Boston Metro Report: April 2019

The Zumper Boston Metro Report analyzed active listings in March 2019 across 16 metro cities to show the most and least expensive cities and cities with the fastest growing rents. The state median one bedroom rent was $1,826 last month.

Cities Ranked By Rent

Le plus cher

Cambridge, MA saw rent grow $30 to $2,500 and continue to reign as the most expensive city.

Boston, Massachusetts was second with one bedrooms priced at $2,400.

Brookline, MA stayed third with rent at $2,350.

Le moins cher

Fall River, MA rent jumped $50 to $1,090 but remained the most affordable in the metro.

Brockton, MA saw rent climb $60 to $1,190 but stay as the second least expensive.

Lawrence, MA dropped one spot to rank as third with rent falling $60 to $1,270.

Growth Rate

La croissance la plus rapide (Y/Y%)

Fall River, MA had the largest year over year rental growth rate, up 16%.

Waltham, MA rent was the second fastest growing, climbing 10.4% since this time last year.

Worcester, MA was third with rent growing 7.2%.

La croissance la plus rapide (M/M%)

Brockton, MA rent jumped 5% last month, making it the fastest growing.

Fall River, MA had the second fastest growing rent last month, up 4.8%.

Full Data

1 Bedroom2 Bedrooms
Pos.CityPriceM/M %Y/Y %PriceM/M %Y/Y %
1Cambridge$2,5001.20%0.80%$2,9901.40%-2.90%
2Boston$2,4000.40%4.30%$2,7500.00%1.90%
3Brookline$2,3500.00%0.90%$2,8000.00%-1.80%
4Waltham$2,1200.00%10.40%$2,5200.00%6.30%
5Somerville$2,1000.00%5.00%$2,4502.50%-0.80%
6Medford$1,960-4.90%0.00%$2,2000.00%-4.30%
7Newton$1,9402.10%3.70%$2,4001.30%4.30%
8Quincy$1,9300.00%7.20%$2,200-3.90%-1.30%
9Framingham$1,6701.20%3.70%$2,0605.10%12.00%
10Malden$1,6501.20%0.00%$2,0000.00%-3.80%
11Lowell$1,4200.70%-2.10%$1,6900.00%9.70%
12Haverhill$1,400-4.80%-9.70%$1,6000.00%-9.60%
13Worcester$1,3300.00%7.30%$1,5000.00%10.30%
14Lawrence$1,270-5.20%-11.80%$1,420-0.70%-11.30%
15Brockton$1,2505.00%-3.80%$1,480-4.50%-8.10%
16Fall River$1,0904.80%16.00%$1,1205.70%-2.60%

À propos

The Zumper Boston Metro Report analyzed active listings that hit the market last month. Listings are aggregated by city to calculate median asking rents.

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