Average Rent in Boston by Neighborhood (2026)
Median asking rent for a 1-bedroom across Greater Boston is $2,817 as of June 30 - July 6, 2026. Pick a neighborhood below for its full studio-to-4-bedroom breakdown, updated weekly from verified active listings.
↻ Updated weekly · data as of June 30 - July 6, 2026
Greater Boston median, by bedroom
| Apartment size | Median rent | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | $2,300 | $2,100 – $2,600 |
| 1 Bedroom | $2,817 | $2,500 – $3,275 |
| 2 Bedroom | $3,500 | $2,950 – $4,000 |
| 3 Bedroom | $3,900 | $3,400 – $4,772 |
| 4+ Bedroom | $4,900 | $4,150 – $5,900 |
Typical range = where the middle 50% of listings fall — a quarter rent for less, a quarter for more.
Greater Boston rent over time
How the 1-bedroom median has moved week over week — refreshed every Tuesday.
How the 1-bedroom median has moved month over month.
| Week of | Median rent | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 27 – May 3 | $2,750 | — |
| May 4–10 | $2,750 | even |
| May 12–18 | $2,728 | ↓ −$22 |
| May 19–25 | $2,707 | ↓ −$21 |
| May 26 – Jun 1 | $2,700 | ↓ −$7 |
| Jun 2–8 | $2,720 | ↑ +$20 |
| Jun 9–15 | $2,750 | ↑ +$30 |
| Jun 16–22 | $2,750 | even |
| Jun 23–29 | $2,750 | even |
| Jun 30 – Jul 6 | $2,817 | ↑ +$67 |
| Month | Median rent | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | $2,750 | — |
| May 2026 | $2,700 | ↓ −$50 |
| Jun 2026 | $2,817 | ↑ +$117 |
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 $250/month less than the same size in a standard apartment building.
| Building type | Studio | 1BR | 2BR | 3BR | 4+BR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment | $2,263 | $2,700 | $3,300 | $3,700 | $4,663 |
| Multi-Family | — | — | $3,050 | $3,750 | $5,500 |
| Condo | $2,500 | $3,200 | $3,800 | $4,200 | $4,725 |
| Brownstone | $2,325 | $2,900 | $3,700 | $4,725 | — |
| Single-Family | — | — | — | $5,150 | $6,000 |
| Unspecified | $2,440 | $2,725 | $3,500 | $4,175 | $5,500 |
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 week we snapshot every active listing on Spot Easy across Greater Boston — Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville, Medford, Newton, Everett, Quincy, Watertown, and Malden — exclude drafts, admin-removed listings, and asking rents below $500 or above $20,000, dedupe by address + unit, and normalize 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.
Press or custom data pulls: joel@spoteasy.com.