What is the median home value in Methuen, MA?

Name: Home values in Methuen, MA, 2020–2024
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Methuen, MA is $499,700 (±$16,529), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $499,700 (±$16,529)
Owner-occupied homes: 13,522 (±633)
Most common range: $500,000 to $999,999

Home values in Methuen

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Methuen	Essex County	Massachusetts	United States
Less than $50,000	3.2% (±1.0 points)	1.5%	1.9%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	0.8% (±0.6 points)	0.9%	1.0%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	0.2% (±0.2 points)	0.6%	1.1%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	0.7% (±0.5 points)	1.0%	2.0%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	5.9% (±1.5 points)	4.4%	8.5%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	39.3% (±3.3 points)	25.0%	28.7%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	48.9% (±3.4 points)	54.4%	43.2%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	1.1% (±0.6 points)	12.2%	13.7%	7.1%

The most common range is $500,000 to $999,999, 48.9% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Methuen against Essex County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Methuen	Essex County	Massachusetts	United States
Median home value	$499,700 (±$16,529)	$619,100 (±$3,976)	$562,100 (±$2,169)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	13,522 (±633)	198,838 (±2,170)	1,741,158 (±8,598)	84,210,142

In Methuen, the median home value is lower than in Essex County ($619,100).

It is also lower than in Massachusetts ($562,100).

It is higher than the national figure ($332,700).

In Essex County, Methuen ranks 31 of 34 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 180 of 351.

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

Median home value in places near Methuen

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Methuen
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Methuen	—	$499,700 (±$16,529)	—
Lawrence	3.1 mi	$415,200 (±$23,415)	Lower
Salem	3.8 mi	$473,300 (±$15,596)	Lower
Haverhill	5.4 mi	$453,900 (±$8,578)	Lower
Andover (community)	6.3 mi	$726,100 (±$56,502)	Higher
North Andover	6.5 mi	$732,900 (±$36,682)	Higher
Andover	6.6 mi	$855,600 (±$21,891)	Higher
Atkinson	6.7 mi	$555,200 (±$65,297)	Not measurably different
Dracut	7.6 mi	$473,900 (±$16,775)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Lawrence, MA ($415,200), Salem, NH ($473,300), Haverhill, MA ($453,900).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Andover (community), MA ($726,100), North Andover, MA ($732,900), Andover, MA ($855,600).

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

Median home value across Essex County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
25	Gloucester	$600,600 (±$17,698)
26	Peabody	$596,200 (±$12,307)
27	Merrimac	$553,400 (±$37,584)
28	Salem	$542,800 (±$17,690)
29	Amesbury	$519,300 (±$32,254)
30	Lynn	$510,100 (±$22,743)
31	Methuen	$499,700 (±$16,529)
32	Salisbury	$478,700 (±$27,192)
33	Haverhill	$453,900 (±$8,578)
34	Lawrence	$415,200 (±$23,415)

Showing 10 of 34 places in Essex 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 Methuen

What is the average home value in Methuen, MA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $499,700 (±$16,529) for owner-occupied homes in Methuen (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is this what homes in Methuen sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

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 Methuen city, Massachusetts (place:40675, in state:25).

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

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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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.