The story of this market
The typical home in Essex, Massachusetts sells for about $1,250,000, or $509 per square foot.
Homes take about 57 days to sell.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+2.5%
MA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Essex, Massachusetts
The Essex housing market is characterized by a very low inventory of high-value, single-family homes, resulting in a high median price point of $1.25 million. Market activity is limited by the town's small size and coastal geography, with few sales recorded in recent periods. Current data reflects a premium, low-turnover environment.
No ARED county foreclosure postings attributed to Essex yet — the verified ledger covers every county the foreclosure ingest has read, attributed by published city area. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Deterministic aggregate of 1 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Median prices moved up 2.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 27 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 106% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) — a stable, low-distress profile.
- Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum4.623.7 mi
- F1 Arcade Boston4.523.6 mi
- Museum of Illusions Boston4.523.3 mi
- Boda Borg Boston4.720.3 mi
- K1 Speed Boston-Wilmington4.218.6 mi
- TD Garden4.623.2 mi
- Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center4.524 mi
- Citizens Opera House4.823.9 mi
- MUSEUM OF ICE CREAM4.323.6 mi
- Boston Public Market4.623.3 mi
- Salem Witch Museum3.89.3 mi
- Hammond Castle Museum4.65.6 mi
- Salisbury Beach State Reservation4.614.1 mi
- Good Harbor Beach4.77.8 mi
- Castle Hill on the Crane Estate4.73.7 mi
- Museum of Science4.723.4 mi
- Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum4.623.7 mi
- Salem Witch Museum3.89.3 mi
- Boston Children's Museum4.723.6 mi
- Institute of Contemporary Art4.423.4 mi
- Salisbury Beach State Reservation4.614.1 mi
- Halibut Point State Park4.88.6 mi
- Salem Witch Trials Memorial4.69.5 mi
- Salem Willows Park4.68 mi
- Stage Fort Park4.75.7 mi
- Community Boating, Inc.4.623.9 mi
- Atlantic Wharf4.623.7 mi
- Constitution Marina4.622.9 mi
- Charlestown Marina4.822.3 mi
- Pickering Wharf Marina4.69.4 mi
- Black Swan Country Club3.913 mi
- Sagamore Spring Golf Club414 mi
- Gannon Municipal Golf Course4.513.8 mi
- Ferncroft Country Club4.610.1 mi
- Ipswich Country Club4.67.3 mi
- Northshore Mall4.410.3 mi
- Liberty Tree Mall3.99.7 mi
- MarketStreet Lynnfield4.515.1 mi
- Roy Moore Lobster Company4.78.7 mi
- Witch City Mall3.79.4 mi
- Boston Logan International Airport4.121.7 mi
- Park Shuttle & Fly4.520.5 mi
- The Lounge3.421.7 mi
- DaCoopas Pizza4.121.4 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this city — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
A central feature of the town, the river and its surrounding salt marshes are vital for local tourism, boating, and the town's famous fried clam industry.
Essex is best suited for affluent buyers and families seeking a quiet, coastal, small-town lifestyle with significant historical character and proximity to the North Shore's natural amenities.
Essex is renowned for its coastal access, salt marshes, and historic maritime heritage, offering significant opportunities for boating, kayaking, and nature observation.
The local economy is heavily anchored by the tourism, maritime, and restaurant sectors, particularly the famous clamming industry.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Massachusetts) — Massachusetts Local Property Tax: Ad valorem tax calculated as (Municipal Budget / Total Assessed Value of all taxable property) = Tax Rate per $1,000 of assessed value. Assessments must be at 100% of full and fair cash (market) value.
Data retrieved from Census Reporter profile for Essex, MA.