Highest rent in the Boston area, by ZIP code
Typical rent (monthly), September 2026 · Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow) · updated 2026-11-15
ZIP code 02199 (Back Bay, Boston, MA) has the highest typical monthly rent of the 161 ZIP codes ranked in the Boston area: $5,930, 2.0 times the figure for the metro area as a whole ($2,987).
The 10 highest run from $5,930 to $3,869; the lowest of all 161 is $1,810; the highest is 3.3 times that.
160 of the 161 ZIP codes are above the U.S. typical rent of $1,932; the median ZIP code in the Boston area is at $2,841.
Highest rent in the Boston area, by ZIP code: the first 30 of 161
| Rank | ZIP code | Typical rent (monthly) | Rents, 1-year change | Typical home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02199Back Bay, Boston, MA | $5,930 | – | $3,281,000 |
| 2 | 02210South Boston Waterfront, Boston, MA | $4,455 | +4.7% | $1,488,000 |
| 3 | 02461Newton, MA | $4,254 | – | $1,475,000 |
| 4 | 02025Cohasset, MA | $4,131 | – | $1,444,000 |
| 5 | 02459Newton, MA | $4,115 | – | $1,791,000 |
| 6 | 02420Lexington, MA | $4,108 | – | $1,506,000 |
| 7 | 02144Somerville, MA | $4,065 | +4.8% | $1,028,000 |
| 8 | 02142Cambridge, MA | $3,925 | +5.1% | $1,311,000 |
| 9 | 02111Chinatown, Boston, MA | $3,921 | +8.2% | $972,000 |
| 10 | 02108Beacon Hill, Boston, MA | $3,869 | – | $1,686,000 |
| 11 | 02043Hingham, MA | $3,852 | +15.3% | $1,352,000 |
| 12 | 02118South End, Boston, MA | $3,805 | +3.4% | $962,000 |
| 13 | 02109North End, Boston, MA | $3,757 | +3.2% | $951,000 |
| 14 | 02120Mission Hill, Boston, MA | $3,743 | +1.3% | $936,000 |
| 15 | 01778Wayland, MA | $3,741 | – | $1,136,000 |
| 16 | 02127South Boston, Boston, MA | $3,738 | +3.5% | $854,000 |
| 17 | 02467West Roxbury, Brookline, MA | $3,731 | +3.9% | $1,182,000 |
| 18 | 02114Downtown, Boston, MA | $3,670 | +2.9% | $733,000 |
| 19 | 02155Medford, MA | $3,663 | +3.3% | $818,000 |
| 20 | 02141Cambridge, MA | $3,650 | +7.5% | $900,000 |
| 21 | 02186Milton, MA | $3,625 | – | $1,076,000 |
| 22 | 01907Swampscott, MA | $3,536 | – | $816,000 |
| 23 | 02446Brookline, MA | $3,518 | +4.9% | $1,050,000 |
| 24 | 03824Durham, NH | $3,514 | – | $697,000 |
| 25 | 02129Charlestown, Boston, MA | $3,500 | +6.8% | $1,007,000 |
| 26 | 02445Brookline, MA | $3,439 | +6.2% | $1,205,000 |
| 27 | 02116Back Bay, Boston, MA | $3,412 | +0.9% | $1,339,000 |
| 28 | 02139Cambridge, MA | $3,379 | +3.5% | $991,000 |
| 29 | 02140Cambridge, MA | $3,360 | +3.7% | $1,066,000 |
| 30 | 02494Needham, MA | $3,339 | +5.9% | $1,340,000 |
- Under $2,500
- $2,500–$2,750
- $2,750–$2,950
- $2,950–$3,250
- $3,250+
- Not ranked
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Source and method
Typical rent (monthly): Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow); figures for September 2026. ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents and a published figure are ranked (161 of them in the Boston area). The metro area is the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area. Place names for ZIP codes are the neighborhood or city the ZIP code mostly covers. Compiled by Home Economics.
Zillow's "typical" home value and rent are index values for the middle of the market (the Zillow Home Value Index and Observed Rent Index), not median sale prices or asking rents. One-year changes are over the 12 months to September 2026. Income and population come from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey and carry sampling error, most of all in small places.