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Median Rent
  • $1,870 - $2,050
  • $1,690 - $1,870
  • $1,500 - $1,690
  • $1,320 - $1,500
  • $1,140 - $1,320
  • $950 - $1,130
  • $770 - $950

Boston Rent Snapshot Boston Rent Snapshot

Chart Bdr Mdn Rent Sect8 Avg Sqft $/Sqft Rentals
Studio $1,118 $940 862 $1.30 5,000+
1 $1,182 $1,028 828 $1.43 25,000+
2 $1,540 $1,230 1064 $1.45 30,000+
3 $1,892 $1,499 1633 $1.16 20,000+
4 $2,594 $1,662 1957 $1.33 6,500+
Last updated: Monday, July 14, 2008

Boston Demographics, Vacancy Rate, Renter occupied Boston At a Glance

Rental Area DemographicsTypical neighbor is predominantly of White ethnicity, majority attaining High School education level and generates about $53,393 per year in household income.

  •   Renter occupied: 37 %
  •   Population: 4,391,344
  •   Vacancy rate: 4.1 %
  •   Median household income: $53,393
  •   Monthly rent affordability: $1,334
  •   Crime rate index: Violent: NA, Property: NA (1-lowest, 5-highest)
  •   Ethnicity: White (83 %) , Hispanic (6 %) , Black (6 %)
  •   Age groups: Under 18 (23 %), 35 to 44 (17 %), 25 to 34 (15 %)
  •   Education: High School (38 %) , College (15 %) , Graduate School (10 %)

The information is based on 2000 Census data.

Boston Cities

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  Boston (35,000+) $1,188 (3,000+)3.8% $1,550 (10,000+)3.3% $1,800 (10,000+)2.9% $2,100 (7,500+)0.0% $2,600 (3,500+)0.0%
  Lowell (1,000+) $700 (62)-0.4% $850 (480)0.0% $995 (627)1.0% $1,200 (274)0.0% $1,500 (10)-
  Cambridge (8,500+) $1,350 (526)3.8% $1,675 (3,000+)8.1% $2,035 (3,000+)4.4% $2,500 (1,000+)4.2% $2,800 (456)-3.4%
  Brockton (591) - $883 (121)3.9% $1,000 (281)0.0% $1,125 (189)-6.3% -
  Lynn (891) $625 (65)-5.7% $900 (275)0.0% $1,100 (421)10.0% $1,438 (130)-9.4% -
  Quincy (1,500+) $945 (54)2.7% $1,250 (674)13.6% $1,400 (923)0.0% $1,750 (302)2.9% -
  Newton (2,000+) $1,000 (27)- $1,713 (560)- $1,975 (782)11.3% $2,200 (563)0.0% $3,050 (130)1.7%
  Somerville (6,000+) $1,003 (170)-0.7% $1,300 (1,500+)0.0% $1,598 (2,000+)-0.1% $2,000 (1,000+)-4.8% $2,400 (549)-4.0%
  Lawrence (346) $825 (10)- $975 (91)5.4% $1,150 (153)4.5% $1,300 (92)1.6% -
  Framingham (771) $838 (57)2.2% $998 (309)0.3% $1,314 (223)0.0% $1,525 (170)-1.6% $1,723 (12)-
  Waltham (1,000+) $768 (10)- $1,125 (529)-6.3% $1,500 (551)0.3% $1,995 (257)0.3% $2,150 (35)-
  Haverhill (629) - $903 (190)1.5% $1,000 (290)0.5% $1,263 (149)-5.6% -
  Brookline (5,500+) $1,200 (301)6.7% $1,600 (1,000+)3.2% $2,100 (1,500+)9.1% $2,400 (1,000+)-2.0% $3,100 (630)-0.8%
  Malden (1,000+) $1,220 (51)6.9% $1,250 (401)6.6% $1,433 (496)2.7% $1,625 (221)1.6% $2,155 (21)-
  Medford (1,500+) $1,051 (10)- $1,420 (263)18.3% $1,350 (856)3.8% $1,725 (490)4.5% $2,200 (144)-8.3%
  Weymouth (352) - $989 (142)0.4% $1,265 (166)0.8% $1,750 (44)-12.5% -
  Peabody (290) - $1,045 (73)11.8% $1,275 (172)-8.1% $1,731 (45)0.0% -
  Revere (649) - $980 (268)0.2% $1,316 (300)0.6% $1,600 (81)3.2% -
  Methuen (182) - $944 (96)-0.6% $1,175 (86)4.4% - -
  Arlington (1,000+) - $1,100 (345)-4.3% $1,500 (537)7.1% $1,900 (241)0.0% $2,450 (54)-
  Salem (1,000+) - $1,100 (366)1.9% $1,375 (503)-1.8% $1,498 (167)4.2% -
  Beverly (517) - $1,038 (229)1.3% $1,300 (225)6.7% $1,600 (63)- -
  Everett (649) - $1,000 (192)0.0% $1,200 (285)4.3% $1,538 (172)8.8% -
  Woburn (495) - $1,000 (195)0.5% $1,295 (245)0.0% $1,900 (55)7.2% -
  Marlborough (382) - $935 (165)-0.8% $1,200 (161)1.3% $1,575 (56)-6.5% -
  Chelsea (533) - $1,010 (216)6.3% $1,200 (259)4.3% $1,290 (58)- -
  Braintree (204) - $1,472 (56)10.0% $1,475 (108)8.2% $1,850 (40)0.0% -
  Watertown (1,500+) - $1,288 (293)-4.6% $1,475 (796)0.0% $1,698 (371)-0.1% $2,400 (44)-
  Randolph (122) - $1,125 (63)0.4% $1,400 (59)3.9% - -
  Lexington (241) - $1,625 (76)5.5% $1,900 (112)0.6% $2,489 (53)-0.4% -
  Gloucester (440) - $850 (196)-5.6% $1,225 (194)2.1% $1,250 (50)- -
  Franklin (110) - - $1,200 (87)0.8% $1,700 (23)0.3% -
  Needham (78) - - $1,688 (37)- $2,125 (41)-16.7% -
  Norwood (348) - $1,055 (90)0.5% $1,275 (205)0.0% $1,675 (53)-0.4% -
  Rochester (166) - $675 (48)- $798 (94)-10.1% $1,200 (24)- -
  Melrose (274) - $1,620 (113)24.6% $1,295 (161)-22.7% - -
  Dover (428) - $818 (116)7.6% $995 (173)-0.3% $1,323 (92)3.8% $1,600 (47)0.0%
  Wellesley (74) - - $1,868 (32)- $2,500 (42)0.0% -
  Saugus (34) - $1,170 (10)- $1,200 (24)- - -
  Milton (118) - $1,250 (22)- $1,675 (49)- $1,800 (47)0.1% -
  Danvers (157) - $995 (69)-0.5% $1,375 (88)-0.4% - -
  Wakefield (284) - $1,100 (111)2.3% $1,438 (153)12.8% $1,398 (20)- -
  Belmont (718) - $1,150 (76)-4.2% $1,800 (398)18.0% $1,675 (221)-8.2% $2,500 (23)-
  Reading (77) - $935 (20)- $1,395 (57)3.3% - -
  Dedham (168) - $950 (44)- $1,400 (100)19.1% $2,000 (24)- -
  Burlington (214) - $1,275 (83)1.6% $1,780 (108)9.2% $1,900 (23)-1.0% -
  Derry (93) - $810 (45)2.1% $929 (48)3.8% - -
  Stoneham (216) - $980 (64)-6.7% $1,250 (152)-7.4% - -
  Wilmington (55) - - $1,769 (45)3.3% $2,090 (10)- -
  Winchester (91) - $1,085 (21)- $1,585 (58)- $2,098 (12)- -
  Portsmouth (317) - $913 (130)- $1,085 (165)-16.2% $1,700 (22)- -
  Marblehead (192) - $1,050 (108)- $1,463 (62)- $1,850 (22)- -
  Winthrop (132) - $1,023 (47)- $1,500 (50)11.1% $1,950 (35)- -
  Newburyport (306) - $998 (184)-7.2% $1,300 (110)- $1,798 (12)- -
  Abington (41) - $878 (10)- $1,398 (31)- - -
  Swampscott (88) - $1,100 (22)- $1,350 (53)-3.8% $1,765 (13)- -
  Hudson (79) - $900 (21)- $1,228 (35)- $1,550 (23)- -
  Amesbury (106) - $768 (20)- $900 (76)- $2,020 (10)- -
  Lynnfield (-) - - - - -
  Somersworth (62) - - $850 (52)- $1,070 (10)- -
  Londonderry (10) - - $1,225 (10)- - -
  Hull (10) - $964 (10)- - - -
  Holbrook (11) - - $1,334 (11)- - -
  Maynard (