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The median home value in Adams, MA is $271,356 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.62% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$271,356
Year-over-Year
+2.62%
Population
7,947
Adams ranks #133 of 134 Massachusetts cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 59.1% below the state's city median of $664,186. It sits in Berkshire County, where the county-wide median is $395,409.
Median household income in Adams is $48,775, so the typical home value is about 5.6× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Adams police recorded a violent crime rate of 277 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,233 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Adams, that value is $271,356. That's up 2.62% from a year earlier. It is about 59.1% below the typical Massachusetts city tracked here.
Homes in Adams are cheaper than Berkshire County as a whole, where the median is $395,409 — a difference of about 31.4%.
Median household income here is $48,775, so the typical home value is about 5.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Adams police reported 277 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 7,947. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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