The median home in Ipswich, Massachusetts is valued at $811,866, up 2.3% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,533, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 26.7x — well above the national average of 18x. Ipswich 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$811,866

+2.3%

Rent$2,533/mo

AFFORDABILITY

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Income (annual)

Down Payment

$162,373 on $811,866

Out of reach — 81.1% of income

Need $217,157/yr to afford.

PITI$5,067

P/I81.1%

Afford$280K

Gap-$531K

P&I $4,105Tax $812Ins $150

Renting $2,534/mo cheaper ($2,533 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + MA ins. 28% per HUD.

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Nantucket$2970K Chilmark$2283K Weston$2182K Wellesley$1946K Edgartown$1773K Aquinnah$1729K Dover$1715K West Tisbury$1597K

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