The median home value in Boston, MA is $788,881 as of 2026-06-30, down 1.34% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$788,881
Year-over-Year
-1.34%
Population
659,049
Boston ranks #48 of 134 Massachusetts cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 18.1% above the state's city median of $668,110. It sits in Suffolk County, where the county-wide median is $763,473.
Boston police recorded a violent crime rate of 628 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,022 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Boston is $788,881. That's down 1.34% from a year earlier. That is about 18.1% above the typical county in Massachusetts.
Homes in Boston are more expensive than Suffolk County as a whole, where the median is $763,473 — a difference of about 3.3%.
Boston police reported 628 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 659,049. 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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