Typical rent in the median tracked Boston ZIP is $3,209 per month, measured across all home types rather than for a specific studio or house. Across tracked ZIPs typical rent runs from $2,842 in 02132 to $4,448 in 02110 per month. 4 of 28 ZIPs (14%) show faster rent growth. The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.5.
Key stats
- Across tracked ZIPs typical rent runs from $2,842 in 02132 to $4,448 in 02110 per month.
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.5.
- The metro income-needed indicator changed 2.90% year over year.
- 4 of 28 ZIPs (14%) show faster rent growth.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 28
- Median ZIP home value
- $788,761
- Median ZIP rent
- $3,209
- rent cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs typical rent runs from $2,842 in 02132 to $4,448 in 02110 per month.
- rent acceleration share
- 4 of 28 ZIPs (14%) show faster rent growth.
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.5.
What rent costs in Boston
Typical rent in the median tracked Boston ZIP is $3,209 per month, measured across all home types rather than for a specific studio or house.
Rent and purchase price do not move together here or anywhere else, so a rent figure is not a shortcut to a price one.
What the figure hides
Across tracked ZIPs typical rent runs from $2,842 in 02132 to $4,448 in 02110 per month.
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
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