City

ESSEX, MA

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

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.

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Home Value$859,645
+2.4%
AFFORDABILITY

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$171,929 on $859,645
Out of reach — 85.7% 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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Nantucket$2970KChilmark$2283KWeston$2182KWellesley$1946KEdgartown$1773KAquinnah$1729KDover$1715KWest Tisbury$1597K
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