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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 $1,730, followed by Franklin and Berkshire (data vintage Zillow 2026-04). The full ranking of the top 14 counties is below.

Data updated April 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 2026-04), lowest first.

Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Massachusetts
RankCountyValue
1Hampden$1,730
2Franklin$1,817
3Berkshire$1,911
4Hampshire$2,220
5Worcester$2,473
6Bristol$2,713
7Plymouth$3,212
8Essex$3,591
9Barnstable$3,770
10Suffolk$3,812
11Norfolk$3,855
12Middlesex$4,096
13Dukes$7,656
14Nantucket$15,431

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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