Fastest-Appreciating ZIP Codes in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (2026)

Ranked by 5-year compound annual growth in home values. Fast growth and strong cash flow rarely appear in the same ZIP — this is the other side of that trade.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 03844 Hampton Falls, NH $935,413 $2,304 1.92% 10.1%
2 03036 Chester, NH $679,145 $2,196 2.52% 9.8%
3 03854 New Castle, NH $2,463,637 $2,961 0.94% 9.7%
4 03870 Rye, NH $1,322,118 $3,360 1.98% 8.8%
5 03840 Greenland, NH $907,458 $2,583 2.22% 8.8%
6 03851 Milton, NH $470,403 $1,593 2.64% 8.7%
7 03835 Farmington, NH $429,797 $1,350 2.45% 8.3%
8 03887 Middleton, NH $428,163 $1,917 3.49% 8.3%
9 03867 Rochester, NH $407,200 $2,041 3.91% 8.1%
10 03034 Candia, NH $624,160 $2,115 2.64% 8.1%
11 03824 Durham, NH $709,012 $2,356 2.59% 8.0%
12 03868 Rochester, NH $421,969 $1,593 2.94% 7.9%
13 03861 Lee, NH $622,370 $1,593 2.00% 7.8%
14 03885 Stratham, NH $789,512 $2,700 2.67% 7.7%
15 03261 Northwood, NH $537,338 $1,638 2.38% 7.7%
16 02493 Weston, MA $2,297,396 $5,450 1.85% 7.7%
17 03884 Strafford, NH $550,068 $2,106 2.99% 7.7%
18 03825 Barrington, NH $586,684 $2,277 3.03% 7.6%
19 03857 Newmarket, NH $573,058 $2,262 3.08% 7.6%
20 01984 Wenham, MA $1,083,929 $2,304 1.66% 7.6%
21 03848 Kingston, NH $582,883 $1,629 2.18% 7.5%
22 03032 Auburn, NH $725,900 $2,529 2.72% 7.5%
23 03878 Somersworth, NH $452,951 $1,937 3.34% 7.5%
24 03839 Rochester, NH $427,928 $1,701 3.10% 7.4%
25 02061 Norwell, MA $1,080,728 $2,637 1.90% 7.4%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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