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.

 

Town2014 Median Price2013 Median PriceOne-Year ChangeFive-Year Change10-Year Change2014 Days on Market2014 Number of Sales
Abington$303,750$285,0006.6%21.5%-5.7%82124
Acton$525,000$481,0009.1%8.9%-3.2%68207
Amesbury$295,000$302,500-2.5%1.7%-10.3%101153
Andover$579,900$545,0006.4%12.9%8.4%73349
Arlington$612,000$550,00011.3%29.2%29.1%23317
Ashland$387,000$350,00010.6%18.2%-7.2%68153
Attleboro$256,500$249,9002.6%1.1%-18.0%95292
Avon$264,000$267,500-1.3%11.9%-9.0%11049
Bedford$580,000$581,000-0.2%18.7%12.6%65155
Belmont$899,000$791,00013.7%37.8%32.2%36168
Beverly$370,000$350,0005.7%14.5%-4.3%68343
Billerica$346,000$330,0004.8%11.6%-2.9%79383
Boston - Citywide $450,000 $418,000 7.7%34.3%18.4%59970
Boston - Allston $520,000 $535,019 -2.8%16.9%17.5%4112
Boston - Back Bay $7,375,000 $6,475,000 13.9%44.6%158.8%3336
Boston - Bay Village/South End $2,499,500 $1,860,000 34.4%85.8%141.0%7924
Boston - Beacon Hill $3,175,000 $2,592,150 22.5%24.5%81.4%15829
Boston - Brighton $530,000 $480,000 10.4%24.0%15.2%6529
Boston - Charlestown $770,000 $759,000 1.4%35.7%22.4%4969
Boston - Chinatown/Leather DistrictN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Boston - N. Dorchester/S. Dorchester $380,000 $350,000 8.6%33.3%11.8%69133
Boston - East Boston $340,000 $305,425 11.3%83.8%21.4%4535
Boston - FenwayN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Boston - Hyde Park $337,000 $313,500 7.5%23.0%2.1%6999
Boston - Jamaica Plain $743,000 $625,000 18.9%36.5%50.1%3363
Boston - Mattapan $252,000 $250,000 0.8%34.8%-15.7%9714
Boston - North End/West EndN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Boston - Roslindale $422,250 $411,250 2.7%27.4%12.6%47126
Boston - Roxbury $454,000 $290,000 56.6%233.8%36.5%4512
Boston - South Boston $542,750 $549,000 -1.1%51.8%46.7%4860
Boston - West Roxbury $457,000 $425,000 7.5%16.4%7.8%43191
Boxboro$641,333$486,56331.8%11.2%3.8%10034
Boxford$572,500$535,0007.0%12.3%-10.1%124116
Braintree$365,000$354,8002.9%10.7%-2.9%58304
Bridgewater$310,000$314,250-1.4%8.3%-14.8%87171
Brockton$204,000$179,00014.0%23.6%-19.7%89619
Brookline$1,485,000$1,237,50020.0%26.8%50.5%83181
Burlington$428,500$411,0004.3%16.4%4.5%60208
Cambridge$1,200,000$858,00039.9%77.8%92.2%32117
Canton$478,850$442,0008.3%18.2%4.3%88186
Carlisle$775,000$667,00016.2%3.8%4.0%8165
Carver$275,000$249,90010.0%1.9%-14.0%122108
Chelmsford$369,000$333,85010.5%11.8%3.9%58309
Chelsea$257,500$238,5008.0%52.5%-17.6%7626
Cohasset$775,000$857,500-9.6%18.3%6.5%135131
Concord$914,000$810,45012.8%29.5%27.3%90199
Danvers$363,000$359,0001.1%11.0%-2.5%69210
Dedham$390,000$389,2500.2%21.9%2.6%60278
Dover$853,000$822,0003.8%-5.5%-9.6%15474
Dracut$262,500$260,0001.0%5.0%-11.2%89262
Duxbury$560,000$550,0001.8%10.3%-9.7%115206
East Bridgewater$335,000$285,00017.5%31.4%7.4%115131
Easton$400,000$373,0007.2%18.7%-1.7%101173
Essex$460,000$400,00015.0%4.7%-5.2%16129
Everett$282,000$260,0008.5%25.3%-15.3%7099
Foxboro$375,000$350,1007.1%7.1%-3.8%84149
Framingham$336,000$335,0000.3%12.0%-7.9%59604
Franklin$398,000$350,00013.7%4.1%-2.9%77253
Georgetown$401,972$380,0005.8%10.0%-4.3%9684
Gloucester$362,000$323,50011.9%13.5%-4.5%103169
Groveland$335,500$340,000-1.3%12.5%-12.9%8266
Halifax$260,000$277,250-6.2%-7.1%-19.4%10273
Hamilton$462,500$470,000-1.6%19.2%-3.8%12580
Hanover$445,000$388,00014.7%27.1%10.1%87148
Hanson$300,000$298,7000.4%20.0%-9.6%92119
Haverhill$265,000$250,0006.0%6.6%-13.1%93352
Hingham$655,000$657,500-0.4%9.2%6.1%104288
Holbrook$248,000$242,5002.3%6.0%-17.3%79131
Holliston$423,700$386,5009.6%18.7%3.5%79150
Hopkinton$549,100$520,0005.6%13.2%3.6%82201
Hudson$300,000$272,00010.3%11.1%-11.8%89169
Hull$345,000$334,5003.1%15.0%-4.0%129127
Ipswich$430,750$434,500-0.9%6.4%-7.4%133132
Kingston$339,950$336,0001.2%10.5%-7.1%108152
Lakeville$297,500$260,00014.4%12.6%-14.4%131112
Lawrence$188,500$182,4503.3%17.1%-17.6%91182
Lexington$950,000$829,50014.5%51.4%45.0%65419
Lincoln$1,045,000$1,037,5000.7%26.7%12.4%9967
Littleton$412,500$395,0004.4%16.7%3.3%85104
Lowell$227,000$220,0003.2%16.4%-10.0%87473
Lynn$240,000$219,8619.2%22.4%-11.1%78473
Lynnfield$525,500$513,7502.3%6.2%5.7%88141
Malden$325,000$315,0003.2%24.0%-4.3%54246
Manchester$750,000$693,5008.1%25.1%28.4%15465
Mansfield$370,000$356,1453.9%7.2%-8.0%67142
Marblehead$585,600$526,00011.3%25.6%10.5%108234
Marlborough$310,000$292,0006.2%17.0%-7.7%98257
Marshfield$362,750$364,000-0.3%9.8%-9.3%110286
Maynard$317,000$318,000-0.3%13.2%-4.2%75122
Medfield$568,250$573,500-0.9%3.8%7.2%87150
Medford$420,000$395,0006.3%23.5%7.7%45310
Medway$383,750$370,0003.7%14.1%-5.5%73142
Melrose$475,500$430,00010.6%24.7%15.4%42276
Merrimac$348,950$279,20025.0%20.0%-17.4%11860
Middleboro$272,500$259,9004.8%6.9%-13.5%110191
Middleton$635,000$484,90031.0%31.4%30.6%11273
Milford$274,950$265,0003.8%5.8%-17.8%89218
Millis$379,900$343,00010.8%16.9%5.5%8267
Milton$525,000$492,5006.6%19.2%11.9%73283
Nahant$450,000$432,5004.0%13.6%-0.9%11723
Natick$477,000$439,0008.7%13.7%11.3%50369
Needham$805,000$749,5007.4%23.8%29.9%55378
Newbury$427,000$410,0004.1%13.9%-3.0%19472
Newburyport$490,000$497,000-1.4%22.5%11.7%83198
Newton$941,000$890,0005.7%32.5%32.9%52634
Norfolk$440,000$438,7500.3%3.5%-7.4%141121
North Andover$480,000$459,5004.5%16.2%-7.7%84263
North Attleboro$316,500$328,750-3.7%-1.6%-8.4%96210
North Reading$456,020$425,0007.3%24.1%6.1%65173
Norton$275,000$276,500-0.5%0.0%-19.1%88147
Norwell$506,750$573,200-11.6%-1.3%-9.5%122142
Norwood$381,250$360,0005.9%10.0%-1.0%63220
Peabody$341,000$320,0006.6%15.6%-7.7%64360
Pembroke$309,900$320,000-3.2%5.1%-11.5%93193
Plainville$351,000$350,0000.3%15.3%-4.9%7668
Plymouth$309,900$287,8387.7%10.4%-7.4%125624
Plympton$295,000$315,000-6.3%5.4%-26.3%12543
Quincy$375,000$348,0007.8%17.2%5.6%62547
Randolph$255,000$240,0006.3%13.3%-19.0%74268
Raynham$307,500$270,55013.7%-2.9%-11.9%113110
Reading$475,000$460,0003.3%18.8%12.8%42258
Revere$284,000$255,00011.4%29.1%-11.3%72177
Rockland$268,000$235,00014.0%5.5%-14.9%104135
Rockport$425,000$440,000-3.4%11.3%-5.0%13468
Rowley$400,000$387,9003.1%-4.8%2.6%8347
Salem$327,500$300,0009.2%17.0%0.8%91186
Salisbury$299,500$284,5005.3%8.5%-8.1%9456
Saugus$321,000$295,0008.8%16.7%-7.8%78209
Scituate$490,500$461,0006.4%18.9%-4.8%113254
Sharon$488,425$469,9503.9%31.1%13.5%62214
Sherborn$745,000$745,0000.0%18.4%0.9%11553
Somerville$545,000$544,3500.1%46.3%39.8%5193
Southborough$580,000$485,00019.6%46.8%13.0%79115
Stoneham$415,000$400,0003.8%14.7%5.1%67190
Stoughton$305,500$292,5004.4%17.5%-12.7%69226
Stow$446,000$435,5002.4%15.1%0.8%9392
Sudbury$685,000$675,0001.5%18.7%6.2%97247
Swampscott$439,000$425,0003.3%11.0%-2.0%91145
Taunton$229,700$225,0002.1%3.0%-20.8%111294
Tewksbury$342,000$317,0007.9%10.3%-3.5%74283
Topsfield$559,500$477,50017.2%26.2%2.7%13968
Wakefield$427,750$407,5005.0%12.6%6.9%45256
Walpole$434,500$419,0003.7%20.0%6.4%78256
Waltham$449,450$424,4005.9%15.8%11.0%44396
Watertown$528,000$462,00014.3%28.8%12.3%38104
Wayland$624,120$598,5004.3%22.4%9.5%69146
Wellesley$1,180,000$1,068,75010.4%37.8%34.1%85357
Wenham$571,000$486,50017.4%3.8%4.8%11731
West Bridgewater$270,000$293,500-8.0%6.1%-18.2%9769
West Newbury$483,000$434,00011.3%8.4%3.4%13649
Westford$492,500$461,0006.8%17.5%6.1%83210
Weston$1,349,000$1,230,0009.7%11.7%7.9%100156
Westwood$608,600$610,000-0.2%16.8%11.2%66184
Weymouth$317,000$290,0009.3%13.2%-3.9%76461
Whitman$264,450$245,0007.9%-1.0%-11.9%93127
Wilmington$375,000$365,0002.7%11.9%4.2%62263
Winchester$905,000$825,0009.7%27.5%32.1%53231
Winthrop$329,000$325,0001.2%9.8%-11.1%7580
Woburn$374,950$358,0004.7%14.5%2.7%60264
Wrentham$412,500$412,5000.0%1.9%-6.3%111136

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.

 

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