The median home value in Ipswich, MA is $867,047 as of 2026-06-30, up 1.41% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$867,047
Year-over-Year
+1.41%
Population
14,215
Ipswich ranks #35 of 134 Massachusetts cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 29.8% above the state's city median of $668,110. It sits in Essex County, where the county-wide median is $736,528.
Ipswich police recorded a violent crime rate of 134 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 274 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 Ipswich is $867,047. That's up 1.41% from a year earlier. That is about 29.8% above the typical county in Massachusetts.
Homes in Ipswich are more expensive than Essex County as a whole, where the median is $736,528 — a difference of about 17.7%.
Ipswich police reported 134 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 14,215. 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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