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Find Out How Boston's Neighborhoods Compare by Rents


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Image: Boston Skyline in Boston, MA on July 31, 2015. (Photo by Rick Friedman / Corbis via Getty Images)

Zumper, a San Francisco-based company that helps people find apartments nationwide, released their Spring report on neighborhood rent prices in Boston yesterday.

For one bedroom apartments, the South Boston Waterfront is again home to Boston’s most expensive median rent price per month at $3,060, narrowly ahead of Downtown at $3,000.

Mattapan is the city’s most affordable neighborhood, with a median rent price for one bedroom clocking in at $1,510.

Zumper’s results are displayed in the interactive map below.

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According to Zumper’s most recent national report, Boston is tied with Los Angeles as the country’s fourth most expensive city. This report, however, shows that rent prices in Boston have remained relatively flat.

Here’s the complete list, ordered from most expensive to least expensive neighborhood for a one bedroom apartment:

South Boston Waterfront - $3,060

Downtown - $3,000 

Chinatown-Leather District - $2,800

South End - $2,750

Back Bay - $2,670

South Boston - $2,600

Charlestown - $2,600

Fenway - $2,500

Beacon Hill - $2,480

North End - $2,250

Longwood Medical Area - $2,150

West Roxbury - $2,100

Jamaica Plain - $2,000

Dorchester - $1,900

Allston - $1,850

Mission Hill - $1,840

Brighton - $1,825

East Boston - $1,800

Roslindale - $1,800

Roxbury - $1,800

Hyde Park - $1,700

Mattapan - $1,510

You can find more information from Zumper here.


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