02126
Boston, Massachusetts.
Boston, Suffolk County, MA · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro · population 26,583
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,467 (+91%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $4,416 -1%
- $589,908$585,491 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $70,073 +14%
- $515,419$585,491 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- 02126$3,073
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 27 years.
Typical home values in zip 02126 fell 0.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
This zip spans 2 counties: Suffolk County, MA 99% · Norfolk County, MA 1%
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Boston, MA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 02126
Against the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro and the national benchmark.
- 02126$2,971
- Boston$2,987
- United States$1,932
Typical home value — 02126
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 02126$585,491
- Boston$725,639
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 140 zips in range — sorting picks from all 140.
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | 02124 | Dorchester Center | 56,216 | $3,045 | $669,607 |
| 1.8 | 02131 | Roslindale | 31,151 | $2,874 | $703,893 |
| 2.1 | 02121 | Dorchester | 29,040 | $3,228 | $620,807 |
| 2.3 | 02136 | Hyde Park | 37,265 | $2,806 | $638,889 |
| 2.4 | 02122 | Dorchester | 23,479 | $3,134 | $649,001 |
| 2.5 | 02130 | Jamaica Plain | 40,055 | $3,112 | $788,944 |
| 2.6 | 02186 | Milton | 28,735 | $3,625 | $1,076,042 |
| 3.3 | 02125 | Dorchester | 33,662 | $3,160 | $637,139 |
| 3.3 | 02119 | Roxbury | 27,377 | $3,200 | $631,962 |
| 3.4 | 02171 | Quincy | 20,164 | $2,851 | $702,530 |
| 3.5 | 02132 | West Roxbury | 26,444 | $2,830 | $792,121 |
| 3.9 | 02120 | Roxbury Crossing | 15,283 | $3,743 | $935,642 |
| 3.9 | 02170 | Quincy | 18,809 | $2,266 | $745,590 |
| 4.0 | 02445 | Brookline | 22,560 | $3,439 | $1,205,297 |
| 4.4 | 02118 | Boston | 28,946 | $3,805 | $962,145 |
| 4.5 | 02115 | Boston | 29,705 | $3,185 | $901,287 |
| 4.5 | 02169 | Quincy | 62,993 | $2,687 | $632,884 |
| 4.5 | 02467 | Chestnut Hill | 23,001 | $3,731 | $1,182,233 |
| 4.8 | 02026 | Dedham | 25,237 | $2,913 | $756,680 |
| 4.9 | 02127 | South Boston | 36,769 | $3,738 | $853,515 |
| 4.9 | 02446 | Brookline | 31,310 | $3,518 | $1,049,662 |
| 5.0 | 02199 | Boston | 1,292 | $5,930 | $3,281,260 |
| 5.0 | 02215 | Boston | 24,581 | $3,203 | $697,438 |
| 5.3 | 02116 | Boston | 21,978 | $3,412 | $1,338,758 |
| 5.4 | 02111 | Boston | 8,407 | $3,921 | $972,203 |
| 5.7 | 02210 | Boston | 6,971 | $4,455 | $1,487,676 |
| 5.7 | 02108 | Boston | 3,794 | $3,869 | $1,686,190 |
| 5.8 | 02459 | Newton Center | 18,449 | $4,115 | $1,791,267 |
| 6.0 | 02139 | Cambridge | 40,033 | $3,379 | $990,941 |
| 6.0 | 02134 | Allston | 17,667 | $2,934 | $733,753 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.