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These days, finding an affordable place to live in the Dorchester Center area can be challenging. Home prices in Dorchester Center are now at a median cost of $602,236, lower than the Boston average of $707,376.
The average cost of rent is $1,768/mo in Dorchester Center, primarily driven by the current value of real estate in the Dorchester Center area. In Dorchester Center, 60.00% of households rent, and 23.81% of homeowners own their homes outright.
Housing affordability isn’t just about home prices, though. The average household income in Dorchester Center is $6,302 per month. Households that rent pay about 28.06% of their income on rent here. Dorchester Center’s most expensive areas are in the southeastern regions, while the cheapest areas are in the western parts of the neighborhood.
Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- South Dorchester, Boston, MA: higher priced homes
- Mount Bowdoin, Boston, MA: equally priced homes
- Fields Corner, Boston, MA: higher priced homes
- Neponset, Boston, MA: higher priced homes
- Forest Hills, Jamaica Plain, MA: higher priced homes
- North Dorchester, Boston, MA: higher priced homes
- Milton Upper Mills, Milton, MA: higher priced homes
- Roxbury, Boston, MA: higher priced homes
- East Milton, Milton, MA: higher priced homes
- Nubian Square, Boston, MA: higher priced homes
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- Mandell, Chicago, IL: less expensive homes
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- Riverwest, Milwaukee, WI: less expensive homes
- Spanos Park, Stockton, CA: equally priced homes
- Cypress Park, Los Angeles, CA: higher priced homes
- Ballard, Seattle, WA: higher priced homes
- Green Haven, Pasadena, MD: less expensive homes
- Original Daly City, Daly City, CA: higher priced homes
- Ormewood Park-East Atlanta, Atlanta, GA: equally priced homes
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