U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates
Massachusetts counties: highest home-value-to-income ratios | ACS 2024
Rank 14 Massachusetts counties by available home-value-to-income ratio estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.
Ranked observations
0 counties excluded for unavailable home-value-to-income ratio; ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.
| Rank | County | GEOID | Home-value-to-income ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nantucket County, Massachusetts | 25019 | 11.41 |
| 2 | Dukes County, Massachusetts | 25007 | 9.27 |
| 3 | Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 25025 | 7.38 |
| 4 | Barnstable County, Massachusetts | 25001 | 6.60 |
| 5 | Essex County, Massachusetts | 25009 | 6.08 |
| 6 | Middlesex County, Massachusetts | 25017 | 5.56 |
| 7 | Bristol County, Massachusetts | 25005 | 5.27 |
| 8 | Norfolk County, Massachusetts | 25021 | 5.23 |
| 9 | Plymouth County, Massachusetts | 25023 | 4.87 |
| 10 | Hampshire County, Massachusetts | 25015 | 4.49 |
| 11 | Worcester County, Massachusetts | 25027 | 4.42 |
| 12 | Franklin County, Massachusetts | 25011 | 4.39 |
| 13 | Hampden County, Massachusetts | 25013 | 4.19 |
| 14 | Berkshire County, Massachusetts | 25003 | 4.02 |
Method and provenance
ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated Massachusetts bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. Massachusetts county map and full table.