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The median home value in Orleans, MA is $1,087,016 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.69% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,087,016
Year-over-Year
+1.69%
Population
6,533
Orleans ranks #19 of 134 Massachusetts cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 63.7% above the state's city median of $664,186. It sits in Barnstable County, where the county-wide median is $768,158.
Median household income in Orleans is $78,359, so the typical home value is about 13.9× 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).
Orleans police recorded a violent crime rate of 153 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 842 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 Orleans, that value is $1,087,016. That's up 1.69% from a year earlier. It is about 63.7% above the typical Massachusetts city tracked here.
Homes in Orleans are more expensive than Barnstable County as a whole, where the median is $768,158 — a difference of about 41.5%.
Median household income here is $78,359, so the typical home value is about 13.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Orleans police reported 153 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,533. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.