Zip lookup · MA

01929
Essex, Massachusetts.

Essex, Essex County, MA · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro · population 3,621

What it costs per month · 01929 $4,730/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,742 (+138%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $15,956 +2%
$885,141$901,096 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $203,357 +29%
$697,740$901,096 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.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 01929 $4,730 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 01929$4,730
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in zip 01929 rose 1.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Essex, MA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $901,096 as of Sep 2026
+1.8%year on year

Typical home value — 01929

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 01929 $901,096 Boston $725,639 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 01929$901,096
  • Boston$725,639
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 44 zips in range — sorting picks from all 44.

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3.7 01944 Manchester 5,403 — $1,385,103
4.2 01982 South Hamilton 7,680 — $878,737
4.5 01930 Gloucester 30,075 $2,705 $767,937
4.8 01938 Ipswich 13,930 $2,764 $848,320
5.9 01984 Wenham 4,929 — $1,066,068
6.4 01915 Beverly 41,994 $2,745 $755,517
8.0 01966 Rockport 7,009 $2,706 $864,433
8.3 01969 Rowley 6,251 — $794,749
8.4 01983 Topsfield 6,564 — $968,826
9.7 01923 Danvers 27,991 $2,825 $726,960
10.4 01945 Marblehead 20,470 $2,967 $1,044,764
10.5 01951 Newbury 3,327 $3,971 $992,790
10.6 01970 Salem 44,738 $2,683 $601,599
11.1 01922 Byfield 3,450 — $856,641
12.1 01833 Georgetown 8,432 — $774,085
12.1 01960 Peabody 54,474 $2,836 $692,854
12.4 01949 Middleton 9,816 — $878,001
12.7 01921 Boxford 8,250 — $1,053,712
12.8 01907 Swampscott 15,277 $3,536 $816,177
13.5 01950 Newburyport 18,652 $2,934 $933,239
14.0 01904 Lynn 21,003 — $620,773
14.0 01902 Lynn 50,066 $2,302 $531,889
14.5 01834 Groveland 6,777 — $709,300
14.7 01985 West Newbury 4,591 — $938,328
14.8 01901 Lynn 2,419 $2,278 $462,131
14.9 01940 Lynnfield 13,285 $2,961 $1,076,799
15.3 01952 Salisbury 9,281 $2,392 $626,223
15.5 01905 Lynn 28,221 $2,543 $573,725
15.9 01845 North Andover 32,494 $2,816 $802,403
16.1 01908 Nahant 3,325 — $962,187

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.