Rents are 6% below what Braintree's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,920 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
November. Asking rents in Braintree usually run 1.7% below trend in November and 1.3% above it in May, about $88 a month apart at today's median. Based on 7 years of data.
Rent in Braintree is 0.2% below its high of $2,927 in August 2026, at $2,920 as of September 2026.
Rent in Braintree changed +1.6% over the year to September 2026. Across the 89 Massachusetts cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.8%.
Rent in Braintree is 33.6% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
Weymouth, 3 miles away, rents for 13% less ($2,553/mo), about $4,400 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Braintree. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series.
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Who lives here
Braintree, MA is majority owner-occupied, 47.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Braintree, MA has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Braintree, MA paid around $2,189 a month. That figure now sits near $2,920, up 33.4% from the 2021 baseline. Census counts show Braintree, MA adding about 1,679 residents over the five-year window, up 4.5% on net. The renter share has eased from 27% to 22.4%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 43.4% to 47.5% across the same window. Reading these numbers side by side helps frame whether current listings in Braintree, MA look reasonable against where the market sat half a decade ago.
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Braintree rent by bedroom count
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Braintree is $2,920/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $2,120/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,660/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,240/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,200/mo.
At 49% of estimated US median household income ($72,000/yr), Braintree ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.6% over the past year.
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