Rent Trends / MA
Rent Trends in Massachusetts: 2015 to 2026
Rent prices for 114 cities in Massachusetts, tracked yearly from 2015 to 2026 using Zillow's Observed Rent Index (ZORI). The average rent across tracked cities is $2,590, compared to $2,086 in 2015. The biggest increase was in Worcester (+115.3%).
Source: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) · January snapshots · Click any column header to sort
114 of 114 cities
| City | Metro | '15 | '16 | '17 | '18 | '19 | '20 | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | '26 | % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | $2,411 | $2,521 | $2,591 | $2,700 | $2,778 | $2,864 | $2,627 | $2,980 | $3,240 | $3,446 | $3,587 | $3,652 | +51.5% | |
| Worcester | $991 | $1,059 | $1,127 | $1,213 | $1,287 | $1,385 | $1,463 | $1,621 | $1,790 | $1,920 | $2,057 | $2,134 | +115.3% | |
| Springfield | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,220 | $1,362 | $1,536 | $1,645 | $1,710 | $1,850 | +51.6% | |
| Cambridge | $2,317 | $2,376 | $2,494 | $2,529 | $2,588 | $2,738 | $2,385 | $2,829 | $3,017 | $3,135 | $3,198 | $3,208 | +38.5% | |
| Lowell | — | $1,262 | $1,295 | $1,399 | $1,475 | $1,528 | $1,569 | $1,761 | $1,947 | $2,058 | $2,150 | $2,237 | +77.3% | |
| Brockton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,932 | $2,121 | $2,212 | $2,430 | +25.8% | |
| Lynn | — | — | — | — | $1,483 | $1,617 | $1,717 | $1,836 | $1,997 | $2,128 | $2,243 | $2,261 | +52.5% | |
| New Bedford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,321 | $1,484 | $1,597 | $1,766 | $1,857 | +40.6% | |
| Fall River | — | — | $871 | $925 | $975 | $1,066 | $1,156 | $1,343 | $1,483 | $1,619 | $1,714 | $1,788 | +105.3% | |
| Newton | $2,188 | $2,315 | $2,458 | $2,512 | $2,564 | $2,709 | $2,661 | $2,924 | $3,192 | $3,339 | $3,415 | $3,528 | +61.2% | |
| Quincy | $1,667 | $1,765 | $1,840 | $1,960 | $2,011 | $2,104 | $2,004 | $2,270 | $2,439 | $2,515 | $2,604 | $2,665 | +59.9% | |
| Lawrence | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,681 | $1,882 | $2,091 | $2,203 | $2,378 | $2,413 | +43.5% | |
| Somerville | $2,018 | $2,187 | $2,290 | $2,358 | $2,428 | $2,458 | $2,275 | $2,554 | $2,798 | $3,007 | $3,041 | $3,127 | +55.0% | |
| Framingham | — | — | $1,577 | $1,622 | $1,711 | $1,762 | $1,782 | $2,094 | $2,115 | $2,226 | $2,301 | $2,279 | +44.5% | |
| Haverhill | — | — | — | — | $1,521 | $1,548 | $1,705 | $1,884 | $2,053 | $2,161 | $2,297 | $2,342 | +54.0% | |
| Malden | — | — | $1,696 | $1,769 | $1,942 | $1,981 | $1,902 | $2,097 | $2,406 | $2,464 | $2,594 | $2,607 | +53.7% | |
| Waltham | — | $2,013 | $2,087 | $2,149 | $2,188 | $2,302 | $2,204 | $2,506 | $2,670 | $2,803 | $2,846 | $2,961 | +47.1% | |
| Brookline | $3,012 | $3,051 | $3,118 | $3,302 | $3,389 | $3,534 | $3,300 | $3,671 | $3,953 | $4,284 | $4,432 | $4,540 | +50.7% | |
| Medford | — | — | $2,216 | $2,299 | $2,336 | $2,452 | $2,238 | $2,646 | $2,925 | $3,111 | $3,138 | $3,208 | +44.8% | |
| Taunton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,683 | $1,912 | $2,069 | $2,090 | +24.2% | |
| Weymouth | — | — | — | $1,663 | $1,706 | $1,804 | $1,816 | $2,027 | $2,171 | $2,287 | $2,351 | $2,428 | +46.0% | |
| Revere | — | — | — | $1,789 | $1,939 | $2,132 | $1,997 | $2,144 | $2,395 | $2,545 | $2,654 | $2,764 | +54.5% | |
| Chicopee | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,831 | +0.0% | |
| Peabody | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,495 | $2,595 | $2,710 | $2,760 | +10.6% | |
| Methuen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,347 | $2,481 | $2,437 | +3.8% | |
| Plymouth | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,005 | $2,205 | $2,331 | $2,483 | $2,594 | $2,745 | +36.9% | |
| Barnstable | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,415 | $2,473 | $2,555 | +5.8% | |
| Everett | — | — | — | — | — | $2,177 | $1,976 | $2,289 | $2,441 | $2,640 | $2,674 | $2,716 | +24.8% | |
| Arlington | — | — | $1,859 | $1,929 | $1,973 | $1,987 | $1,974 | $2,225 | $2,450 | $2,492 | $2,545 | $2,630 | +41.5% | |
| Attleboro | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,661 | $1,809 | $1,946 | $2,096 | $2,179 | +31.2% | |
| Pittsfield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,301 | $1,350 | $1,427 | +9.7% | |
| Leominster | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,561 | $1,595 | $1,696 | $1,798 | +15.2% | |
| Fitchburg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,457 | $1,617 | $1,688 | $1,819 | +24.8% | |
| Salem | — | — | — | $1,778 | $1,815 | $1,966 | $1,967 | $2,223 | $2,362 | $2,522 | $2,597 | $2,632 | +48.0% | |
| Billerica | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,936 | $2,300 | $2,462 | $2,537 | $2,656 | $2,669 | +37.9% | |
| Marlborough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,153 | $2,249 | $2,444 | $2,481 | $2,453 | +13.9% | |
| Westfield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,956 | +0.0% | |
| Woburn | — | — | — | — | $2,028 | $2,045 | $2,031 | $2,284 | $2,497 | $2,621 | $2,662 | $2,631 | +29.7% | |
| Chelsea | — | — | — | $1,659 | $1,787 | $1,895 | $1,789 | $2,137 | $2,261 | $2,418 | $2,423 | $2,482 | +49.6% | |
| Amherst | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,553 | $2,766 | $3,071 | +20.3% | |
| Braintree | — | — | — | — | $2,022 | $2,055 | $2,097 | $2,364 | $2,630 | $2,670 | $2,745 | $2,804 | +38.7% | |
| Holyoke | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,689 | +0.0% | |
| Shrewsbury | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,077 | $2,242 | $2,347 | $2,447 | $2,486 | +19.7% | |
| Beverly | — | — | — | — | — | $1,709 | $1,805 | $1,902 | $2,151 | $2,417 | $2,448 | $2,512 | +47.0% | |
| Natick | — | — | — | — | $1,848 | $2,009 | $1,961 | $2,173 | $2,252 | $2,469 | $2,506 | $2,592 | +40.3% | |
| Andover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,372 | $2,434 | $2,551 | $2,574 | +8.5% | |
| Chelmsford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,120 | $2,295 | $2,422 | $2,575 | $2,655 | +25.2% | |
| Watertown | — | $1,992 | $2,074 | $2,119 | $2,235 | $2,361 | $2,191 | $2,489 | $2,659 | $2,777 | $2,912 | $2,945 | +47.8% | |
| Randolph | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,282 | $2,383 | $2,444 | $2,553 | +11.9% | |
| Lexington | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $3,225 | +0.0% | |
| Franklin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,858 | $2,037 | $2,191 | $2,379 | $2,375 | +27.8% | |
| Dracut | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,198 | +0.0% | |
| Needham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,904 | $3,164 | $3,244 | $3,137 | +8.0% | |
| North Andover | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,073 | $2,333 | $2,511 | $2,607 | $2,647 | $2,698 | +30.1% | |
| Norwood | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,208 | $2,470 | $2,618 | $2,592 | +17.4% | |
| Tewksbury | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,335 | $2,480 | $2,589 | $2,545 | +9.0% | |
| North Attleboro | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,874 | $2,122 | $2,237 | +19.4% | |
| Milford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,176 | $2,313 | $2,309 | +6.1% | |
| Melrose | — | — | — | — | $2,062 | $2,214 | $2,115 | $2,399 | $2,573 | $2,694 | $2,793 | $2,804 | +36.0% | |
| Saugus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $3,043 | $2,986 | -1.9% | |
| Northampton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,082 | $2,249 | +8.0% | |
| Wellesley | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $3,379 | $3,851 | $3,965 | +17.3% | |
| Stoughton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,264 | $2,306 | $2,405 | $2,594 | +14.6% | |
| Bridgewater | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,386 | $2,566 | $2,590 | $2,711 | +13.6% | |
| Danvers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,367 | $2,426 | $2,681 | $2,788 | +17.8% | |
| Gloucester | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,535 | +0.0% | |
| Wakefield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,363 | $2,415 | $2,581 | $2,631 | +11.3% | |
| Walpole | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,650 | $2,671 | +0.8% | |
| Belmont | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,573 | $2,673 | $2,772 | $2,920 | $2,959 | +15.0% | |
| Burlington | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,876 | $2,975 | $3,036 | $3,025 | +5.2% | |
| Reading | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $3,065 | +0.0% | |
| Dedham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,686 | $2,810 | $2,945 | +9.6% | |
| Canton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,285 | $2,551 | $2,598 | $2,772 | $2,858 | +25.1% | |
| Marshfield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,366 | +0.0% | |
| Westford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,714 | $2,862 | +5.5% | |
| Acton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,794 | +0.0% | |
| Mansfield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,890 | $2,040 | $2,253 | $2,208 | $2,442 | +29.2% | |
| Winchester | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $3,387 | $3,175 | -6.3% | |
| Hingham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $3,454 | +0.0% | |
| Wilmington | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,981 | +0.0% | |
| Stoneham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,691 | $2,742 | $2,797 | $2,895 | +7.6% | |
| Westborough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,318 | $2,447 | $2,608 | $2,644 | $2,752 | +18.7% | |
| Gardner | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,466 | $1,479 | +0.9% | |
| Hudson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,455 | +0.0% | |
| Norton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,743 | +0.0% | |
| Winthrop | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,140 | $2,295 | $2,463 | $2,744 | +28.2% | |
| Hopkinton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,700 | $2,720 | +0.7% | |
| Ashland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,774 | +0.0% | |
| Foxborough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,758 | +0.0% | |
| Concord | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $3,512 | +0.0% | |
| Sharon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,874 | +0.0% | |
| Newburyport | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,544 | $2,816 | $2,795 | +9.9% | |
| Webster | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,841 | +0.0% | |
| Amesbury | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,237 | $2,491 | +11.4% | |
| Bellingham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,210 | $2,404 | $2,433 | +10.1% | |
| Westwood | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $3,102 | +0.0% | |
| Clinton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,108 | $2,108 | +0.0% | |
| Fairhaven | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,800 | +0.0% | |
| Hanover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,808 | +0.0% | |
| Bedford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $3,037 | +0.0% | |
| Marblehead | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,381 | $2,783 | +16.9% | |
| Millbury | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,125 | +0.0% | |
| Swampscott | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,743 | $2,926 | +6.7% | |
| Lynnfield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,916 | +0.0% | |
| Ipswich | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,533 | +0.0% | |
| Kingston | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,611 | +0.0% | |
| Spencer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,200 | +0.0% | |
| Lunenburg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,834 | +0.0% | |
| Maynard | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,260 | $2,354 | +4.2% | |
| Ware | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,388 | +0.0% | |
| Littleton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,585 | +0.0% | |
| Plainville | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $2,118 | +0.0% | |
| Rockport | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,795 | +0.0% | |
| Boxboro | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1,825 | +0.0% |
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