The median home in Brockton, Massachusetts is valued at $492,207, up 1.0% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,430, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 16.9x — near the national average of 18x. Brockton is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area, which CrashWatch tracks daily with real-time stress scores and crash risk analysis.

Home Value$492,207

+1.0%

Rent$2,430/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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Out of reach50.1% of income

Need $134,186/yr to afford.

PITI$3,131

P/I50.1%

Afford$275K

Gap-$217K

P&I $2,489Tax $492Ins $150

Renting $701/mo cheaper ($2,430 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + MA ins. 28% per HUD.

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Nantucket$2.97M Chilmark$2.28M Weston$2.18M Wellesley$1.95M Edgartown$1.77M Aquinnah$1.73M Dover$1.72M West Tisbury$1.6M

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