The median home value in Watertown, MA is $846,578 as of 2026-06-30, up 1.21% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$846,578
Year-over-Year
+1.21%
Population
35,885
Watertown ranks #38 of 134 Massachusetts cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 26.7% above the state's city median of $668,110. It sits in Middlesex County, where the county-wide median is $833,018.
Watertown 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 1,859 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 Watertown is $846,578. That's up 1.21% from a year earlier. That is about 26.7% above the typical county in Massachusetts.
Homes in Watertown are more expensive than Middlesex County as a whole, where the median is $833,018 — a difference of about 1.6%.
Watertown police reported 153 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 35,885. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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