Appreciation Velocity — Massachusetts Cities
Cities of Massachusetts ranked by 1Y / 3Y / 5Y home-price appreciation.
Public Record
Top 10 — 10Y appreciation (Citys)
#1 · Adams, MA
+2,218.7%
#2 · Harwich Port, MA
+881.7%
#3 · Hull, MA
+611.1%
#4 · Brimfield, MA
+547.6%
#5 · Osterville, MA
+530.0%
#6 · Wales, MA
+527.1%
#7 · Orange, MA
+465.0%
#8 · South Dennis, MA
+459.5%
#9 · Barnstable, MA
+451.1%
#10 · Vineyard Haven, MA
+402.2%
City ranking — 10Y appreciation (highest first)
| # | City | State | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | Current median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams, MA | MA | +40.4% | +147.0% | +118.3% | +2,218.7% | $347.5K |
| 2 | Harwich Port, MA | MA | +63.6% | +317.6% | +935.5% | +881.7% | $5.11M |
| 3 | Hull, MA | MA | +273.8% | +575.0% | +496.3% | +611.1% | $2.3M |
| 4 | Brimfield, MA | MA | +26.0% | -2.7% | +37.5% | +547.6% | $476K |
| 5 | Osterville, MA | MA | +118.5% | +4.4% | +120.2% | +530.0% | $3.44M |
| 6 | Wales, MA | MA | +59.6% | +72.2% | +194.9% | +527.1% | $439K |
| 7 | Orange, MA | MA | +18.8% | — | +123.9% | +465.0% | $440K |
| 8 | South Dennis, MA | MA | +18.7% | +137.4% | +237.4% | +459.5% | $1.27M |
| 9 | Barnstable, MA | MA | +35.9% | +341.1% | +320.5% | +451.1% | $2.16M |
| 10 | Vineyard Haven, MA | MA | -19.0% | -2.8% | +68.2% | +402.2% | $1.7M |
| 11 | Edgartown, MA | MA | +88.0% | +475.0% | +160.9% | +387.8% | $7.95M |
| 12 | Groton, MA | MA | +87.3% | — | +208.2% | +383.2% | $1.66M |
| 13 | Worthington, MA | MA | +94.9% | +31.0% | +137.5% | +367.3% | $760K |
| 14 | Westhampton, MA | MA | -51.0% | -65.6% | -56.5% | +358.3% | $165K |
| 15 | Leicester, MA | MA | +67.6% | +160.7% | +199.3% | +327.8% | $808K |
| 16 | Needham, MA | MA | +93.3% | +71.7% | +211.1% | +293.7% | $3.22M |
| 17 | Hyannis, MA | MA | +17.1% | +60.1% | +123.0% | +287.2% | $794.9K |
| 18 | Sandwich, MA | MA | +34.8% | +162.6% | +171.6% | +285.7% | $1.44M |
| 19 | Yarmouth, MA | MA | +62.2% | +183.6% | +123.6% | +279.0% | $1.09M |
| 20 | Douglas, MA | MA | +72.9% | — | +231.7% | +275.1% | $1.1M |
| 21 | Mashpee, MA | MA | +34.2% | +39.9% | +80.4% | +271.8% | $1.26M |
| 22 | Ashburnham, MA | MA | +74.1% | +25.0% | +73.8% | +270.4% | $545K |
| 23 | Duxbury, MA | MA | +224.5% | — | +131.0% | +259.8% | $3.05M |
| 24 | Waban, MA | MA | +210.8% | +93.0% | +167.5% | +252.4% | $6.2M |
| 25 | Lawrence, MA | MA | +67.0% | +61.1% | +206.0% | +252.0% | $837.5K |
| 26 | Merrimac, MA | MA | +12.3% | -14.4% | +59.6% | +249.8% | $805K |
| 27 | Easton, MA | MA | +93.3% | — | +131.8% | +244.2% | $1.02M |
| 28 | Warren, MA | MA | +1.7% | +23.8% | +52.4% | +242.5% | $351K |
| 29 | Wenham, MA | MA | -21.1% | -23.1% | +45.3% | +241.9% | $1.13M |
| 30 | Winchendon, MA | MA | +11.9% | +107.8% | +135.6% | +240.1% | $509K |
| 31 | Boylston, MA | MA | +35.2% | +26.8% | +50.6% | +235.6% | $875K |
| 32 | Templeton, MA | MA | +50.1% | +71.1% | +117.7% | +235.6% | $623.7K |
| 33 | Dudley, MA | MA | +5.0% | +670.6% | +171.1% | +235.0% | $655K |
| 34 | South Easton, MA | MA | +58.1% | — | +91.9% | +226.5% | $601.5K |
| 35 | Blackstone, MA | MA | +59.4% | +132.2% | +129.7% | +223.9% | $849K |
| 36 | Andover, MA | MA | +43.6% | +122.8% | +191.1% | +218.0% | $1.96M |
| 37 | Fitchburg, MA | MA | -3.3% | — | +92.5% | +217.7% | $463.9K |
| 38 | Dedham, MA | MA | +15.3% | +163.6% | +112.1% | +211.5% | $1.24M |
| 39 | Athol, MA | MA | +10.6% | +42.5% | +14.4% | +208.3% | $332.9K |
| 40 | Sutton, MA | MA | +113.7% | +183.8% | +213.3% | +207.0% | $1.08M |
| 41 | Gardner, MA | MA | +14.1% | — | +91.7% | +194.1% | $413.3K |
| 42 | Southbridge, MA | MA | +24.8% | +43.8% | +56.4% | +190.3% | $455K |
| 43 | Wellesley, MA | MA | +62.2% | +29.6% | +117.6% | +189.6% | $3.46M |
| 44 | Middleton, MA | MA | +91.7% | +9.3% | +100.0% | +188.1% | $1.41M |
| 45 | Natick, MA | MA | +18.3% | +81.1% | +129.9% | +184.7% | $1.44M |
| 46 | Pittsfield, MA | MA | +4.1% | +74.2% | +60.9% | +181.8% | $375.6K |
| 47 | Brewster, MA | MA | +12.5% | +1.7% | +38.1% | +180.0% | $715K |
| 48 | South Yarmouth, MA | MA | -30.0% | +10.6% | +37.7% | +177.9% | $712.5K |
| 49 | East Bridgewater, MA | MA | +1.0% | +268.5% | +49.2% | +174.7% | $645K |
| 50 | Falmouth, MA | MA | -20.0% | -11.3% | -0.5% | +174.2% | $1.13M |
| 51 | Hingham, MA | MA | -4.0% | +37.0% | +131.1% | +171.6% | $1.85M |
| 52 | Amherst, MA | MA | +54.0% | +74.7% | +128.1% | +170.6% | $870K |
| 53 | Revere, MA | MA | +32.5% | +29.5% | +73.3% | +169.2% | $904.2K |
| 54 | East Longmeadow, MA | MA | +11.7% | — | +124.2% | +167.8% | $503.5K |
| 55 | Pembroke, MA | MA | +10.9% | +57.4% | +81.3% | +164.6% | $730K |
| 56 | Billerica, MA | MA | +19.0% | +45.8% | +63.8% | +162.7% | $770K |
| 57 | West Bridgewater, MA | MA | +5.3% | — | +39.8% | +159.9% | $690K |
| 58 | Harwich, MA | MA | -7.1% | +44.0% | +140.6% | +158.5% | $1.02M |
| 59 | Pepperell, MA | MA | -29.6% | +14.9% | +12.6% | +158.5% | $504K |
| 60 | Worcester, MA | MA | -1.2% | +29.3% | +60.3% | +157.8% | $513.2K |
| 61 | Amesbury, MA | MA | -4.3% | +39.4% | +66.2% | +153.7% | $718.3K |
| 62 | Boxford, MA | MA | +0.9% | +30.7% | +90.5% | +153.5% | $1.85M |
| 63 | Northbridge, MA | MA | +27.1% | +59.6% | +41.4% | +152.1% | $605K |
| 64 | Wrentham, MA | MA | -25.9% | +41.5% | +38.7% | +151.9% | $720.8K |
| 65 | Chicopee, MA | MA | +14.2% | +75.8% | +75.7% | +150.8% | $374.2K |
| 66 | Barre, MA | MA | +27.2% | +57.5% | +55.5% | +149.8% | $425K |
| 67 | Plymouth, MA | MA | +2.8% | +33.8% | +55.5% | +148.5% | $758.1K |
| 68 | Chelmsford, MA | MA | +20.5% | +149.5% | +63.9% | +148.2% | $770.5K |
| 69 | Shrewsbury, MA | MA | -5.4% | +7.7% | +43.8% | +147.5% | $745K |
| 70 | Whitman, MA | MA | +14.6% | +42.5% | +81.7% | +147.1% | $695K |
| 71 | Gloucester, MA | MA | -60.7% | — | +22.9% | +147.1% | $787.5K |
| 72 | Holbrook, MA | MA | +24.8% | +9.2% | +14.4% | +144.5% | $572.5K |
| 73 | Clinton, MA | MA | -10.4% | -51.3% | +42.5% | +144.3% | $394.2K |
| 74 | Saugus, MA | MA | +23.3% | +109.6% | +82.9% | +143.9% | $902.5K |
| 75 | New Bedford, MA | MA | -0.9% | +37.6% | +64.3% | +140.3% | $441.3K |
| 76 | Cohasset, MA | MA | -14.6% | +553.9% | +32.8% | +139.9% | $1.8M |
| 77 | Dracut, MA | MA | +14.5% | — | +44.8% | +139.2% | $543.3K |
| 78 | Bellingham, MA | MA | -8.1% | +12.3% | +109.1% | +138.6% | $573.2K |
| 79 | Oxford, MA | MA | +20.9% | +20.7% | +54.4% | +138.1% | $443.8K |
| 80 | Ashby, MA | MA | -15.7% | -19.0% | -9.2% | +137.3% | $375K |
| 81 | Springfield, MA | MA | -11.5% | -33.5% | +60.2% | +136.7% | $301.7K |
| 82 | West Dennis, MA | MA | +164.3% | — | +21.8% | +135.8% | $462.5K |
| 83 | Fall River, MA | MA | -14.0% | +32.2% | +32.4% | +134.4% | $390K |
| 84 | Marion, MA | MA | -33.8% | -33.8% | +13.8% | +134.2% | $723.8K |
| 85 | Waltham, MA | MA | +8.7% | +23.4% | +92.1% | +133.9% | $1.08M |
| 86 | Groveland, MA | MA | +31.9% | — | +64.3% | +133.0% | $815K |
| 87 | Tyngsborough, MA | MA | +42.4% | +31.8% | +125.2% | +132.4% | $802.5K |
| 88 | Westport, MA | MA | +50.8% | +158.7% | +154.5% | +132.4% | $984.8K |
| 89 | Wilmington, MA | MA | -19.9% | +56.6% | +90.0% | +131.6% | $920K |
| 90 | Chatham, MA | MA | -39.3% | +73.8% | +44.0% | +130.8% | $2.2M |
| 91 | Holyoke, MA | MA | +56.5% | +0.3% | +118.6% | +130.2% | $415K |
| 92 | Littleton, MA | MA | +6.2% | +102.3% | +95.5% | +130.0% | $880K |
| 93 | Greenfield, MA | MA | -5.5% | +130.4% | +108.6% | +129.7% | $407K |
| 94 | Salem, MA | MA | +26.7% | +9.1% | +46.8% | +128.7% | $671.3K |
| 95 | Dennis, MA | MA | +84.2% | +353.2% | +102.2% | +128.4% | $1.73M |
| 96 | Rockland, MA | MA | +25.4% | +19.6% | +58.8% | +127.6% | $576.2K |
| 97 | Somerset, MA | MA | +21.3% | +35.6% | +100.4% | +127.6% | $640K |
| 98 | Canton, MA | MA | +50.5% | +199.9% | +111.5% | +122.9% | $1.2M |
| 99 | Milford, MA | MA | +45.2% | +35.1% | +108.8% | +121.5% | $699.7K |
| 100 | Auburn, MA | MA | -5.3% | +48.0% | +52.7% | +120.2% | $460K |
How to read these numbers
Velocity vs. level
A market with 25% one-year appreciation is moving fast — but a market with steady 6% over ten years has compounded much further. Use 10Y as the long-run signal, 1Y as the momentum signal.
Mean-reversion risk
Markets that posted huge 1Y and 3Y gains often cool over the next cycle. Compare 1Y to 5Y: if 1Y is far above 5Y, the trend is accelerating; if far below, it is decelerating — often the more important signal.
Sample sanity
We require a minimum current median price (default $50K) to filter out tiny ZIPs with noisy data. Raise that threshold for serious investment markets; lower it to find emerging niches. Source: public record.