Movoto Real Estate's Most Affordable Boston Suburbs To Live In
| City | Population | Overall Score | Cost of Living Rank | Home Value Rank | Gross Rent % Rank | Affordability Ratio | Big Deal Score |
| Danvers | 26,899 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6.75 |
| Saugus | 27,051 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 8.00 |
| Wakefield | 25,400 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 9.25 |
| Salem | 41,926 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 9.50 |
| Woburn | 38,528 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9.75 |
| Dedham | 24,906 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 10.50 |
| Melrose | 27,239 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10.50 |
| Beverly | 40,026 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 10.75 |
| Lynn | 90,788 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 18 | 11.50 |
| Medford | 56,607 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 12.00 |
| Peabody | 51,522 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 13 | 12.00 |
| Milton | 27,094 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 13.00 |
| Malden | 59,803 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 13.25 |
| Waltham | 61,321 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 13.50 |
| Revere | 52,534 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 14.00 |
| Everett | 42,092 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 14.75 |
| Stoneham | 21,498 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 14.75 |
| Arlington | 43,308 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 15.00 |
| Swampscott | 13,862 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 15.25 |
| Somerville | 76,945 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 25 | 16.75 |
| Belmont | 24,943 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 20 | 17.25 |
| Marblehead | 19,958 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 19 | 17.75 |
| Lexington | 31,886 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 19.75 |
| Nahant | 3,432 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 19.75 |
| Newton | 86241 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 21 | 20.00 |
| Winchester | 21,621 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 21.25 |
| Cambridge | 105,737 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 27 | 21.75 |
| Brookline | 58,738 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 20 | 26 | 25.00 |