The published income-needed indicator for Boston stands at $195,230. It covers the housing share of the question, not what it takes to live comfortably, which no dataset defines. The metro income-needed indicator changed 2.90% year over year. The median tracked ZIP in Boston has a typical home value of $788,761 and typical rent of $3,209 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $597,147 in 02126 to $3,619,095 in 02199 — a factor of 6.1.
Key stats
- The metro income-needed indicator changed 2.90% year over year.
- The median tracked ZIP in Boston has a typical home value of $788,761 and typical rent of $3,209 per month.
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $597,147 in 02126 to $3,619,095 in 02199 — a factor of 6.1.
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.5.
- 6 of 28 tracked ZIPs (21%) show the current cooling flag.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 28
- Median ZIP home value
- $788,761
- Median ZIP rent
- $3,209
- income needed change
- The metro income-needed indicator changed 2.90% year over year.
- housing cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $597,147 in 02126 to $3,619,095 in 02199 — a factor of 6.1.
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.5.
The income this metro asks for
The published income-needed indicator for Boston stands at $195,230. It covers the housing share of the question, not what it takes to live comfortably, which no dataset defines.
The metro income-needed indicator changed 2.90% year over year.
How far that income reaches
Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $597,147 in 02126 to $3,619,095 in 02199 — a factor of 6.1.
The same salary is comfortable in one tracked ZIP and short in another, which is why a single metro figure answers the question only halfway.
Sources and method
- HomeMarketCap.com data sources: ZIP and metro housing-market datasets
- HomeMarketCap.com methodology: calculation and missing-data rules
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