Home values, rents and more in Swampscott, MA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Swampscott compares
The typical home in Swampscott, MA is worth about $814,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Swampscott are 12% above the typical value in the Boston metro area ($726,000) and 2.2 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Swampscott rose 2.4%, compared with +2.1% in the Boston metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $3,536 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 18% above the Boston metro area ($2,987) and 1.8 times the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $134,386, against $115,863 in the Boston metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 15,277 people live in Swampscott (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Swampscott has the 62nd-highest typical home value of the 194 cities in the Boston metro area and the 75th-highest of 348 in Massachusetts with Zillow figures.
Part of: Essex County, MA · Boston metro area · Massachusetts
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.