Average Rent in Boston by Neighborhood (2026)
Median asking rent for a 1-bedroom across Greater Boston is $2,750 as of June 2026. Pick a neighborhood below for its full studio-to-4-bedroom breakdown, updated monthly from verified active listings.
↻ Updated monthly · data as of June 2026
Greater Boston median, by bedroom
| Apartment size | Median rent | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | $2,300 | $2,050 – $2,515 |
| 1 Bedroom | $2,750 | $2,400 – $3,150 |
| 2 Bedroom | $3,390 | $2,900 – $3,926 |
| 3 Bedroom | $4,000 | $3,495 – $4,700 |
| 4+ Bedroom | $5,000 | $4,400 – $6,200 |
Typical range = where the middle 50% of listings fall — a quarter rent for less, a quarter for more.
Is rent going up or down in Greater Boston?
| Month | Median rent | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | $2,600 | — |
| Jul 2025 | $2,600 | even |
| Aug 2025 | $2,600 | even |
| Sep 2025 | $2,600 | even |
| Oct 2025 | $2,595 | ↓ −$5 |
| Nov 2025 | $2,700 | ↑ +$105 |
| Dec 2025 | $2,700 | even |
| Jan 2026 | $2,700 | even |
| Feb 2026 | $2,700 | even |
| Mar 2026 | $2,700 | even |
| Apr 2026 | $2,725 | ↑ +$25 |
| May 2026 | $2,700 | ↓ −$25 |
| Jun 2026 | $2,750 | ↑ +$50 |
Triple-Deckers & Multi-Family
Boston's housing stock is unusual: a huge share of rentals sit in triple-deckers and other small multi-family buildings rather than big apartment complexes. Below is the median asking rent by building type and bedroom count across Greater Boston. At the 2-bedroom level, a unit in a triple-decker / multi-family building runs about $200/month less than the same size in a standard apartment building.
| Building type | Studio | 1BR | 2BR | 3BR | 4+BR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment | $2,250 | $2,695 | $3,200 | $3,950 | $4,823 |
| Multi-Family | $2,295 | $2,575 | $3,000 | $3,688 | $5,200 |
| Condo | $2,500 | $3,000 | $3,695 | $4,208 | $5,650 |
| Brownstone | $2,300 | $2,800 | $3,550 | $4,675 | $6,200 |
| Single-Family | — | — | — | $4,600 | $6,400 |
| Townhouse | — | — | $3,428 | $4,080 | $5,700 |
| Unspecified | $2,300 | $2,750 | $3,450 | $4,000 | $5,000 |
Building-type figures hold at the metro level only; neighborhood-level samples are too thin to split by building type reliably.
Average rent by neighborhood
Median asking rent for every Greater Boston neighborhood with enough active listings to publish.
"% no fee" = the share of that neighborhood's listings with a stated fee that carry no broker fee — the higher the number, the more apartments you can rent without paying a broker's commission. Listings that don't disclose a fee are excluded.
Allston, Brighton & Brookline
Downtown & Central Boston
South, East & Dorchester
Somerville & Cambridge
How we calculate this
Each month Spot Easy snapshots every active listing across Greater Boston — Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville, Medford, Newton, Everett, Quincy, Watertown, and Malden — excludes drafts, admin-removed listings, and asking rents below $500 or above $20,000, dedupes by address + unit, and normalizes bedroom counts into Studio / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4+. We require at least 20 active listings in a cell before publishing its median; thinner cells (and thinner neighborhoods) are suppressed. Figures are median asking rents, not signed-lease prices.
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