Typical Cost of a House in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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The median home value in Suffolk County is $705,800, measured over 2020–2024. That is 25.6% above the Massachusetts median of $562,100. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that figure and half below.
Median home value
$705,800
2020–2024, give or take $8,139
Against Massachusetts
+25.6%
AboveMassachusetts $562,100
Against the U.S.
+112.1%
AboveU.S. $332,700
Monthly housing costs in Suffolk County
What households actually pay each month, for those who own with a mortgage and those who rent, compared with Massachusetts as a whole.
Owning with a mortgage
$2,962a month
+8.7%Massachusetts $2,726
Median of mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees together.
Renting
$2,129a month
+20.8%Massachusetts $1,762
Median gross rent: the rent itself plus utilities the renter pays.
Where Suffolk County sits among Massachusetts's counties
Each tick is one county's median home value. The highlighted band holds the middle half of them, and the dark line is the median. Suffolk County is the 4th highest of 14.
What this figure is
It is not a sale price. The Census Bureau asks homeowners what they think their home would sell for, and this is the middle answer for owner-occupied homes in Suffolk County. It covers every kind of home people own and live in, so the price of a particular house on the market can be far from it.
The figure describes the whole of 2020–2024, not a single year, and it is not adjusted for price changes since then. The smaller a county, the fewer households the survey reaches and the less exact its estimate: here the true value is very likely within $8,139 of the one shown.
Common questions
How much does a house cost in Suffolk County, Massachusetts?
- The median home value in Suffolk County, Massachusetts is $705,800, from Census Bureau survey data for 2020–2024. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that and half below.
What is the average home price in Suffolk County, Massachusetts?
- The Census Bureau publishes a median rather than an average: $705,800 for 2020–2024. It is what owners estimate their homes would sell for, not a record of recent sale prices.
How much is a monthly mortgage payment in Suffolk County, Massachusetts?
- Homeowners with a mortgage in Suffolk County, Massachusetts pay a median of $2,962 a month. That covers the mortgage payment together with property taxes, insurance and utilities.
What is the average rent in Suffolk County, Massachusetts?
- Median gross rent in Suffolk County, Massachusetts is $2,129 a month for 2020–2024. Gross rent is the rent itself plus the utilities the renter pays.
Are homes in Suffolk County, Massachusetts expensive compared with other places?
- Suffolk County has the 4th highest median home value of the 14 counties in Massachusetts with a published figure, 25.6% above the Massachusetts median of $562,100.
Source
U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024, tables B25077, B25064 and B25088. Retrieved on October 6, 2026.
About the American Community SurveySource: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024.
Other counties in Massachusetts
The percentage compares each county with the Massachusetts median.
- Barnstable County+11.9%$629,000
- Berkshire County−45.7%$305,400
- Bristol County−19.7%$451,200
- Dukes County+107.4%$1,165,800
- Essex County+10.1%$619,100
- Franklin County−41.5%$329,000
- Hampden County−46.8%$298,800
- Hampshire County−30.6%$390,300
- Middlesex County+29.5%$727,800
- Nantucket County+183.5%$1,593,800
- Norfolk County+21.7%$683,900
- Plymouth County−1.1%$556,000
- Worcester County−24.6%$423,700