Housing in Jamaica Plain at a glance
- Population
- 42,949
- Housing units
- about 20,449
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $811,000Boston: $731,700 (+11%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,320 a monthBoston: $2,147 (+8%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 44%Boston: 35.7%
- Homes built before 1980
- 76.8%
- Median year built
- 1939 or earlier
Jamaica Plain stays above the Boston level for both values and tenure. Owners estimate their homes at $811,000, third among Boston's sectors and over Boston's $731,700, while 44% of households own, also third. Rent is $2,320, fourth from the top. Its housing is among the oldest anywhere in the city, with 76.8% of homes built before 1980 and a typical home from 1939 or earlier. To the south-west of the city centre, it has nearby sectors for comparison: Roxbury has owner estimates of $633,000 and rent of $1,280, Dorchester shows $656,000 and $1,830, and Fenway sits at $685,000 but with only 10.4% of households owning. Jamaica Plain therefore combines higher values with a larger group of owners than any of them.
Questions about Jamaica Plain
What is the median home value in Jamaica Plain, Boston?
$811,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $731,700 for Boston as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Jamaica Plain?
$2,320 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $2,147 in Boston (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Jamaica Plain own or rent?
Most rent: 44% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 35.7% in Boston (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 17 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city. Boundaries used: Boston Planning Department GIS, BPDA Neighborhoods (consulted 2026-11-02).
Jamaica Plain is one of the 10 most populous neighborhoods (of 23 in the planning department neighborhood dataset) of Boston: population 42,949 (Boston Population Estimates 2025, Neighborhood Level (City of Boston Planning Department Research Division, Analyze Boston)).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Boston as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Jamaica Plain
The closest sectors of Boston, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Boston
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Jamaica Plain. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Jamaica Plain? Ask for your spot.