Cities in ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT with positive composite momentum.
New England housing is famously supply-constrained — old housing stock, restrictive zoning, and high demand. That's been good for prices and tough on first-time buyers.
This list ranks New England cities and towns by current momentum; older mill towns and college towns make up much of the data here.
1New Canaan, CTBridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk · pop 6,22086Hot$2,138,987median home+10.8%home YoY 2Windsor Locks, CTHartford-East Hartford-Middletown · pop 12,61385Hot$334,043median home+9.4%home YoY 3Wethersfield, CTHartford-East Hartford-Middletown · pop 27,29884Hot$429,885median home+9.4%home YoY 4Westerly, RIProvidence-Warwick · pop 18,42384Hot$626,390median home+8.3%home YoY 5Greenwich, CTBridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk · pop 13,83682Hot$2,300,120median home+12.9%home YoY 6Ridgefield, CTBridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk · pop 7,59681Hot$994,761median home+7.3%home YoY 7East Hartford, CTHartford-East Hartford-Middletown · pop 51,04581Hot$304,582median home+4.2%home YoY 8Adams, MAPittsfield · pop 5,46681Hot$263,449median home+5.2%home YoY 9Newmarket, NHBoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 5,79781Hot$561,532median home+5.1%home YoY 10Nantucket, MA · pop 10,16680Hot$3,106,227median home+5.6%home YoY 11Hingham, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 5,97980Hot$1,323,741median home+5.7%home YoY 12Hanover, NHLebanon · pop 9,07880Hot$972,057median home+4.5%home YoY 14Scituate, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 5,62079Hot$1,015,645median home+5.5%home YoY 16Bristol, CTHartford-East Hartford-Middletown · pop 62,19578Hot$341,547median home+5.3%home YoY 17West Hartford, CTHartford-East Hartford-Middletown · pop 64,08378Hot$493,336median home+5.4%home YoY 18Winslow, MEAugusta-Waterville · pop 5,31878Hot$292,871median home+1.1%home YoY 19Norwich, CTNorwich-New London · pop 39,99377Rising$295,276median home+6.0%home YoY 20Torrington, CTTorrington · pop 35,67377Rising$297,594median home+4.8%home YoY 21Newport, RIProvidence-Warwick · pop 24,48277Rising$945,429median home+8.8%home YoY 22Waterville, MEAugusta-Waterville · pop 17,33677Rising$247,046median home+0.7%home YoY 23Lebanon, NHLebanon · pop 15,38977Rising$457,395median home+3.0%home YoY 24Claremont, NHLebanon · pop 13,10577Rising$279,105median home+4.0%home YoY 25Derby, CTNew Haven-Milford · pop 12,91577Rising$340,125median home+4.3%home YoY 26Groton, CTNorwich-New London · pop 10,16077Rising$429,987median home+4.7%home YoY 27Newington, CTHartford-East Hartford-Middletown · pop 30,53677Rising$372,144median home+4.9%home YoY 28North Haven, CTNew Haven-Milford · pop 24,25377Rising$468,366median home+4.8%home YoY 29Putnam, CTWorcester · pop 7,06577Rising$347,091median home+3.0%home YoY 30Longmeadow, MASpringfield · pop 15,85377Rising$532,039median home+5.1%home YoY 31Wellesley, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 29,55077Rising$2,047,618median home+3.6%home YoY 32Hooksett, NHConcord · pop 5,28377Rising$529,245median home+2.6%home YoY 33New Britain, CTHartford-East Hartford-Middletown · pop 75,87176Rising$301,852median home+5.8%home YoY 34West Haven, CTNew Haven-Milford · pop 55,37976Rising$361,523median home+6.5%home YoY 35Lewiston, MELewiston-Auburn · pop 38,77276Rising$296,546median home+2.1%home YoY 36Rochester, NHBoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 33,59876Rising$403,700median home+3.5%home YoY 37Naugatuck, CTNew Haven-Milford · pop 32,11676Rising$349,719median home+3.9%home YoY 38Keene, NHKeene · pop 23,03676Rising$349,310median home+5.0%home YoY 39Portsmouth, NHBoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 22,93876Rising$798,662median home+3.9%home YoY 40Franklin, NHConcord · pop 8,82376Rising$380,209median home+4.1%home YoY 41Manchester, CTHartford-East Hartford-Middletown · pop 36,37976Rising$328,339median home+4.1%home YoY 42Milford, NHManchester-Nashua · pop 9,21276Rising$512,890median home+2.3%home YoY 43Londonderry, NHBoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 11,64576Rising$615,037median home+2.9%home YoY 44Hampton, NHBoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 9,59776Rising$624,547median home+3.3%home YoY 45Bridgeport, CTBridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk · pop 151,59975Rising$361,669median home+5.6%home YoY 46Waterbury, CTNew Haven-Milford · pop 115,90875Rising$280,921median home+2.9%home YoY 47Shelton, CTBridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk · pop 42,80575Rising$556,684median home+4.8%home YoY 48Laconia, NHLaconia · pop 17,31075Rising$436,594median home+2.5%home YoY 49Rutland, VTRutland · pop 15,56575Rising$279,492median home+8.9%home YoY 50New Milford, CTTorrington · pop 7,16075Rising$466,441median home+3.4%home YoY Sources: Zillow ZHVI, Zillow ZORI, US Census place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.