Housing & affordability in Haverhill

ACS 2020–24 · four inputs · 18% of the overall score

33/100
52nd of 60

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The four inputs

Median home value vs metro$453,900

Boston $646,30040% · scores 31

Median rent vs metro$1,668/mo

Boston $2,023/mo30% · scores 36

Ownership rate63%

Boston 62%15% · scores 51

Households spending >30% of income on housing40%

Boston 36%15% · scores 16

Context, not scored

Median year built · Boston 19641964

Houses rather than flats · Boston 53%51%

Households with children · Boston 28%31%

Neither direction is better here, so none of it moves the grade. It is on the page because it changes what a place is like to live in.

Vertical rule marks the Boston reference. ACS 2020–24. Every scale is on the methodology page.

Best Boston suburbs for housing

All 60 ranked, Haverhill highlighted

1WellesleyA−$1,582,700 2LexingtonB+$1,203,100 3WinchesterB$1,215,200 4NeedhamB$1,188,500 5LynnfieldB−$917,600 6NewtonB−$1,264,900 7BelmontB−$1,159,000 8BrooklineC+$1,246,800 9ReadingC+$809,000 10WilmingtonC+$680,500 11MarbleheadC+$943,900 12BurlingtonC$740,600 13ArlingtonC$933,800 14CambridgeC−$1,092,100 15MiltonC−$933,200 16SwampscottC−$771,100 17MelroseC−$822,900 18NewburyportC−$834,000 19Braintree TownC−$656,800 20MedfordC−$755,500 21WakefieldC−$723,500 22Franklin TownC−$611,700 23SomervilleC−$911,300 24StonehamC−$671,900 25DanversD+$644,200 26WatertownD+$784,600 27DedhamD+$661,800 28WalthamD+$748,700 29Bridgewater TownD+$533,100 30SaugusD+$603,400 31WoburnD+$673,500 32NorwoodD$651,700 33FraminghamD$627,300 34Weymouth TownD$552,100 35PeabodyD$596,200 36Winthrop TownD$649,600 37BeverlyD$650,300 38AbingtonD$539,600 39Randolph TownD−$496,400 40MethuenD−$499,700 41PortsmouthD−$688,500 42BostonD−$731,700 43QuincyD−$618,500 44MaldenD−$633,500 45AmesburyD−$519,300 46MarlboroughF$513,100 47RevereF$597,400 48HudsonF$473,300 49EverettF$610,000 50GloucesterF$600,600 51SalemF$542,800 52HaverhillF$453,900 53DoverF$436,700 54LynnF$510,100 55DerryF$391,200 56BrocktonF$437,500 57ChelseaF$493,500 58LowellF$429,200 59RochesterF$279,100 60LawrenceF$415,200

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Better than Haverhill on housing & affordability

Haverhill grades F on housing & affordability. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.

SuburbHousingMedian home valueOwnership rateOverall

Lexington24 mi from HaverhillB+$1.20M80% 75 B Winchester23 mi from HaverhillB$1.22M82% 73 B Lynnfield17 mi from HaverhillB−$918k87% 67 C+ Reading17 mi from HaverhillC+$809k82% 69 B− Wilmington16 mi from HaverhillC+$681k88% 64 C+ Marblehead24 mi from HaverhillC+$944k85% 63 C+

Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Ownership rate: ACS 2020–24

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