Rent prices in Massachusetts, city by city
As of October 17, 2026, 37,233 rentals are listed across 105 Massachusetts cities we track. Statewide median asking rent: studio about $2,350, 1-bedroom about $2,750, 2-bedroom about $2,850, 3+ bedroom about $3,800.
The most expensive 5 cities for a 1-bedroom: Chestnut Hill ($2,995), Cambridge ($2,800), Brookline ($2,800), Boston ($2,750), Somerville ($2,600). The least expensive: Holyoke ($1,275), Pittsfield ($1,295), Springfield ($1,350), New Bedford ($1,450), Fall River ($1,500). Cheapest and most expensive places to rent in Massachusetts
37,233 listings across 105 cities with at least 50 rentals listed. Medians use listings with a single price and bedroom count; fewer than 20 and the figure is left out. Statewide figures are estimated from city medians weighted by listing count. Updated . How we calculate
| City | Listings | 1 bed | 2 beds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 9,595 | $2,750 | $3,200 |
| Cambridge | 2,003 | $2,800 | $3,350 |
| Somerville | 1,512 | $2,600 | $3,050 |
| Worcester | 1,490 | $1,750 | $1,962 |
| Brookline | 1,468 | $2,800 | $3,400 |
| Fall River | 1,305 | $1,500 | $1,700 |
| Quincy | 884 | $2,000 | $2,575 |
| Brighton | 766 | $2,300 | $2,800 |
| Lowell | 704 | $1,850 | $2,100 |
| New Bedford | 683 | $1,450 | $1,650 |
| Medford | 601 | $2,150 | $2,800 |
| Lynn | 600 | $1,900 | $2,350 |
| Waltham | 593 | $2,125 | $2,600 |
| Springfield | 564 | $1,350 | $1,700 |
| Allston | 537 | $2,372 | $2,875 |
| Holyoke | 460 | $1,275 | $1,550 |
| Brockton | 453 | $1,900 | $2,300 |
| Dorchester | 440 | — | $2,850 |
| Chelsea | 404 | $2,150 | $2,700 |
| Roxbury | 399 | — | $3,400 |
| Lawrence | 379 | $1,645 | $2,200 |
| Malden | 378 | $2,100 | $2,500 |
| Newton | 376 | $2,300 | $2,900 |
| Revere | 367 | $2,125 | $2,645 |
| Taunton | 366 | — | $2,000 |
| Salem | 350 | $2,000 | $2,500 |
| Watertown | 339 | $2,400 | $2,800 |
| Everett | 317 | — | $2,500 |
| Haverhill | 311 | $1,800 | $2,250 |
| Framingham | 308 | $1,900 | $2,500 |
| Pittsfield | 259 | $1,295 | $1,550 |
| East Boston | 257 | — | $2,575 |
| Chicopee | 255 | — | $1,700 |
| Jamaica Plain | 255 | — | $2,995 |
| Fitchburg | 253 | — | $1,795 |
| Chestnut Hill | 245 | $2,995 | $3,582 |
| Arlington | 227 | $2,200 | $2,900 |
| Beverly | 224 | $2,000 | $2,700 |
| Attleboro | 182 | — | $2,050 |
| Woburn | 180 | $2,000 | $2,772 |
| Plymouth | 177 | — | $2,600 |
| Weymouth | 177 | — | $2,600 |
| South Boston | 161 | — | $3,975 |
| Leominster | 155 | — | $1,850 |
| Southbridge | 152 | — | $1,700 |
| Gloucester | 151 | $1,900 | $2,500 |
| Amherst | 142 | — | $1,850 |
| Belmont | 134 | — | $2,772 |
| Peabody | 127 | — | $2,600 |
| Marlborough | 126 | — | — |
| Winthrop | 120 | — | $2,600 |
| Norwood | 117 | — | $2,450 |
| Natick | 115 | — | $2,500 |
| Melrose | 115 | — | $2,600 |
| Gardner | 113 | — | $1,600 |
| Newburyport | 111 | — | — |
| Andover | 110 | — | — |
| Wakefield | 109 | — | $2,500 |
| Shrewsbury | 107 | $1,750 | $2,250 |
| Hyde Park | 107 | — | — |
| Methuen | 106 | — | $2,325 |
| Lexington | 105 | — | $2,995 |
| Webster | 103 | — | $1,698 |
| Mattapan | 103 | — | — |
| Milford | 99 | — | — |
| Foxborough | 99 | — | $2,325 |
| Northampton | 98 | — | — |
| Canton | 90 | — | $2,625 |
| Braintree | 89 | — | $2,450 |
| Westfield | 87 | — | $1,750 |
| Hyannis | 85 | — | — |
| Acton | 83 | — | $2,400 |
| West Roxbury | 83 | — | — |
| Roslindale | 83 | — | — |
| Stoneham | 83 | — | $2,600 |
| Dedham | 82 | — | $3,200 |
| Greenfield | 78 | — | — |
| Marshfield | 78 | — | $2,300 |
| Marblehead | 78 | — | $2,600 |
| Charlestown | 76 | — | — |
| Danvers | 76 | — | — |
| Stoughton | 75 | — | — |
| Hull | 72 | — | — |
| Franklin | 71 | — | — |
| North Andover | 70 | — | $2,572 |
| Nantucket | 69 | — | — |
| Westborough | 69 | — | — |
| Mansfield | 65 | — | — |
| Ayer | 63 | — | $2,100 |
| Milton | 62 | — | — |
| Winchester | 62 | — | — |
| Salisbury | 62 | — | $2,500 |
| Clinton | 60 | — | — |
| Whitinsville | 59 | — | — |
| Amesbury | 59 | — | — |
| North Attleboro | 58 | — | — |
| West Springfield | 57 | — | — |
| Ipswich | 57 | — | — |
| Wellesley | 54 | — | — |
| Rockport | 54 | — | — |
| Middleboro | 53 | — | — |
| Whitman | 52 | — | — |
| Swampscott | 51 | — | — |
| North Adams | 50 | — | — |
| Randolph | 50 | — | — |