HomeMarketCap.comThe median tracked Boston ZIP has a typical home value of $815,935. That is a typical-value index, not a sale-price median — the two differ, which is why published figures for Boston rarely match. The median tracked ZIP in Boston has a typical home value of $815,935 and typical rent of $3,297 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $608,161 in 02126 to $3,306,316 in 02199 — a factor of 5.4. The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.6.
Key stats
- The median tracked ZIP in Boston has a typical home value of $815,935 and typical rent of $3,297 per month.
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $608,161 in 02126 to $3,306,316 in 02199 — a factor of 5.4.
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.6.
- 20 of 28 tracked ZIPs (71%) show the current cooling flag.
- The metro income-needed indicator changed 0.60% year over year.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 28
- Median ZIP home value
- $815,935
- Median ZIP rent
- $3,297
- housing cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $608,161 in 02126 to $3,306,316 in 02199 — a factor of 5.4.
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.6.
- cooling share
- 20 of 28 tracked ZIPs (71%) show the current cooling flag.
What a house costs in Boston
The median tracked Boston ZIP has a typical home value of $815,935. That is a typical-value index, not a sale-price median — the two differ, which is why published figures for Boston rarely match.
What the figure hides
Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $608,161 in 02126 to $3,306,316 in 02199 — a factor of 5.4.
A budget does not shop the metro; it shops the ZIPs it reaches. The range above is the one that matters when the citywide figure and the listings you can see do not agree.
Sources and method
- HomeMarketCap.com data sources: ZIP and metro housing-market datasets
- HomeMarketCap.com methodology: calculation and missing-data rules