The median home value in Needham, MA is $1,589,517 as of 2026-06-30, up 5.16% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,589,517
Year-over-Year
+5.16%
Population
32,779
Needham ranks #7 of 134 Massachusetts cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 137.9% above the state's city median of $668,110. It sits in Norfolk County, where the county-wide median is $785,822.
Needham police recorded a violent crime rate of 52 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 647 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 Needham is $1,589,517. That's up 5.16% from a year earlier. That is about 137.9% above the typical county in Massachusetts.
Homes in Needham are more expensive than Norfolk County as a whole, where the median is $785,822 — a difference of about 102.3%.
Needham police reported 52 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 32,779. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.