The median home in Methuen, Massachusetts is valued at $599,668, up 2.9% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,437, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 20.5x — well above the national average of 18x. Methuen 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$599,668

+2.9%

Rent$2,437/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$119,934 on $599,668

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Out of reach60.5% of income

Need $162,086/yr to afford.

PITI$3,782

P/I60.5%

Afford$277K

Gap-$322K

P&I $3,032Tax $600Ins $150

Renting $1,345/mo cheaper ($2,437 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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Methuen, MA