What is the median rent in Greenfield, MA?

Name: Median rent in Greenfield, MA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Greenfield, MA is $1,107 (±$67) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 3,515 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,107 (±$67)
Rented homes: 3,515 (±266)
$2,000 or more: 5.4%

How much rent costs in Greenfield

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Greenfield	Franklin County	Massachusetts	United States
Less than $500	18.3% (±5.2 points)	12.6%	10.2%	6.3%
$500 to $999	22.7% (±5.1 points)	23.9%	11.7%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	40.5% (±6.3 points)	36.9%	17.7%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	13.1% (±3.5 points)	18.4%	19.9%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	2.8% (±2.1 points)	4.6%	16.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	2.1% (±1.9 points)	2.4%	10.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.5% (±0.7 points)	1.1%	13.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 40.5% of renting households.

5.4% of rented homes in Greenfield cost $2,000 or more a month.

Greenfield against Franklin County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Greenfield	Franklin County	Massachusetts	United States
Median gross rent	$1,107 (±$67)	$1,177 (±$47)	$1,762 (±$9)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	3,515 (±266)	8,925 (±463)	1,006,980 (±6,692)	42,849,984

In Greenfield, median gross rent is not measurably different from Franklin County ($1,177).

It is also lower than in Massachusetts ($1,762).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Franklin County, Greenfield ranks 17 of 23 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 292 of 333.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Greenfield

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Greenfield
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Greenfield	—	$1,107 (±$67)	—
Turners Falls	2.4 mi	$1,116 (±$140)	Not measurably different
Shelburne	4.2 mi	$1,080 (±$105)	Not measurably different
Gill	4.5 mi	$1,193 (±$246)	Not measurably different
Bernardston	5.7 mi	$1,283 (±$553)	Not measurably different
Montague	5.7 mi	$1,207 (±$115)	Not measurably different
Millers Falls	5.9 mi	$1,316 (±$181)	Higher
Leyden	5.9 mi	$1,917 (±$451)	Higher
Deerfield	6.7 mi	$1,334 (±$318)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Millers Falls, MA ($1,316), Leyden, MA ($1,917).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Franklin County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
11	Montague	$1,207 (±$115)
12	New Salem	$1,194 (±$88)
13	Gill	$1,193 (±$246)
14	Erving	$1,163 (±$213)
15	Northfield	$1,142 (±$200)
16	Buckland	$1,111 (±$213)
17	Greenfield	$1,107 (±$67)
18	Colrain	$1,102 (±$77)
19	Ashfield	$1,100 (±$200)
20	Shelburne	$1,080 (±$105)
21	Charlemont	$1,023 (±$126)
22	Whately	$977 (±$125)
23	Orange	$775 (±$233)

Showing 13 of 23 places in Franklin County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Greenfield

What is the average rent in Greenfield, MA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Greenfield is $1,107 (±$67) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Greenfield cost more than $2,000 a month?

5.4% of rented homes in Greenfield have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 18.3% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Greenfield higher than in Franklin County?

In Greenfield, median gross rent is not measurably different from Franklin County ($1,177).

It is also lower than in Massachusetts ($1,762).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Greenfield city, Massachusetts (place:27060, in state:25).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.