Single-Family Home Prices in Greater 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 2014 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.
| 2013 Median Price | 2012 Median Price | One-Year Change | 2008 Median Price | Five-Year Change | 2003 Median Price | 10-Year Change | 2013 Days on Market | 2012 Days on Market | One-Year Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington | $285,000 | $267,000 | 7% | $290,000 | -2% | $281,250 | 1% | 89 | 124 | 28% |
| Acton | $481,500 | $480,000 | 0% | $503,600 | -4% | $474,500 | 1% | 73 | 121 | -40% |
| Amesbury | $302,500 | $251,600 | 20% | $265,250 | 14% | $315,850 | -4% | 112 | 154 | -27% |
| Andover | $545,000 | $505,000 | 8% | $525,000 | 4% | $490,000 | 11% | 71 | 95 | -25% |
| Arlington | $550,000 | $515,000 | 7% | $475,242 | 16% | $430,000 | 28% | 27 | 41 | -34% |
| Ashland | $350,000 | $308,250 | 14% | $414,900 | -16% | $381,000 | -8% | 68 | 104 | -35% |
| Attleboro | $248,500 | $224,000 | 11% | $264,000 | -6% | $275,000 | -10% | 96 | 141 | -32% |
| Avon | $267,500 | $185,500 | 44% | $277,000 | -3% | $276,000 | -3% | 78 | 99 | -21% |
| Bedford | $579,000 | $510,000 | 14% | $500,000 | 16% | $454,500 | 27% | 57 | 86 | -34% |
| Belmont | $791,000 | $689,000 | 15% | $682,000 | 16% | $650,000 | 22% | 44 | 58 | -24% |
| Beverly | $350,000 | $355,000 | -1% | $340,000 | 3% | $351,000 | 0% | 74 | 96 | -23% |
| Billerica | $329,900 | $303,000 | 9% | $305,000 | 8% | $318,375 | 4% | 84 | 113 | -26% |
| Boston | $2,110,000 | $1,950,000 | 8% | $1,413,750 | 49% | $1,423,750 | 48% | 55 | 90 | -39% |
| Boxborough | $486,563 | $490,000 | -1% | $552,000 | -12% | $559,450 | -13% | 74 | 96 | -23% |
| Boxford | $535,000 | $461,500 | 16% | $544,450 | -2% | $580,000 | -8% | 129 | 171 | -25% |
| Braintree | $354,500 | $330,000 | 7% | $335,000 | 6% | $329,000 | 8% | 53 | 88 | -40% |
| Bridgewater | $314,000 | $280,000 | 12% | $307,000 | 2% | $325,500 | -4% | 90 | 141 | -36% |
| Brockton | $179,000 | $150,000 | 19% | $187,000 | -4% | $233,000 | -23% | 89 | 111 | -20% |
| Brookline | $1,237,500 | $1,200,000 | 3% | $1,006,500 | 23% | $853,500 | 45% | 80 | 101 | -21% |
| Burlington | $412,000 | $385,000 | 7% | $365,000 | 13% | $362,250 | 14% | 60 | 93 | -36% |
| Cambridge | $854,000 | $810,750 | 5% | $750,000 | 14% | $630,000 | 36% | 35 | 52 | -33% |
| Canton | $442,000 | $382,000 | 16% | $439,000 | 1% | $415,000 | 7% | 84 | 119 | -29% |
| Carlisle | $667,000 | $618,100 | 8% | $756,500 | -12% | $716,375 | -7% | 87 | 183 | -53% |
| Carver | $247,950 | $218,500 | 13% | $265,000 | -6% | $282,500 | -12% | 95 | 160 | -41% |
| Chelmsford | $333,475 | $315,000 | 6% | $325,000 | 3% | $330,500 | 1% | 76 | 101 | -25% |
| Chelsea | $237,000 | $189,500 | 25% | $190,000 | 25% | $277,000 | -14% | 72 | 92 | -22% |
| Cohasset | $857,500 | $720,000 | 19% | $767,500 | 12% | $710,000 | 21% | 125 | 192 | -35% |
| Concord | $810,900 | $715,000 | 13% | $697,500 | 16% | $665,000 | 22% | 84 | 97 | -13% |
| Danvers | $355,000 | $342,400 | 4% | $355,000 | 0% | $355,000 | 0% | 74 | 110 | -33% |
| Dedham | $384,500 | $325,000 | 18% | $360,500 | 7% | $349,900 | 10% | 72 | 89 | -19% |
| Dover | $822,000 | $865,000 | -5% | $998,500 | -18% | $859,000 | -4% | 159 | 170 | -7% |
| Dracut | $260,000 | $230,000 | 13% | $263,000 | -1% | $269,000 | -3% | 91 | 133 | -32% |
| Duxbury | $550,000 | $542,250 | 1% | $592,500 | -7% | $570,000 | -4% | 104 | 161 | -35% |
| East Bridgewater | $285,000 | $255,000 | 12% | $299,900 | -5% | $299,900 | -5% | 97 | 128 | -24% |
| Easton | $371,000 | $364,157 | 2% | $350,000 | 6% | $368,000 | 1% | 111 | 147 | -25% |
| Essex | $400,000 | $302,500 | 32% | $415,000 | -4% | $379,000 | 6% | 137 | 221 | -38% |
| Everett | $257,750 | $237,000 | 9% | $250,000 | 3% | $295,000 | -13% | 79 | 92 | -14% |
| Foxboro | $350,000 | $323,000 | 8% | $354,000 | -1% | $360,000 | -3% | 84 | 120 | -30% |
| Framingham | $335,000 | $304,900 | 10% | $325,000 | 3% | $328,500 | 2% | 62 | 94 | -34% |
| Franklin | $350,000 | $355,000 | -1% | $385,000 | -9% | $374,950 | -7% | 80 | 117 | -32% |
| Georgetown | $380,000 | $324,900 | 17% | $358,250 | 6% | $357,000 | 6% | 89 | 118 | -25% |
| Gloucester | $325,000 | $347,000 | -6% | $340,000 | -4% | $365,400 | -11% | 105 | 164 | -36% |
| Groveland | $340,000 | $313,326 | 9% | $325,000 | 5% | $351,250 | -3% | 100 | 135 | -26% |
| Halifax | $277,250 | $243,200 | 14% | $266,500 | 4% | $315,000 | -12% | 108 | 131 | -18% |
| Hamilton | $470,000 | $369,900 | 27% | $480,000 | -2% | $479,000 | -2% | 103 | 150 | -31% |
| Hanover | $388,000 | $399,900 | -3% | $382,500 | 1% | $410,000 | -5% | 81 | 145 | -44% |
| Hanson | $298,700 | $255,000 | 17% | $280,700 | 6% | $295,000 | 1% | 112 | 138 | -19% |
| Haverhill | $250,000 | $220,000 | 14% | $262,000 | -5% | $279,000 | -10% | 94 | 119 | -21% |
| Hingham | $653,000 | $650,000 | 0% | $632,500 | 3% | $599,000 | 9% | 113 | 124 | -9% |
| Holbrook | $242,500 | $225,000 | 8% | $236,900 | 2% | $260,000 | -7% | 67 | 133 | -50% |
| Holliston | $381,000 | $359,950 | 6% | $350,000 | 9% | $359,000 | 6% | 65 | 104 | -38% |
| Hopkinton | $520,000 | $535,000 | -3% | $557,750 | -7% | $475,000 | 9% | 78 | 104 | -25% |
| Hudson | $272,000 | $265,000 | 3% | $290,000 | -6% | $302,750 | -10% | 84 | 130 | -35% |
| Hull | $334,500 | $300,000 | 12% | $345,000 | -3% | $339,900 | -2% | 120 | 143 | -16% |
| Ipswich | $434,500 | $328,000 | 32% | $407,500 | 7% | $416,000 | 4% | 128 | 160 | -20% |
| Kingston | $335,000 | $258,000 | 30% | $340,000 | -1% | $330,000 | 2% | 141 | 170 | -17% |
| Lakeville | $260,000 | $248,250 | 5% | $310,000 | -16% | $309,900 | -16% | 109 | 167 | -35% |
| Lawrence | $180,000 | $141,300 | 27% | $164,950 | 9% | $209,900 | -14% | 88 | 116 | -24% |
| Lexington | $820,000 | $725,000 | 13% | $700,000 | 17% | $621,100 | 32% | 54 | 86 | -37% |
| Lincoln | $1,037,500 | $850,000 | 22% | $1,045,000 | -1% | $983,723 | 5% | 142 | 148 | -4% |
| Littleton | $391,250 | $354,000 | 11% | $370,000 | 6% | $372,500 | 5% | 81 | 124 | -35% |
| Lowell | $219,750 | $185,000 | 19% | $194,950 | 13% | $229,500 | -4% | 95 | 114 | -17% |
| Lynn | $219,111 | $180,000 | 22% | $206,250 | 6% | $250,000 | -12% | 86 | 118 | -27% |
| Lynnfield | $510,000 | $433,000 | 18% | $487,000 | 5% | $471,250 | 8% | 81 | 121 | -33% |
| Malden | $315,000 | $278,000 | 13% | $290,000 | 9% | $308,000 | 2% | 59 | 84 | -30% |
| Manchester | $693,500 | $692,500 | 0% | $730,000 | -5% | $690,000 | 1% | 121 | 184 | -34% |
| Mansfield | $354,900 | $342,400 | 4% | $380,000 | -7% | $363,750 | -2% | 65 | 99 | -34% |
| Marblehead | $526,000 | $480,000 | 10% | $510,000 | 3% | $485,000 | 8% | 95 | 144 | -34% |
| Marlborough | $290,000 | $250,750 | 16% | $300,000 | -3% | $315,000 | -8% | 73 | 130 | -44% |
| Marshfield | $362,000 | $328,500 | 10% | $380,000 | -5% | $369,950 | -2% | 108 | 140 | -23% |
| Maynard | $319,500 | $274,500 | 16% | $318,000 | 0% | $295,000 | 8% | 82 | 132 | -38% |
| Medfield | $573,000 | $590,000 | -3% | $540,000 | 6% | $477,000 | 20% | 93 | 121 | -23% |
| Medford | $395,000 | $355,000 | 11% | $350,000 | 13% | $358,500 | 10% | 38 | 72 | -47% |
| Medway | $370,000 | $315,000 | 17% | $344,000 | 8% | $360,000 | 3% | 82 | 97 | -16% |
| Melrose | $430,000 | $403,000 | 7% | $401,500 | 7% | $398,900 | 8% | 42 | 69 | -39% |
| Merrimac | $279,200 | $290,000 | -4% | $375,000 | -26% | $300,625 | -7% | 130 | 136 | -4% |
| Methuen | $250,000 | $235,000 | 6% | $255,000 | -2% | $275,000 | -9% | 86 | 97 | -11% |
| Middleborough | $259,900 | $225,000 | 16% | $285,000 | -9% | $279,900 | -7% | 110 | 128 | -14% |
| Middleton | $467,000 | $456,950 | 2% | $417,500 | 12% | $529,900 | -12% | 110 | 126 | -13% |
| Milford | $264,500 | $239,900 | 10% | $275,000 | -4% | $300,000 | -12% | 80 | 97 | -18% |
| Millis | $340,000 | $306,000 | 11% | $332,500 | 2% | $356,500 | -5% | 85 | 112 | -24% |
| Milton | $492,500 | $450,000 | 9% | $456,000 | 8% | $441,500 | 12% | 72 | 102 | -30% |
| Nahant | $432,500 | $388,850 | 11% | $450,000 | -4% | $419,000 | 3% | 158 | 193 | -18% |
| Natick | $440,000 | $419,625 | 5% | $420,000 | 5% | $400,000 | 10% | 59 | 69 | -15% |
| Needham | $741,000 | $670,000 | 11% | $645,000 | 15% | $560,000 | 32% | 59 | 101 | -42% |
| Newbury | $410,000 | $417,000 | -2% | $450,000 | -9% | $415,500 | -1% | 110 | 174 | -37% |
| Newburyport | $496,000 | $375,000 | 32% | $454,000 | 9% | $388,000 | 28% | 95 | 129 | -26% |
| Newton | $889,000 | $780,000 | 14% | $760,000 | 17% | $645,000 | 38% | 49 | 75 | -35% |
| Norfolk | $438,750 | $389,500 | 13% | $465,000 | -6% | $412,750 | 6% | 110 | 99 | 11% |
| North Andover | $462,500 | $450,000 | 3% | $500,500 | -8% | $456,500 | 1% | 80 | 134 | -40% |
| North Attleborough | $328,750 | $292,000 | 13% | $320,000 | 3% | $315,000 | 4% | 70 | 138 | -49% |
| North Reading | $424,950 | $390,000 | 9% | $407,000 | 4% | $399,000 | 7% | 71 | 119 | -40% |
| Norton | $276,500 | $236,500 | 17% | $298,250 | -7% | $305,000 | -9% | 92 | 131 | -30% |
| Norwell | $575,000 | $488,000 | 18% | $555,000 | 4% | $496,500 | 16% | 139 | 139 | 0% |
| Norwood | $360,000 | $330,000 | 9% | $356,500 | 1% | $348,000 | 3% | 62 | 88 | -30% |
| Peabody | $320,000 | $300,000 | 7% | $319,000 | 0% | $331,500 | -3% | 65 | 95 | -32% |
| Pembroke | $320,000 | $290,000 | 10% | $331,000 | -3% | $320,000 | 0% | 117 | 120 | -3% |
| Plainville | $350,000 | $295,900 | 18% | $352,500 | -1% | $335,000 | 4% | 80 | 94 | -15% |
| Plymouth | $285,000 | $275,000 | 4% | $297,750 | -4% | $302,000 | -6% | 139 | 158 | -12% |
| Plympton | $315,000 | $320,000 | -2% | $320,000 | -2% | $353,000 | -11% | 170 | 180 | -6% |
| Quincy | $346,000 | $305,000 | 13% | $330,000 | 5% | $330,000 | 5% | 64 | 103 | -38% |
| Randolph | $239,950 | $215,000 | 12% | $259,050 | -7% | $285,000 | -16% | 75 | 106 | -29% |
| Raynham | $270,550 | $264,000 | 2% | $289,839 | -7% | $297,500 | -9% | 111 | 119 | -7% |
| Reading | $459,900 | $419,950 | 10% | $402,000 | 14% | $394,400 | 17% | 54 | 73 | -26% |
| Revere | $255,000 | $232,000 | 10% | $242,000 | 5% | $287,500 | -11% | 76 | 94 | -19% |
| Rockland | $235,000 | $237,000 | -1% | $245,000 | -4% | $277,700 | -15% | 104 | 130 | -20% |
| Rockport | $440,000 | $419,000 | 5% | $460,000 | -4% | $390,000 | 13% | 116 | 146 | -21% |
| Rowley | $387,900 | $390,000 | -1% | $440,000 | -12% | $434,000 | -11% | 73 | 163 | -55% |
| Salem | $300,000 | $249,900 | 20% | $295,000 | 2% | $309,500 | -3% | 73 | 122 | -40% |
| Salisbury | $293,000 | $255,000 | 15% | $289,950 | 1% | $280,000 | 5% | 117 | 145 | -19% |
| Saugus | $295,000 | $270,000 | 9% | $300,000 | -2% | $325,000 | -9% | 78 | 98 | -20% |
| Scituate | $461,000 | $410,000 | 12% | $445,000 | 4% | $465,000 | -1% | 110 | 149 | -26% |
| Sharon | $469,900 | $410,000 | 15% | $358,500 | 31% | $410,000 | 15% | 76 | 112 | -32% |
| Sherborn | $740,000 | $660,000 | 12% | $710,000 | 4% | $732,250 | 1% | 139 | 240 | -42% |
| Somerville | $540,000 | $448,250 | 20% | $391,000 | 38% | $372,000 | 45% | 33 | 64 | -48% |
| Southborough | $500,000 | $430,000 | 16% | $520,000 | -4% | $529,000 | -5% | 110 | 126 | -13% |
| Stoneham | $400,000 | $370,000 | 8% | $385,000 | 4% | $375,000 | 7% | 53 | 86 | -38% |
| Stoughton | $293,000 | $269,900 | 9% | $288,660 | 2% | $320,000 | -8% | 73 | 94 | -22% |
| Stow | $436,000 | $425,000 | 3% | $463,250 | -6% | $425,000 | 3% | 95 | 160 | -41% |
| Sudbury | $675,000 | $610,500 | 11% | $600,000 | 13% | $614,650 | 10% | 100 | 140 | -29% |
| Swampscott | $425,000 | $388,000 | 10% | $415,000 | 2% | $413,750 | 3% | 99 | 151 | -34% |
| Taunton | $224,950 | $215,000 | 5% | $249,500 | -10% | $260,000 | -13% | 96 | 115 | -17% |
| Tewksbury | $317,000 | $292,500 | 8% | $319,000 | -1% | $329,900 | -4% | 73 | 113 | -35% |
| Topsfield | $477,500 | $462,000 | 3% | $479,000 | 0% | $531,500 | -10% | 110 | 154 | -29% |
| Wakefield | $406,000 | $380,168 | 7% | $378,000 | 7% | $385,000 | 5% | 51 | 83 | -39% |
| Walpole | $419,000 | $366,750 | 14% | $381,800 | 10% | $376,000 | 11% | 77 | 106 | -27% |
| Waltham | $424,800 | $376,500 | 13% | $393,900 | 8% | $371,000 | 15% | 49 | 93 | -47% |
| Watertown | $462,000 | $422,000 | 9% | $420,000 | 10% | $422,500 | 9% | 44 | 59 | -25% |
| Wayland | $597,000 | $533,000 | 12% | $505,000 | 18% | $535,000 | 12% | 78 | 139 | -44% |
| Wellesley | $1,068,750 | $897,700 | 19% | $1,010,000 | 6% | $759,750 | 41% | 81 | 118 | -31% |
| Wenham | $486,500 | $544,250 | -11% | $453,500 | 7% | $582,000 | -16% | 91 | 196 | -54% |
| West Bridgewater | $282,000 | $235,000 | 20% | $277,550 | 2% | $296,450 | -5% | 98 | 141 | -31% |
| West Newbury | $434,000 | $412,000 | 5% | $440,000 | -1% | $540,250 | -20% | 119 | 140 | -15% |
| Westford | $460,000 | $433,250 | 6% | $410,000 | 12% | $420,000 | 10% | 113 | 118 | -4% |
| Weston | $1,231,500 | $1,250,000 | -1% | $1,360,000 | -9% | $1,073,438 | 15% | 115 | 141 | -18% |
| Westwood | $610,000 | $534,250 | 14% | $505,000 | 21% | $499,950 | 22% | 67 | 125 | -46% |
| Weymouth | $290,000 | $270,050 | 7% | $295,000 | -2% | $302,400 | -4% | 70 | 110 | -36% |
| Whitman | $244,472 | $226,500 | 8% | $253,925 | -4% | $275,500 | -11% | 81 | 125 | -35% |
| Wilmington | $365,000 | $341,250 | 7% | $345,000 | 6% | $354,000 | 3% | 59 | 118 | -50% |
| Winchester | $825,000 | $700,000 | 18% | $722,500 | 14% | $687,000 | 20% | 59 | 98 | -40% |
| Winthrop | $325,000 | $292,000 | 11% | $330,000 | -2% | $350,000 | -7% | 100 | 94 | 6% |
| Woburn | $358,000 | $320,083 | 12% | $330,000 | 8% | $341,000 | 5% | 74 | 99 | -25% |
| Wrentham | $412,500 | $322,500 | 28% | $410,000 | 1% | $369,900 | 12% | 100 | 127 | -21% |
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 2014 condo sales.