The median rent for one- and two-bedroom apartments in Boston, Massachusetts, amounted to about ***** U.S. dollars by the end of January 2026. Rents decreased slightly after the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic; this trend reversed in 2021, and as of January 2026, the annual rental growth stood at **** percent. Among the different states in the U.S., Massachusetts ranks as one of the most expensive rental markets.

This dataset consolidates Rent prices in different towns and cities in Massachusetts, house prices and other relevant information. The main objective of the app is to prioritize towns in MA where house price and rent relationship is the most favorable for a potential investor.

Average Fair Market Rent Prices information was scraped from https://www.rentdata.org/states/massachusetts/ from 2006 to 2022. Massachusetts has the 3rd highest rent in the country out of 56 states and territories.

Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau Population Division. May 21, 2020. The data is available for 351 towns in MA.

Home prices in MA were scraped from Boston Magazine web portal: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/property/single-family-home-price-chart-2021/. SOURCES: Boston neighborhood and town median home prices, sales volumes, and days on market provided by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (marealtor.com) and MLS Property Information Network (mlspin.com).

Massachusetts is the second wealthiest state in the United States of America, with a median household income of $77,378 (as of 2019). The income per household per town was retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Massachusetts_locations_by_per_capita_income.

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In 2019, the most expensive zip code in Massachusetts was *****, and renters paid on average ***** U.S. dollars per month for apartments there. This zip code and many of the other high-priced zip codes were located in Boston.

The average monthly asking rent for shopping center space in Boston, Massachusetts, increased between 2020 and 2024. Rents peaked at ***** U.S. dollars per square meter in the 1st quarter of 2024. Hawaii, San Francisco, and San Jose were the markets with the highest average shopping center rent in the U.S.

In District of Columbia, the average rent per square foot was **** U.S. dollars in 2018, whereas renters in Oregon were expected to pay half as much in rent per square foot. DC was the most expensive state for renters, followed by New York, Hawaii, Massachusetts and California. Why is DC so expensive? District of Columbia is the center of the U.S. political system with all three branches of federal government sitting there: Congress (legislative), President (executive) and the Supreme Court (judicial). The above average household incomes of its residents mean that high rents are still sustainable for the rental market. Limited space in DC DC has the largest share of apartment dwellers in the country. This is most likely due to limited space, as the federal district has a much higher population density than the states. The political importance of DC and the high population density suggest that the federal district is likely to retain its spot as the most expensive rental market in the future.

Explore Boston, MA rental market 2026. The average long-term prices $3,224 and short-term $4,567, with trends shaping housing in a city of 663,972 residents.

Structured data for Boston including median household income ($94,755), average 1BR rent ($1,779/mo), median home price ($710,400), cost of living index (156.3), and tax rates. Sourced from U.S. Census ACS and curated by City Affordability.

Structured data for Reading including median household income ($163,725), average 1BR rent ($1,464/mo), median home price ($741,100), cost of living index (100), and tax rates. Sourced from U.S. Census ACS and curated by City Affordability.

In 2025, households in California needed an hourly wage of over 50 U.S. dollars to afford the rent of a two-bedroom apartment. Hawaii had the second-least affordable two-bedroom apartments, as a household would have to earn at least around 49 U.S. dollars per hour in order to afford rent payments. These figures are considerably higher than the average minimum wage in place in many states. There was no state in which a minimum wageworker could afford rent for the average two-bedroom apartment, if they worked 40 hours a week. Where are the least affordable counties and metros? The least affordable rents were predominately in Californian counties and metropolitan areas in 2025. District of Columbia has the highest minimum wages in the country, which stood at 17.5 U.S. dollars per hour as of January 2025. Thus, the affordability of two-bedroom apartments highlights how disproportionately high housing costs are in the state.

Multifamily investment data for Worcester, MA covering average rents by unit type, vacancy rates, rent growth trends, cap rates by property class, population and demographic growth, and comparison with Boston Metro multifamily metrics.

Submarket-level industrial real estate data for Spencer and Leicester, Massachusetts, including vacancy rates, average rents per SF, land costs per acre, sale prices, cap rates, and transportation access times compared to Worcester, Auburn, and Boston markets.

Structured data for Fall River including median household income ($53,933), average 1BR rent ($923/mo), median home price ($357,800), cost of living index (100), and tax rates. Sourced from U.S. Census ACS and curated by City Affordability.

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Structured data for Lawrence including median household income ($57,903), average 1BR rent ($1,334/mo), median home price ($393,500), cost of living index (100), and tax rates. Sourced from U.S. Census ACS and curated by City Affordability.

Structured data for Melrose including median household income ($126,854), average 1BR rent ($1,643/mo), median home price ($796,100), cost of living index (100), and tax rates. Sourced from U.S. Census ACS and curated by City Affordability.

Structured data for Everett including median household income ($79,658), average 1BR rent ($1,690/mo), median home price ($605,200), cost of living index (100), and tax rates. Sourced from U.S. Census ACS and curated by City Affordability.

Structured data for Malden including median household income ($95,298), average 1BR rent ($1,756/mo), median home price ($607,500), cost of living index (100), and tax rates. Sourced from U.S. Census ACS and curated by City Affordability.

Structured data for Franklin Town including median household income ($142,788), average 1BR rent ($1,578/mo), median home price ($567,100), cost of living index (100), and tax rates. Sourced from U.S. Census ACS and curated by City Affordability.

Structured data for Leominster including median household income ($81,556), average 1BR rent ($1,090/mo), median home price ($345,000), cost of living index (100), and tax rates. Sourced from U.S. Census ACS and curated by City Affordability.