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Average Rent in Massachusetts

Rental market overview for Massachusetts, powered by HUD and Census data.

Median Rent

$1,502

Median Income

$100,809

Rent Burden

-75949339.6%

Avg FMR (2BR)

N/A

Massachusetts Rental Market Overview

Massachusetts has approximately 237 cities with rental data tracked by StayRentals. Roughly 29.8% of housing units in the state are renter-occupied. The state's median rent is approximately $1,502, which is 10% higher than the national median of $1,365. (Source: Census ACS)

With a rental vacancy rate of approximately 14.1%%, the Massachusetts rental market may offer renters more options and negotiating power. (Source: Census ACS)

Most and Least Affordable Cities

Most affordable cities (lowest rent burden):

  • South Duxbury: median rent of $2,087, median income of $197,632, resulting in a rent burden of approximately 17.6%. (Source: Census ACS)
  • North Brookfield: median rent of $931, median income of $73,904, resulting in a rent burden of approximately 19.7%. (Source: Census ACS)
  • Wilbraham: median rent of $1,125, median income of $97,891, resulting in a rent burden of approximately 20.9%. (Source: Census ACS)
  • North Westport: median rent of $1,130, median income of $82,408, resulting in a rent burden of approximately 21.3%. (Source: Census ACS)
  • Sturbridge: median rent of $1,625, median income of $123,375, resulting in a rent burden of approximately 23.0%. (Source: Census ACS)

    • Most expensive cities (highest rent burden):

  • Monument Beach: median rent of $1,743, with a rent burden of approximately 51.0%. Lower incomes relative to rent contribute to higher cost burden. (Source: Census ACS)
  • Northwest Harwich: median rent of $3,501, with a rent burden of approximately 51.0%. Lower incomes relative to rent contribute to higher cost burden. (Source: Census ACS)
  • Raynham Center: median rent of $1,766, with a rent burden of approximately 51.0%. Lower incomes relative to rent contribute to higher cost burden. (Source: Census ACS)
  • East Falmouth: median rent of $1,780, with a rent burden of approximately 51.0%. Lower incomes relative to rent contribute to higher cost burden. (Source: Census ACS)
  • Lynnfield: median rent of $1,891, with a rent burden of approximately 51.0%. Lower incomes relative to rent contribute to higher cost burden. (Source: Census ACS)

    • Renting in Massachusetts: What to Know

    Renter protections and landlord-tenant laws vary by state and municipality within Massachusetts. Most states require landlords to provide advance notice before raising rent on month-to-month leases, though the specific notice period varies. Some municipalities within Massachusetts may have additional local tenant protections.

    Housing laws change frequently. For advice specific to your situation, consult a local tenant rights organization, legal aid society, or attorney. StayRentals does not provide legal advice.

    Massachusetts Rental Market Trends

    Rent trends for Massachusetts are tracked through the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for shelter costs. Nationally, rent costs have generally increased over the past decade, though the rate of increase varies by metro area and time period.

    Detailed monthly rent CPI data is available for major metropolitan areas. Visit our homepage for the national rent CPI trend chart, or explore individual city pages for local context. (Source: BLS Consumer Price Index)

    Cities in Massachusetts

    237 cities with rental data, sorted by population.

    CityPopulationMedian RentRent BurdenFMR (2BR)
    Boston665,945$1,98130.0%N/A
    Worcester204,191$1,31231.3%N/A
    Springfield155,305$1,04734.4%N/A
    Cambridge117,962$2,62827.9%N/A
    Lowell114,737$1,46630.1%N/A
    Brockton104,713$1,44631.4%N/A
    Quincy100,981$1,90128.5%N/A
    Lynn100,653$1,51134.0%N/A
    New Bedford100,620$1,02628.6%N/A
    Fall River93,638$1,02029.4%N/A
    Newton88,453$2,25226.5%N/A
    Lawrence88,067$1,50233.7%N/A
    Somerville80,464$2,35725.0%N/A
    Framingham71,805$1,68930.6%N/A
    Haverhill67,273$1,46233.6%N/A
    Malden65,463$1,96231.2%N/A
    Waltham64,711$2,14126.4%N/A
    Brookline62,698$2,70229.1%N/A
    Medford61,748$2,30525.9%N/A
    Revere60,577$1,79033.7%N/A
    Taunton59,436$1,18032.0%N/A
    Weymouth Town57,300$1,71832.3%N/A
    Chicopee55,441$1,05829.7%N/A
    Peabody54,204$1,79534.8%N/A
    Methuen Town52,812$1,51438.0%N/A
    Barnstable Town48,922$1,71134.1%N/A
    Everett48,685$1,89232.8%N/A
    Attleboro46,384$1,35929.8%N/A
    Arlington45,906$1,90225.2%N/A
    Salem44,541$1,67832.6%N/A
    Pittsfield43,730$1,02730.9%N/A
    Leominster43,620$1,17129.0%N/A
    Beverly42,414$1,62231.5%N/A
    Fitchburg41,621$1,11530.1%N/A
    Marlborough41,391$1,64831.7%N/A
    Woburn40,992$2,13132.1%N/A
    Westfield40,794$1,05028.9%N/A
    Chelsea39,890$1,80632.5%N/A
    Braintree Town38,748$1,67829.0%N/A
    Holyoke38,210$93729.8%N/A
    Watertown Town35,181$2,18326.4%N/A
    Randolph Town34,691$1,88334.3%N/A
    Lexington34,221$2,81828.8%N/A
    Amherst Town33,389$1,48438.6%N/A
    Franklin Town32,777$1,79229.7%N/A
    Needham31,957$2,13334.7%N/A
    Norwood31,343$1,94829.7%N/A
    North Attleborough Town30,750$1,24628.6%N/A
    Wellesley29,862$2,63724.0%N/A
    Gloucester29,830$1,39035.5%N/A
    Melrose29,477$1,83728.9%N/A
    West Springfield Town28,755$1,03832.1%N/A
    Agawam Town28,606$1,21826.9%N/A
    Saugus28,566$1,71732.7%N/A
    Bridgewater Town28,531$1,82030.9%N/A
    Milton28,450$1,45432.5%N/A
    Northampton28,245$1,35531.9%N/A
    Danvers27,910$1,86229.4%N/A
    Milford27,569$1,58831.4%N/A
    Wakefield27,054$1,74228.8%N/A
    Belmont26,997$2,33925.8%N/A
    Burlington26,169$2,31932.1%N/A
    Reading25,415$1,65026.4%N/A
    Dedham25,150$2,00633.5%N/A
    Wilmington23,191$2,29331.3%N/A
    Stoneham22,992$1,84327.7%N/A
    Winchester22,809$2,19224.9%N/A
    Gardner21,090$1,04129.6%N/A
    Marblehead20,350$1,74930.1%N/A
    Winthrop Town19,031$1,84133.2%N/A
    Newburyport18,356$1,42628.5%N/A
    Somerset18,266$1,30724.5%N/A
    Greenfield17,674$1,01233.2%N/A
    Southbridge Town17,669$1,14234.3%N/A
    Amesbury Town17,279$1,46434.5%N/A
    Abington17,003$1,41930.5%N/A
    Easthampton Town16,136$1,16830.2%N/A
    Longmeadow15,789$1,76028.6%N/A
    Hudson15,496$1,48424.7%N/A
    Swampscott15,125$2,13431.1%N/A
    North Adams12,937$84332.1%N/A
    Lynnfield12,925$1,89151.0%N/A
    Palmer Town12,422$1,11830.3%N/A
    Webster12,264$99931.4%N/A
    South Yarmouth11,805$1,65533.2%N/A
    Holbrook11,338$1,38027.3%N/A
    Maynard10,671$1,51629.6%N/A
    Nantucket10,479$2,34227.6%N/A
    Hull10,116$1,72826.5%N/A
    Andover9,419$1,47727.3%N/A
    Athol9,148$98133.2%N/A
    Middleborough Center7,807$1,48435.0%N/A
    Mansfield Center7,690$1,51926.0%N/A
    Plymouth7,649$1,67230.5%N/A
    Clinton7,361$1,28128.9%N/A
    Whitinsville7,273$1,12524.0%N/A
    Cochituate6,937$1,73924.0%N/A
    Northborough6,677$1,20835.1%N/A
    East Falmouth6,558$1,78051.0%N/A
    West Concord6,450$2,44927.7%N/A
    Pinehurst6,426$1,81729.2%N/A
    Walpole6,373$1,60428.5%N/A
    Medfield6,318$1,32436.2%N/A
    Foxborough6,312$1,56633.2%N/A
    Ware6,253$1,01036.6%N/A
    West Yarmouth6,098$1,54741.9%N/A
    Kingston6,090$1,39828.8%N/A
    Sharon5,983$2,24431.8%N/A
    Yarmouth Port5,971$1,67135.5%N/A
    Adams5,722$87932.1%N/A
    East Harwich5,693$2,02625.1%N/A
    North Scituate5,675$1,56434.4%N/A
    Spencer5,637$1,02225.2%N/A
    Hingham5,606$1,31936.2%N/A
    Bliss Corner5,591$1,01435.2%N/A
    Scituate5,442$87026.3%N/A
    Oxford5,410$91132.9%N/A
    Salisbury5,269$1,50935.6%N/A
    The Pinehills5,127$2,45737.7%N/A
    Raynham Center5,074$1,76651.0%N/A
    Rockport4,943$1,71233.7%N/A
    Ipswich4,872$1,36723.9%N/A
    Marshfield4,868$1,22738.6%N/A
    Millis-Clicquot4,718$1,81734.9%N/A
    North Westport4,660$1,13021.3%N/A
    Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock4,637$1,15732.4%N/A
    Bellingham4,636$1,85447.3%N/A
    Smith Mills4,556$65825.8%N/A
    Williamstown4,498$1,24430.4%N/A
    Winchendon4,461$95930.6%N/A
    North Plymouth4,418$1,64642.6%N/A
    Westborough4,381$1,41424.9%N/A
    Hopedale4,137$1,45729.4%N/A
    Northwest Harwich4,076$3,50151.0%N/A
    Sagamore3,966$1,64127.6%N/A
    North Pembroke3,954$2,54029.2%N/A
    Forestdale3,912$1,66528.6%N/A
    Falmouth3,883$1,10137.0%N/A
    Wilbraham3,839$1,12520.9%N/A
    Turners Falls3,838$1,05432.6%N/A
    East Sandwich3,787$1,86724.3%N/A
    Orange3,731$98830.8%N/A
    East Dennis3,711N/A33.5%N/A
    North Lakeville3,635$1,71838.6%N/A
    Provincetown3,433$1,10636.4%N/A
    South Duxbury3,409$2,08717.6%N/A
    Nahant3,336$1,74728.8%N/A
    Dennis Port3,300$1,39032.7%N/A
    Hopkinton3,298$1,58839.5%N/A
    Acushnet Center3,164$95930.0%N/A
    South Dennis3,101$1,69631.8%N/A
    Monument Beach3,024$1,74351.0%N/A
    Buzzards Bay2,993$1,55630.5%N/A
    Ayer2,969$1,22328.0%N/A
    Sandwich2,948$1,68823.5%N/A
    Cordaville2,884N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Littleton Common2,870$1,27529.1%N/A
    Fiskdale2,827$1,25627.2%N/A
    Topsfield2,799$94434.0%N/A
    East Douglas2,562$1,21031.2%N/A
    Dover2,512$3,50138.2%N/A
    Cedar Crest2,460N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Marshfield Hills2,458N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    North Brookfield2,437$93119.7%N/A
    Vineyard Haven2,367$1,42024.1%N/A
    North Falmouth2,318N/A23.5%N/A
    Baldwinville2,286$91328.0%N/A
    Harwich Port2,252$1,08731.2%N/A
    White Island Shores2,223$1,75329.8%N/A
    Sturbridge2,222$1,62523.0%N/A
    Pepperell2,205$89429.6%N/A
    Lunenburg2,149N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Hanson2,087N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    East Pepperell1,999$1,40032.9%N/A
    Lenox1,999$1,05533.1%N/A
    North Eastham1,971$1,64551.0%N/A
    South Deerfield1,953$1,27120.8%N/A
    Dennis1,898$1,44920.2%N/A
    Great Barrington1,890$1,03129.9%N/A
    Essex1,880N/A37.5%N/A
    West Falmouth1,793N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Hanscom AFB1,784$3,20340.1%N/A
    Bourne1,782$1,69551.0%N/A
    Devens1,763N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Duxbury1,761N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Brewster1,739$1,17730.5%N/A
    Shelburne Falls1,699$99832.7%N/A
    Rutland1,690$1,11030.2%N/A
    Monson Center1,673$81632.2%N/A
    Orleans1,665$80426.8%N/A
    Rowley1,642$1,03927.6%N/A
    South Lancaster1,642$37931.2%N/A
    Chatham1,637$96531.5%N/A
    West Chatham1,633N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Weweantic1,593$48828.7%N/A
    Teaticket1,561$1,38822.1%N/A
    West Brookfield1,532$1,06631.3%N/A
    Oak Bluffs1,521N/A34.8%N/A
    Lee1,507$1,19330.6%N/A
    Groton1,472N/A23.2%N/A
    Holland1,452$1,16514.8%N/A
    Harwich Center1,419N/A28.5%N/A
    Shirley1,359$92733.4%N/A
    East Brookfield1,345$98818.4%N/A
    Hatfield1,331$94429.7%N/A
    Onset1,326$1,583-666666666.0%N/A
    Mashpee Neck1,270N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Granby1,176$85914.7%N/A
    Green Harbor1,174N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Townsend1,131$95322.6%N/A
    Millers Falls1,061$99632.4%N/A
    South Ashburnham1,049N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Woods Hole992$1,21924.9%N/A
    Housatonic985$1,11633.3%N/A
    Marion Center980$2,40040.0%N/A
    Brookfield948$1,06917.1%N/A
    Northfield908$91534.0%N/A
    Huntington865$1,08124.5%N/A
    West Warren826$79317.6%N/A
    Chester795$98136.8%N/A
    New Seabury738N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Edgartown610N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Seabrook595N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Barre594N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Russell573$86427.8%N/A
    Warren567$1,01134.8%N/A
    Cheshire547N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Deerfield486N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Popponesset366N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Blandford349N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Madaket318N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Petersham275$1,45851.0%N/A
    Lenox Dale255N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Seconsett Island137N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Monomoscoy Island123N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Siasconset115N/A-666666666.0%N/A
    Popponesset Island70N/A-666666666.0%N/A

    Data Sources

    **Data Sources:**

  • U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates
  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Fair Market Rents
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index for Rent of Primary Residence

    • Data is updated periodically. Census ACS data reflects 5-year estimates. HUD Fair Market Rents are updated annually. BLS rent CPI is updated monthly.

    StayRentals is not a real estate agent, landlord, or property manager. This content is for educational and informational purposes only. Rent estimates are based on government data and may not reflect current market conditions. Housing laws vary by state and municipality. Consult a local tenant rights organization or attorney for advice specific to your situation.

    Sources: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Fair Market Rents, U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index.

    Data vintage: HUD FMR FY 2025, Census ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates, BLS CPI updated monthly. Government data may lag 1–2 years behind current market conditions.