ApartmentAdvisor Boston, MA Rent Report

September 2026

Every month, ApartmentAdvisor analyzes median rent prices for units available for rent in Boston, MA, highlighting the neighborhoods with the most and least expensive median rent prices, as well as recent rent price trends.

Published October 1

Boston, MA Median Rent Price Map

1-Bed Monthly Rent

0 - $2,500

$2,500 - $2,700

$2,700 - $3,250

$3,250 - $3,780

$3,780+

1-Bed Monthly Rent

0 - $2,500

$2,500 - $2,700

$2,700 - $3,250

$3,250 - $3,780

$3,780+

Neighborhood	Median Rent	1 Month Change	1 Year Change
South End	$3,544	-2%	+4.7%
Brighton	$2,375	-1%	+1.8%
Fenway	$2,913	+0.6%	+1.7%
Allston	$2,394	-0.3%	-0%
Roxbury	$2,500	+2.2%	+8.7%
Back Bay	$3,400	0%	+6.4%
Charlestown	$3,250	+1.6%	-
Beacon Hill	$2,850	-4.2%	+2.4%
Seaport	$4,103	-1.8%	+1.7%
Harvard Square	$2,942	-4.5%	-
Hyde Park	$2,200	-4.3%	+3.8%
Central Square	$3,886	+6.2%	-
Mission Hill	$2,500	-2.9%	+3.8%
West End	$3,689	-8%	-5.1%
Dorchester	$2,500	-4.8%	+1%
Bay Village	$4,436	-3.9%	-
Mattapan	$2,118	+0.8%	-6.9%
Chinatown	$4,003	+5.6%	+0.5%
Cambridgeport	$3,257	+0.5%	-
Kendall Square	$3,856	-1.1%	-0.8%
North End	$2,700	+0.6%	+3.3%
Downtown	$3,785	-3%	-2.6%
West Roxbury	$2,500	-7.4%	-
Jamaica Plain	$2,693	+1.6%	+6.8%
South Boston	$3,677	+6.6%	+5.9%
Roslindale	$2,400	+1.1%	+4.3%
East Boston	$2,500	-3.8%	+1.9%

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