The Massachusetts cities with the strongest composite momentum scores.
Massachusetts cities ranked by our composite momentum score — recent price changes, distance from peak, and population growth.
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1Adams, MAPittsfield · pop 5,46681Hot$263,449median home+5.2%home YoY 2Nantucket, MA · pop 10,16680Hot$3,106,227median home+5.6%home YoY 3Hingham, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 5,97980Hot$1,323,741median home+5.7%home YoY 4Scituate, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 5,62079Hot$1,015,645median home+5.5%home YoY 5Longmeadow, MASpringfield · pop 15,85377Rising$532,039median home+5.1%home YoY 6Wellesley, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 29,55077Rising$2,047,618median home+3.6%home YoY 7Athol, MAWorcester · pop 8,48675Rising$337,104median home+1.1%home YoY 8Northampton, MASpringfield · pop 31,31574Rising$491,849median home+3.9%home YoY 9Newburyport, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 19,16374Rising$927,506median home+3.6%home YoY 10Plymouth, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 7,66773Rising$648,877median home+3.1%home YoY 11Kingston, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 5,70073Rising$695,304median home+2.9%home YoY 12Oxford, MAWorcester · pop 5,92873Rising$434,513median home+2.2%home YoY 13Springfield, MASpringfield · pop 154,88872Rising$298,985median home+3.7%home YoY 14New Bedford, MAProvidence-Warwick · pop 101,31872Rising$439,767median home+2.7%home YoY 15Gloucester, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 30,49172Rising$771,391median home+2.1%home YoY 16Somerset, MAProvidence-Warwick · pop 18,30372Rising$508,524median home+1.9%home YoY 17Rockport, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 5,01072Rising$873,476median home+2.9%home YoY 18Ware, MASpringfield · pop 6,26672Rising$350,621median home+1.8%home YoY 19Lexington, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 34,45472Rising$1,609,525median home+2.4%home YoY 20Medfield, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 6,93972Rising$1,086,119median home+2.2%home YoY 21Abington, MABoston-Cambridge-Newton · pop 17,06272Rising$599,647median home+3.0%home YoY 22Webster, MAWorcester · pop 12,19472Rising$442,879median home+1.8%home YoY 23Attleboro, MAProvidence-Warwick · pop 47,08571Rising$538,956median home+2.7%home YoY 24Fitchburg, MAWorcester · pop 42,14571Rising$402,697median home+1.6%home YoY 25Gardner, MAWorcester · pop 21,38171Rising$374,167median home+1.1%home YoY Sources: Zillow ZHVI, Zillow ZORI, US Census place population.