The median home in Essex, Massachusetts is valued at $859,645, up 2.4% year over year. Essex 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$859,645

+2.4%

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

Affordability

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Income (annual)

Down Payment

$171,929 on $859,645

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Out of reach85.7% of income

Need $229,543/yr to afford.

PITI$5,356

P/I85.7%

Afford$281K

Gap-$579K

P&I $4,347Tax $860Ins $150

6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + MA ins. 28% per HUD.

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Other cities in Massachusetts

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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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Essex, MA