Appreciation Velocity — Massachusetts Cities
Cities of Massachusetts ranked by 1Y / 3Y / 5Y home-price appreciation.
Public Record
Top 10 — 3Y appreciation (Citys)
#1 · Lanesborough, MA
+3,482.1%
#2 · Webster, MA
+717.3%
#3 · Dudley, MA
+670.6%
#4 · Hull, MA
+575.0%
#5 · Cohasset, MA
+553.9%
#6 · Huntington, MA
+544.4%
#7 · Edgartown, MA
+475.0%
#8 · Cotuit, MA
+459.7%
#9 · Dennis, MA
+353.2%
#10 · Barnstable, MA
+341.1%
City ranking — 3Y appreciation (highest first)
| # | City | State | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | Current median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lanesborough, MA | MA | +341.4% | +3,482.1% | +579.0% | — | $2.4M |
| 2 | Webster, MA | MA | +12.3% | +717.3% | +70.1% | +113.7% | $531.3K |
| 3 | Dudley, MA | MA | +5.0% | +670.6% | +171.1% | +235.0% | $655K |
| 4 | Hull, MA | MA | +273.8% | +575.0% | +496.3% | +611.1% | $2.3M |
| 5 | Cohasset, MA | MA | -14.6% | +553.9% | +32.8% | +139.9% | $1.8M |
| 6 | Huntington, MA | MA | — | +544.4% | -14.9% | +16.4% | $290K |
| 7 | Edgartown, MA | MA | +88.0% | +475.0% | +160.9% | +387.8% | $7.95M |
| 8 | Cotuit, MA | MA | +85.7% | +459.7% | +448.0% | — | $4.5M |
| 9 | Dennis, MA | MA | +84.2% | +353.2% | +102.2% | +128.4% | $1.73M |
| 10 | Barnstable, MA | MA | +35.9% | +341.1% | +320.5% | +451.1% | $2.16M |
| 11 | Harwich Port, MA | MA | +63.6% | +317.6% | +935.5% | +881.7% | $5.11M |
| 12 | East Bridgewater, MA | MA | +1.0% | +268.5% | +49.2% | +174.7% | $645K |
| 13 | Canton, MA | MA | +50.5% | +199.9% | +111.5% | +122.9% | $1.2M |
| 14 | Sutton, MA | MA | +113.7% | +183.8% | +213.3% | +207.0% | $1.08M |
| 15 | Yarmouth, MA | MA | +62.2% | +183.6% | +123.6% | +279.0% | $1.09M |
| 16 | North Chatham, MA | MA | +41.3% | +165.7% | +81.5% | — | $1.86M |
| 17 | Dedham, MA | MA | +15.3% | +163.6% | +112.1% | +211.5% | $1.24M |
| 18 | Sandwich, MA | MA | +34.8% | +162.6% | +171.6% | +285.7% | $1.44M |
| 19 | Leicester, MA | MA | +67.6% | +160.7% | +199.3% | +327.8% | $808K |
| 20 | Westport, MA | MA | +50.8% | +158.7% | +154.5% | +132.4% | $984.8K |
| 21 | Dartmouth, MA | MA | -30.4% | +151.2% | +57.3% | +114.6% | $837.5K |
| 22 | Sunderland, MA | MA | — | +151.2% | +46.2% | +49.3% | $515K |
| 23 | Chelmsford, MA | MA | +20.5% | +149.5% | +63.9% | +148.2% | $770.5K |
| 24 | Adams, MA | MA | +40.4% | +147.0% | +118.3% | +2,218.7% | $347.5K |
| 25 | South Dennis, MA | MA | +18.7% | +137.4% | +237.4% | +459.5% | $1.27M |
| 26 | Blackstone, MA | MA | +59.4% | +132.2% | +129.7% | +223.9% | $849K |
| 27 | Greenfield, MA | MA | -5.5% | +130.4% | +108.6% | +129.7% | $407K |
| 28 | Truro, MA | MA | +40.3% | +124.4% | -6.2% | — | $1.01M |
| 29 | Andover, MA | MA | +43.6% | +122.8% | +191.1% | +218.0% | $1.96M |
| 30 | Saugus, MA | MA | +23.3% | +109.6% | +82.9% | +143.9% | $902.5K |
| 31 | Winchendon, MA | MA | +11.9% | +107.8% | +135.6% | +240.1% | $509K |
| 32 | Littleton, MA | MA | +6.2% | +102.3% | +95.5% | +130.0% | $880K |
| 33 | Brockton, MA | MA | -2.3% | +93.5% | +38.6% | +97.6% | $503.1K |
| 34 | Waban, MA | MA | +210.8% | +93.0% | +167.5% | +252.4% | $6.2M |
| 35 | Fairhaven, MA | MA | -27.7% | +92.0% | -13.2% | +12.6% | $478.1K |
| 36 | Hopkinton, MA | MA | -12.3% | +87.0% | +60.5% | +43.5% | $1.04M |
| 37 | Natick, MA | MA | +18.3% | +81.1% | +129.9% | +184.7% | $1.44M |
| 38 | Chicopee, MA | MA | +14.2% | +75.8% | +75.7% | +150.8% | $374.2K |
| 39 | Amherst, MA | MA | +54.0% | +74.7% | +128.1% | +170.6% | $870K |
| 40 | Pittsfield, MA | MA | +4.1% | +74.2% | +60.9% | +181.8% | $375.6K |
| 41 | Chatham, MA | MA | -39.3% | +73.8% | +44.0% | +130.8% | $2.2M |
| 42 | Wales, MA | MA | +59.6% | +72.2% | +194.9% | +527.1% | $439K |
| 43 | Needham, MA | MA | +93.3% | +71.7% | +211.1% | +293.7% | $3.22M |
| 44 | Templeton, MA | MA | +50.1% | +71.1% | +117.7% | +235.6% | $623.7K |
| 45 | North Adams, MA | MA | +31.7% | +69.2% | +149.4% | — | $288.7K |
| 46 | Carlisle, MA | MA | -8.1% | +64.1% | +16.6% | +29.5% | $1.25M |
| 47 | Reading, MA | MA | -5.9% | +61.8% | +34.6% | +77.7% | $841.5K |
| 48 | Lawrence, MA | MA | +67.0% | +61.1% | +206.0% | +252.0% | $837.5K |
| 49 | West Springfield, MA | MA | -7.1% | +60.5% | +50.8% | +115.7% | $366.5K |
| 50 | Hyannis, MA | MA | +17.1% | +60.1% | +123.0% | +287.2% | $794.9K |
| 51 | Northbridge, MA | MA | +27.1% | +59.6% | +41.4% | +152.1% | $605K |
| 52 | Brookline, MA | MA | -14.6% | +59.5% | -20.1% | +79.2% | $1.73M |
| 53 | Taunton, MA | MA | +29.3% | +58.4% | +100.6% | +117.3% | $590.2K |
| 54 | Barre, MA | MA | +27.2% | +57.5% | +55.5% | +149.8% | $425K |
| 55 | Pembroke, MA | MA | +10.9% | +57.4% | +81.3% | +164.6% | $730K |
| 56 | Wilmington, MA | MA | -19.9% | +56.6% | +90.0% | +131.6% | $920K |
| 57 | Westford, MA | MA | -0.1% | +53.4% | +89.7% | +69.5% | $816.7K |
| 58 | Northampton, MA | MA | +37.1% | +51.4% | +59.8% | +117.1% | $589.1K |
| 59 | Auburn, MA | MA | -5.3% | +48.0% | +52.7% | +120.2% | $460K |
| 60 | Belchertown, MA | MA | +8.8% | +47.2% | +45.8% | +106.0% | $427.3K |
| 61 | Billerica, MA | MA | +19.0% | +45.8% | +63.8% | +162.7% | $770K |
| 62 | Holden, MA | MA | +1.1% | +45.1% | +42.3% | +101.1% | $660K |
| 63 | Harwich, MA | MA | -7.1% | +44.0% | +140.6% | +158.5% | $1.02M |
| 64 | Norwell, MA | MA | +12.1% | +44.0% | +47.7% | +96.0% | $1.54M |
| 65 | Southbridge, MA | MA | +24.8% | +43.8% | +56.4% | +190.3% | $455K |
| 66 | Marblehead, MA | MA | -1.3% | +43.5% | +13.3% | +50.2% | $925.3K |
| 67 | Whitman, MA | MA | +14.6% | +42.5% | +81.7% | +147.1% | $695K |
| 68 | Athol, MA | MA | +10.6% | +42.5% | +14.4% | +208.3% | $332.9K |
| 69 | Wrentham, MA | MA | -25.9% | +41.5% | +38.7% | +151.9% | $720.8K |
| 70 | Attleboro, MA | MA | +6.4% | +40.5% | +63.3% | +90.4% | $501.5K |
| 71 | Concord, MA | MA | +39.8% | +40.2% | +202.1% | +68.5% | $3.23M |
| 72 | Florida, MA | MA | +180.0% | +40.0% | +19.1% | — | $210K |
| 73 | Mashpee, MA | MA | +34.2% | +39.9% | +80.4% | +271.8% | $1.26M |
| 74 | Amesbury, MA | MA | -4.3% | +39.4% | +66.2% | +153.7% | $718.3K |
| 75 | Westfield, MA | MA | +8.8% | +39.3% | +87.4% | +104.1% | $382.3K |
| 76 | New Bedford, MA | MA | -0.9% | +37.6% | +64.3% | +140.3% | $441.3K |
| 77 | Weymouth, MA | MA | -0.2% | +37.4% | +60.4% | +107.8% | $649K |
| 78 | Hingham, MA | MA | -4.0% | +37.0% | +131.1% | +171.6% | $1.85M |
| 79 | Somerset, MA | MA | +21.3% | +35.6% | +100.4% | +127.6% | $640K |
| 80 | Winthrop, MA | MA | -11.2% | +35.4% | -2.8% | +75.8% | $569K |
| 81 | Milford, MA | MA | +45.2% | +35.1% | +108.8% | +121.5% | $699.7K |
| 82 | Winchester, MA | MA | -44.1% | +34.7% | +6.7% | +54.1% | $1.15M |
| 83 | Wareham, MA | MA | -13.5% | +33.9% | +69.9% | +74.1% | $520.9K |
| 84 | Plymouth, MA | MA | +2.8% | +33.8% | +55.5% | +148.5% | $758.1K |
| 85 | Fall River, MA | MA | -14.0% | +32.2% | +32.4% | +134.4% | $390K |
| 86 | Tyngsborough, MA | MA | +42.4% | +31.8% | +125.2% | +132.4% | $802.5K |
| 87 | Worthington, MA | MA | +94.9% | +31.0% | +137.5% | +367.3% | $760K |
| 88 | Boston, MA | MA | -10.3% | +30.9% | +34.8% | +65.0% | $1.25M |
| 89 | Boxford, MA | MA | +0.9% | +30.7% | +90.5% | +153.5% | $1.85M |
| 90 | Norwood, MA | MA | -12.7% | +30.4% | +37.9% | +94.6% | $726K |
| 91 | Wellesley, MA | MA | +62.2% | +29.6% | +117.6% | +189.6% | $3.46M |
| 92 | Revere, MA | MA | +32.5% | +29.5% | +73.3% | +169.2% | $904.2K |
| 93 | Worcester, MA | MA | -1.2% | +29.3% | +60.3% | +157.8% | $513.2K |
| 94 | Boylston, MA | MA | +35.2% | +26.8% | +50.6% | +235.6% | $875K |
| 95 | Stow, MA | MA | +16.0% | +26.2% | +25.3% | +30.2% | $640K |
| 96 | Agawam, MA | MA | -6.6% | +25.8% | +54.2% | +119.6% | $372.9K |
| 97 | Longmeadow, MA | MA | -23.9% | +25.7% | +57.2% | +77.0% | $472K |
| 98 | Ashburnham, MA | MA | +74.1% | +25.0% | +73.8% | +270.4% | $545K |
| 99 | Topsfield, MA | MA | -40.7% | +24.4% | +6.5% | +92.6% | $905K |
| 100 | Marstons Mills, MA | MA | -7.6% | +24.1% | +21.1% | +118.4% | $670K |
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.