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The median home value in Swampscott, MA is $847,308 as of 2026-06-30, up 2.21% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$847,308
Year-over-Year
+2.21%
Population
15,907
Swampscott ranks #37 of 134 Massachusetts cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 26.8% above the state's city median of $668,110. It sits in Essex County, where the county-wide median is $736,528.
Swampscott police recorded a violent crime rate of 82 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,075 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 Swampscott is $847,308. That's up 2.21% from a year earlier. That is about 26.8% above the typical county in Massachusetts.
Homes in Swampscott are more expensive than Essex County as a whole, where the median is $736,528 — a difference of about 15.0%.
Swampscott police reported 82 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 15,907. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.