The median home value in Salem, MA is $620,748 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.4% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$620,748
Year-over-Year
+0.4%
Population
45,955
Salem ranks #77 of 134 Massachusetts cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 7.1% below the state's city median of $668,110. It sits in Essex County, where the county-wide median is $736,528.
Salem police recorded a violent crime rate of 152 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,554 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 Salem is $620,748. That's up 0.4% from a year earlier. That is about 7.1% below the typical county in Massachusetts.
Homes in Salem are cheaper than Essex County as a whole, where the median is $736,528 — a difference of about 15.7%.
Salem police reported 152 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 45,955. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.