housing costs · Massachusetts
Housing costs in Middlesex 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 | $2,201 | ± $17 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,126 | ± $18 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $2,004 | ± $18 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,815 | ± $16 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $727,800 | ± $3,891 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $687,200 | ± $3,534 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $654,300 | ± $3,495 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $575,500 | ± $2,871 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.8 % | ± 0.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.6 % | ± 0.4 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.3 % | ± 0.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.9 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Middlesex County is $2,201, above 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.