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The median home value in Norfolk County, MA is $781,743 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.91% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$781,743
Year-over-Year
+1.91%
National Rank
#50 of 3071
Norfolk County ranks 4th out of 14 counties in MA by median home price, and is +233.6% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within MA, the typical county has a median home value of $694,439, making Norfolk County +12.6% above the MA state median.
Households here earn a median of $130,739 a year against a typical home value of $781,743 — a price-to-income ratio of 6.0×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 93% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Norfolk County recorded a violent crime rate of 181 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 888 per 100,000.
Based on 14 reporting cities covering 431,082 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Norfolk County is $781,743. That's up 1.91% from a year earlier. That is about 233.6% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Norfolk County the 4th most expensive of 14 counties in Massachusetts.
Median household income here is $130,739, so a typical home costs about 6.0× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Norfolk County recorded 181 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 431,082 residents across 14 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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