The median home in Salem, Massachusetts is valued at $592,554, up 1.1% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,632, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 18.8x — near the national average of 18x. Salem 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$592,554

+1.1%

Rent$2,632/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$118,511 on $592,554

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Out of reach59.8% of income

Need $160,243/yr to afford.

PITI$3,739

P/I59.8%

Afford$277K

Gap-$315K

P&I $2,996Tax $593Ins $150

Renting $1,107/mo cheaper ($2,632 rent)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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