Boston Metro Report: May 2019

The Zumper Boston Metro Report analyzed active listings in April 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 drop $10 to $2,490 but remain the most affordable city in the metro.

Boston, Massachusetts continued to rank as the second priciest with rent growing $20 to $2,420 last month.

Brookline, MA one bedroom rent grew $40 to $2,400 but stayed as third.

Le moins cher

Fall River, MA was the most affordable city with rent at $1,070.

Lawrence, MA moved down one spot to rank as the second least expensive city with one bedroom rent dropping $60 to $1,210.

Brockton, MA moved up to third with rent climbing $120 to $1,310.

Growth Rate

La croissance la plus rapide (Y/Y%)

Fall River, MA had the fastest growing rent since this time last year, up 15.1%.

Framingham, MA was second with rent climbing 8.2%.

La croissance la plus rapide (M/M%)

Medford, MA had the largest monthly rental growth rate, jumping 5.1%.

Brockton, MA rent was the second fastest growing last month, up 4.8%.

Full Data

1 Bedroom2 Bedrooms
Pos.CityPriceM/M %Y/Y %PriceM/M %Y/Y %
1Cambridge$2,490-0.40%0.80%$3,0000.30%-2.30%
2Boston$2,4200.80%5.20%$2,8001.80%3.70%
3Brookline$2,4002.10%3.40%$2,8501.80%0.70%
4Somerville$2,1502.40%3.40%$2,5002.00%0.40%
5Waltham$2,1200.00%5.00%$2,5200.00%1.20%
6Medford$2,0605.10%3.00%$2,2301.40%-3.00%
7Newton$2,0003.10%4.20%$2,4502.10%2.10%
8Quincy$1,860-3.60%-1.60%$2,180-0.90%-2.20%
9Framingham$1,7102.40%8.20%$2,030-1.50%8.00%
10Malden$1,6600.60%0.60%$2,1005.00%1.90%
11Haverhill$1,4100.70%-13.00%$1,520-5.00%-14.60%
11Lowell$1,410-0.70%-5.40%$1,6900.00%6.30%
13Worcester$1,3300.00%5.60%$1,5000.00%4.90%
14Brockton$1,3104.80%-3.70%$1,5404.10%-6.70%
15Lawrence$1,210-4.70%-13.60%$1,390-2.10%-9.70%
16Fall River$1,070-1.80%15.10%$1,1200.00%-7.40%

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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