Lynnfield, Massachusetts.
Typical home $1,088,513 (+2.2% in a year), asking rent $2,961 . Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$3,212 (+128%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $23,452 +2%
- $1,065,061$1,088,513 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $246,590 +29%
- $841,923$1,088,513 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.
- Lynnfield$5,713
- Massachusetts$3,439
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Lynnfield, MA rose 2.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts
Lynnfield, in Essex County, had 13,000 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $175,265 a year and half less, against $101,883 across Essex County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 87% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 13% are rented. Unemployment in Essex County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Lynnfield is a small suburban community north of Boston, and nearly all of its homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run well above the county's, and typical home values are high, so renting is uncommon and rents are steep when a place does come up. Residents tend to be middle-aged, and most adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January highs near freezing, and snow is a regular part of the season; summers turn warm, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in professional and business services, in schools, hospitals and social care, in banks, insurance and property, or in shops. Several of the largest workplaces in town are local, among them Lynnfield Schools, Johnson Controls and Sunrise of Lynnfield. Commutes are on the long side, and a good number of people work from home. Unemployment across Essex County has eased slightly over the past year, and the county has added a few more jobs.
Things to do. Most outings from Lynnfield mean a longer drive into the Boston area. The Museum of Fine Arts Boston is one of the best known museums in the region, and Fenway Park is a stadium, also a longer drive away. For a walk with some history, the Freedom Trail winds through downtown Boston, and Boston Common is a public garden close by.
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- 4,502households
- 63%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 27%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Essex County had 326,688 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 60°. About 48 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Middleton weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lynnfield
- Lynnfield SchoolsSchool district296FTE
- JM Electrical CompanyLow voltage electrical work140
- Johnson ControlsPlumbing, heating and ac112
- Horizon Air ServicesMotor freight carrier, general, local100
- Anthony C. Scolaro & SonsMasonry contractors85
- Sunrise Senior Living, LLC.Nursing care facilities80
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 517 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lynnfield’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Essex County and the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro.
Lynnfield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lynnfield$1,088,513
- Massachusetts$655,219
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Lynnfield listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Lynnfield18.06%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lynnfield33
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lynnfield14
Zip codes with a Lynnfield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lynnfield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.