Direct recent-lease rent history
Monthly overall-rent index; missing observations are not filled from another geography.
Recent-lease rent$1,8092026-07 · -1.7% year over year
Rental vacancyn/an/a
Time on marketn/an/a
FIPS 33015 · population 319,082 · part of Boston, MA
The latest county-level Zillow ZORI is $2,563 per month in 2026-06. It is a typical asking-rent index across rental types—not an arithmetic average, signed lease or quote for one property.
| Bedrooms | HUD monthly FMR | Geography | Measurement boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,565 | Rockingham County, NH | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 1 bedroom | $1,730 | Rockingham County, NH | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 2 bedrooms | $2,270 | Rockingham County, NH | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 3 bedrooms | $2,722 | Rockingham County, NH | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 4 bedrooms | $3,006 | Rockingham County, NH | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
Zillow asking rent, ACS gross rent and HUD FMR describe different housing universes. They remain separate and no metro, city or neighboring-county value replaces missing county evidence.Zillow pulled 2026-07-26 · HUD pulled 2026-07-26
Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.
Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.
Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.
Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2021-2025; latest 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-08-02. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.
BEA per-capita personal income divides all personal income by the county population. It is broader than wages, but it is not household income or a measure of what renters can afford.
HUD CHAS separates renter households by income relative to local HAMFI. Moderate burden means housing costs above 30% through 50% of income; severe burden means more than 50%.
These Apartment List observations match the exact county Census code 33015. They are kept separate from Zillow asking rent, Census occupied-home rent and wider metro measures.
Monthly overall-rent index; missing observations are not filled from another geography.
Rockingham County’s tension is a high entry value relative to a limited published gross-income return: Zillow’s county observation reports a $636,840 median home value, $2,563 monthly median asking rent and 4.83% gross yield before costs. The case merits investigation by buyers able to underwrite parcel-level expenses and rent comparables; it warrants caution where carrying costs or flood exposure cannot be verified. These are county-level measures, not a statement about Boston or any neighborhood.
Zillow’s price rose 2.97% year over year while its asking rent rose 2.18%, so the published gross-yield calculation has not been helped by rent outpacing price. The effective property-tax rate is 1.58%, a carrying-cost input that cannot be matched mechanically to a county median value. HUD’s two-bedroom FMR is reported separately as a payment standard, not a market-rent estimate and not an alternate yield input. FHFA’s annual repeat-transaction HPI increased 4.54%; it supports positive price direction but is neither a home value nor the same vintage or method as Zillow.
Annual QCEW shows 157,372 covered jobs at county workplaces and a $1,465 average weekly wage; Trade, transportation, and utilities is the largest disclosed private supersector, not a description of the whole county economy. It does not measure resident employment or unemployment. Realtor.com’s MLS snapshot has 683 active listings and a 12.15% price-reduced share: visible supply and seller concessions, not closed-sale pricing or proof of buyer demand. Tax-return migration is net positive by 402 households, with average in-mover income $31,271 above out-mover income. Investor purchase mortgages account for 4.74% of 3,397 reported purchases, limiting what this countywide purchase set says about direct competition.
Inland flood is the dominant hazard, while modeled climate loss equals 0.13% of building value per year; this is a county model, not a parcel-specific insurance loss. Flood-zone status, elevation, coverage, deductibles and insurance quotes are not published, so hazard pricing cannot be placed in an operating statement. Vacancy, lease terms, operating costs, property condition, submarket rent comparables and closed-sale comparables are also absent; they prevent a net-yield, lease-up and exit-price conclusion.
This view uses 8 direct Zillow ZIP markets matched to Census ZCTAs. Each ZIP is assigned by its largest HUD residential county share; this is not an exhaustive county inventory.
For the selected direct-evidence ZIP/ZCTA matches in Rockingham County, Zillow’s ZORI, a typical observed asking-rent index, spans $2,200 to $2,921: a $721 spread around a $2,495 median. The county ZORI is $2,563. The decision is therefore not to treat the county figure as a quote, but to determine whether a household’s target bedroom count and actual listings can fit nearer the lower end of the observed range or require a higher current asking-rent level. The endpoints define budget-screening alternatives, not a ranking of locations or properties.
Zillow should be compared with, not merged into, the ACS 2024 five-year ZCTA survey estimates and HUD standards. In the selected ZCTAs, ACS median gross rent runs from $1,513 to $1,872, while the county estimate is $1,687; this survey measure is neither a current ZORI level nor a listing quote. HUD’s bedroom-specific administrative two-bedroom standard is $2,311 in every displayed ZIP and $2,270 for the county, rather than an asking-rent measure. The Zillow-to-HUD ratios range from 95.2% to 126.4%, a benchmark comparison that does not turn FMR into market rent or establish the affordability of a particular unit.
The ACS burden and vacancy measures add a distinct trade-off. The renter-household share spending at least 30% of income on rent ranges from 42.1% to 54.3% across the selected ZCTAs, compared with 50.3% countywide. ACS vacancy is more dispersed, from 3.2% to 23.4%, against 7.4% for the county. The matched ZCTA for ZIP 03842 is the high endpoint on both measures; the ZIP’s $2,556 ZORI implies $102,240 in annual income at a 30% rent share, above that ZCTA’s $95,422 ACS median household income. That is an aggregate budget reference, not a renter-income distribution or applicant qualification test; likewise, vacancy does not directly count available long-term rentals or demonstrate price concessions.
Coverage and crosswalk rules constrain this comparison. The full eligible direct-ZORI ZIP/ZCTA match set is displayed, representing 21,237 renter households, but the selected direct-evidence set is not an exhaustive county ZIP inventory. Each displayed ZIP is assigned to Rockingham County using its largest HUD residential-address share, which ranges from 99.7% to 100.0%; ZIPs may nonetheless cross county lines. Census ZCTAs are statistical areas, not USPS delivery ZIPs. Before selecting a property, confirm the listing’s current rent, bedroom count, fees and included costs, lease and availability terms, physical address, and county assignment. Apply the relevant HUD bedroom standard only when that administrative benchmark is appropriate.
All 8 eligible direct-evidence ZIP profiles are shown.
| ZIP / ZCTA | Zillow asking rent | ACS gross rent | HUD 2BR | Burden 30%+ | Vacancy | Income screen | HUD county share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03801 | $2,921 | $1,872 | $2,311 | 48.7% | 4.0% | $117k | 100.0% |
| 03038 | $2,357 | $1,547 | $2,311 | 47.2% | 9.3% | $94k | 100.0% |
| 03079 | $2,591 | $1,625 | $2,311 | 42.1% | 8.1% | $104k | 99.7% |
| 03833 | $2,434 | $1,871 | $2,311 | 52.4% | 6.0% | $97k | 100.0% |
| 03857 | $2,390 | $1,671 | $2,311 | 44.2% | 3.4% | $96k | 100.0% |
| 03842 | $2,556 | $1,641 | $2,311 | 54.3% | 23.4% | $102k | 100.0% |
| 03053 | $2,626 | $1,838 | $2,311 | 44.5% | 3.2% | $105k | 100.0% |
| 03874 | $2,200 | $1,513 | $2,311 | 45.6% | 10.0% | $88k | 100.0% |
Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.
Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.
0.134% of building value expected lost per year
$7,839 median annual bill
9,763 in · 9,361 out
$124,229 arriving · $92,958 leaving
161 of 3,397 mortgages
Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.
A metro is an average of these. Which side of a county line a property sits on can change the tax bill, the hazard profile and the tenant pool.
| County | Population | Price | Rent | Yield | Hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockingham County | 319,082 | $637k | $2,563 | 4.8% | inland flooding |
| Middlesex County | 1,638,365 | $833k | $3,260 | 4.7% | inland flooding |
| Essex County | 813,054 | $737k | $2,632 | 4.3% | inland flooding |
| Suffolk County | 785,121 | $763k | $3,423 | 5.4% | inland flooding |
| Norfolk County | 730,082 | $786k | $2,970 | 4.5% | inland flooding |
| Plymouth County | 535,075 | $662k | $2,754 | 5.0% | inland flooding |
| Strafford County | 132,575 | $519k | $2,164 | 5.0% | inland flooding |
No. It is a payment standard, while the record separately reports median asking rent.
Annual covered jobs at workplaces in the county, not resident employment or unemployment.
Vacancy, lease terms, operating costs, insurance quotes, property condition and property-level tax information are not published.