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Counties With the Lowest Monthly Housing Payment in Massachusetts (2026)

Hampden has the lowest monthly housing payment of any county in Massachusetts, at $2,416, followed by Franklin and Berkshire. Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-06. The full ranking of the top 14 counties is below.

Data updated June 2026 - Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized)

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Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Massachusetts

Top 14 of 14 counties with data.

Ranked by monthly payment (piti) (Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-06), lowest first.

Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Massachusetts
RankCountyValue
1Hampden$2,416
2Franklin$2,567
3Berkshire$2,614
4Hampshire$3,056
5Worcester$3,287
6Bristol$3,526
7Plymouth$4,231
8Suffolk$4,487
9Essex$4,569
10Barnstable$4,579
11Norfolk$4,856
12Middlesex$5,128
13Dukes$8,916
14Nantucket$17,043

How this ranking works

This page ranks Massachusetts counties by monthly payment (piti), sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For monthly housing payment, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh monthly housing payment against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of monthly payment (piti).

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