housing costs · Massachusetts
Housing costs in Hampden County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,136 | ± $23 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,105 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,051 | ± $20 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $975 | ± $17 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $298,800 | ± $3,575 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $276,300 | ± $2,749 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $258,100 | ± $2,681 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $228,700 | ± $2,353 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 32.1 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.6 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 31.5 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 31.3 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Hampden County is $1,136, below the Massachusetts median of $1,552 across 14 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.