housing costs · Massachusetts
Housing costs in Suffolk 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 | $2,129 | ± $24 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,069 | ± $24 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,953 | ± $24 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,761 | ± $21 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $705,800 | ± $8,139 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $680,700 | ± $7,738 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $650,900 | ± $7,238 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $576,300 | ± $6,721 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 31.0 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.6 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.4 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 30.0 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Suffolk County is $2,129, 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.