Housing in Newburyport
Newburyport's housing market carries a real, genuine cross-source spread this record discloses honestly rather than resolving to one number -- but every figure reviewed this pass points to a genuinely high-cost, high-demand coastal market.
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Learn moreA real, disclosed spread across sources
Zillow's own average home value ran approximately $945,413 as of May 31, 2026 (up 3.4% year-over-year). A separately-cited full-year 2025 median SINGLE-FAMILY sale price ran a real $1,100,000, and a separately-cited June 2026 median LIST price ran $1.39 million -- likely reflecting differing methodologies (average value vs. closed-sale median vs. asking price) and a genuinely low-inventory market rather than a data error on any single source's part.
A genuine, high-demand coastal market
Newburyport's real historic-downtown character, harbor setting, and direct MBTA access to Boston all support real, sustained buyer demand for a genuinely small (18,289-resident) inventory base.
A below-average property tax rate on above-average home values
Newburyport's FY2026 property tax rate of $9.26 per $1,000 of assessed value runs genuinely below Massachusetts's statewide average effective rate -- meaning the tax burden, while still real in dollar terms given high home values, does not compound the state's high-rate pattern seen in some inland working-class Massachusetts communities.
Key takeaways
- Zillow's average home value ran approximately $945,413 (May 2026); separately-cited sale and list prices ran as high as $1.1-$1.39 million.
- This real, disclosed cross-source spread reflects differing methodologies and a genuinely tight inventory rather than one resolved figure.
- Newburyport's property tax rate ($9.26/$1,000, FY2026) runs below the Massachusetts statewide average despite high home values.
- Confirm current, address-specific pricing directly given the age and spread of the figures cited here.
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