Rents are 9% below what Woburn'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 $2,844 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
January. Asking rents in Woburn usually run 1.9% below trend in January and 1.6% above it in July, about $100 a month apart at today's median. Based on 6 years of data.
Rent in Woburn is 0.3% below its high of $2,852 in March 2025, at $2,844 as of September 2026.
Rent in Woburn changed +1.9% over the year to September 2026. Across the 89 Massachusetts cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Woburn rose 30.6% while median household income rose 22.2% ($91,022 to $111,185). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Woburn is 29.4% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 6 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($111,185) is $2,780 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($2,490); a 2-bedroom is $2,950.
Lynn, 10 miles away, rents for 18% less ($2,342/mo), about $6,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Woburn. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Woburn, MA is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 46.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Woburn, MA has changed in 5 years
Rent in Woburn, MA has climbed 33.8% since 2021, going from about $2,125 per month to roughly $2,844 today. Local incomes tracked alongside that move, going from a median of $95,184 in 2021 to $111,185 more recently. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 17.0 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 40,967 to 41,939 between 2021 and 2024, a 2.4% change. About 44.3% of households rent today, against 41.5% in 2021. These shifts give renters and would-be renters a longer baseline for sizing up today's listings against the Woburn, MA market of 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Woburn is $2,844/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $2,350/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,950/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,490/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,550/mo.
At 31% of local median household income ($111,185/yr), Woburn ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.9% over the past year.
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