ZIP 02115
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
October. Asking rents in ZIP 02115 usually run 1.7% below trend in October and 1.7% above it in February, about $108 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 02115 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2015.
Rent in ZIP 02115 changed +7.9% over the year to September 2026. Across the 140 Massachusetts ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.0%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 02115 rose 21.2% while median household income rose 27.5% ($43,144 to $54,991). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 02115 is 35.9% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 9 months in a row, and rose in 10 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($54,991) is $1,375 a month. That is less than HUD's Fair Market Rent for a studio ($2,670).
12th cheapest of 25 ZIP codes in Boston.
ZIP 02132, 5 miles away, rents for 11% less ($2,830/mo), about $4,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 02115. 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.
Who lives here
ZIP 02115 (Boston, MA) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income below the national average, 66.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 02115 in Boston, MA has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in ZIP 02115 in Boston, MA has climbed from $2,205 to $3,185, a 44.4% change over five years. Median household income rose from $47,486 to $54,991 between 2021 and 2024, a 15.8% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. The population has grown by 4.0% since 2021, moving from about 28,559 residents to roughly 29,705. Renters now make up 85.4% of households, compared with 87.7% five years ago. College-educated residents now make up 66.8% of adults here, versus 64.4% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 02115 in Boston, MA reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 02115 covers Boston, MA. The median rent here is $3,185/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,800/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $3,330/mo.
At 70% of local median household income ($54,991/yr), ZIP 02115 ranks as expensive compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 7.9% over the past year.
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