbury	$417,000	$353,500	18.0%	$460,000	-9.3%	174	220	-20.9%
Newburyport	$375,000	$423,000	-11.3%	$465,000	-19.4%	129	137	-5.8%
Newton	$780,000	$750,000	4.0%	$760,215	2.6%	75	87	-13.8%
Norfolk	$389,500	$423,200	-8.0%	$437,500	-11.0%	99	151	-34.4%
North Andover	$450,000	$436,950	3.0%	$476,900	-5.6%	134	116	15.5%
North Attleboro	$292,000	$285,000	2.5%	$355,000	-17.7%	138	142	-2.8%
North Reading	$390,000	$387,500	0.6%	$395,000	-1.3%	119	108	10.2%
Norton	$233,000	$259,950	-10.4%	$325,000	-28.3%	131	141	-7.1%
Norwell	$488,000	$502,000	-2.8%	$604,400	-19.3%	139	184	-24.5%
Norwood	$330,000	$344,950	-4.3%	$372,500	-11.4%	88	98	-10.2%
Peabody	$300,000	$285,000	5.3%	$350,000	-14.3%	95	104	-8.7%
Pembroke	$292,500	$300,000	-2.5%	$347,500	-15.8%	120	150	-20.0%
Plainville	$295,900	$300,000	-1.4%	$351,000	-15.7%	94	119	-21.0%
Plymouth	$275,000	$264,500	4.0%	$325,000	-15.4%	158	157	0.6%
Plympton	$320,000	$290,750	10.1%	$345,750	-7.4%	180	126	42.9%
Quincy	$305,000	$299,950	1.7%	$345,000	-11.6%	103	123	-16.3%
Randolph	$215,000	$216,875	-0.9%	$306,000	-29.7%	106	111	-4.5%
Raynham	$265,000	$265,000	0.0%	$338,250	-21.7%	119	171	-30.4%
Reading	$419,950	$400,000	5.0%	$416,750	0.8%	73	83	-12.0%
Revere	$232,000	$211,700	9.6%	$300,000	-22.7%	94	109	-13.8%
Rockland	$237,000	$218,000	8.7%	$291,250	-18.6%	130	128	1.6%
Rockport	$419,000	$447,500	-6.4%	$476,000	-12.0%	146	152	-3.9%
Roslindale	$327,000	$337,750	-3.2%	$370,000	-11.6%	75	99	-24.2%
Rowley	$390,000	$386,750	0.8%	$479,500	-18.7%	163	155	5.2%
Roxbury	$246,000	$225,000	9.3%	$358,075	-31.3%	63	95	-33.7%
Salem	$249,900	$260,000	-3.9%	$315,500	-20.8%	122	155	-21.3%
Salisbury	$255,000	$250,000	2.0%	$310,000	-17.7%	145	132	9.8%
Saugus	$270,000	$271,750	-0.6%	$335,500	-19.5%	98	109	-10.1%
Scituate	$410,000	$436,000	-6.0%	$500,000	-18.0%	149	138	8.0%
Sharon	$409,750	$395,500	3.6%	$435,000	-5.8%	112	107	4.7%
Sherborn	$660,000	$725,000	-9.0%	$663,500	-0.5%	240	211	13.7%
Somerville	$448,250	$445,000	0.7%	$450,000	-0.4%	64	89	-28.1%
South Boston	$442,500	$400,000	10.6%	$397,500	11.3%	66	100	-34.0%
Southborough	$430,000	$487,500	-11.8%	$500,000	-14.0%	126	139	-9.4%
Stoneham	$370,000	$352,500	5.0%	$405,000	-8.6%	86	103	-16.5%
Stoughton	$269,900	$243,750	10.7%	$338,000	-20.1%	94	107	-12.1%
Stow	$425,000	$417,500	1.8%	$440,000	-3.4%	160	186	-14.0%
Sudbury	$606,000	$635,000	-4.6%	$657,750	-7.9%	140	154	-9.1%
Swampscott	$388,000	$348,000	11.5%	$465,000	-16.6%	151	149	1.3%
Taunton	$215,000	$207,000	3.9%	$278,000	-22.7%	115	129	-10.9%
Tewksbury	$292,500	$295,450	-1.0%	$338,000	-13.5%	113	115	-1.7%
Topsfield	$462,000	$415,700	11.1%	$507,800	-9.0%	154	167	-7.8%
Wakefield	$380,168	$375,500	1.2%	$395,000	-3.8%	83	91	-8.8%
Walpole	$366,750	$400,700	-8.5%	$425,000	-13.7%	106	108	-1.9%
Waltham	$376,500	$365,500	3.0%	$406,000	-7.3%	93	90	3.3%
Watertown	$420,500	$446,000	-5.7%	$457,000	-8.0%	59	77	-23.4%
Wayland	$533,000	$555,500	-4.1%	$631,000	-15.5%	139	143	-2.8%
Wellesley	$898,850	$880,000	2.1%	$963,250	-6.7%	118	133	-11.3%
Wenham	$544,250	$425,000	28.1%	$496,000	9.7%	196	142	38.0%
West Bridgewater	$235,000	$264,000	-11.0%	$310,000	-24.2%	141	102	38.2%
West Newbury	$412,000	$423,500	-2.7%	$530,000	-22.3%	140	163	-14.1%
West Roxbury	$399,500	$375,000	6.5%	$409,950	-2.5%	87	79	10.1%
Westford	$433,250	$436,400	-0.7%	$499,250	-13.2%	118	110	7.3%
Weston	$1,250,000	$1,150,000	8.7%	$1,225,000	2.0%	141	145	-2.8%
Westwood	$535,000	$529,000	1.1%	$560,000	-4.5%	125	132	-5.3%
Weymouth	$270,000	$260,000	3.8%	$330,000	-18.2%	110	99	11.1%
Whitman	$226,500	$224,000	1.1%	$302,400	-25.1%	125	120	4.2%
Wilmington	$341,250	$316,000	8.0%	$364,900	-6.5%	118	117	0.9%
Winchester	$700,000	$739,900	-5.4%	$675,250	3.7%	98	90	8.9%
Winthrop	$292,250	$290,500	0.6%	$339,950	-14.0%	94	114	-17.5%
Woburn	$320,083	$310,000	3.3%	$349,000	-8.3%	99	105	-5.7%
Wrentham	$322,500	$390,000	-17.3%	$435,000	-25.9%	127	129	-1.6%

SOURCES: Median prices provided by the Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman. Days on market provided by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.

Also check out our chart of 2013 condo sales.