Home › States › Massachusetts › New Bedford
The median home value in New Bedford, MA is $446,955 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.5% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$446,955
Year-over-Year
+3.5%
Population
102,491
New Bedford ranks #112 of 134 Massachusetts cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 32.7% below the state's city median of $664,186. It sits in Bristol County, where the county-wide median is $553,616.
Median household income in New Bedford is $56,981, so the typical home value is about 7.8× 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).
New Bedford police recorded a violent crime rate of 353 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,359 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 New Bedford, that value is $446,955. That's up 3.5% from a year earlier. It is about 32.7% below the typical Massachusetts city tracked here.
Homes in New Bedford are cheaper than Bristol County as a whole, where the median is $553,616 — a difference of about 19.3%.
Median household income here is $56,981, so the typical home value is about 7.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
New Bedford police reported 353 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 102,491. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
Deerfield · Clinton · Fall River · Webster · Spencer · Worcester · Easthampton · Oxford