Babson Park's median home price sits at $1,650,000, 293% above the $420,000 national median. On a $288,000 median household income, that puts the price-to-income ratio at 5.7x, or 5.7 years of gross pay for the purchase price alone.
Property taxes in Babson Park run 1.1% of assessed value, in line with the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $18,150 a year, or $1,513 added to the monthly payment.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, Massachusetts taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $10,800/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in Babson Park track at 197 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Babson Park's median home price runs 120% higher than nearby Boston: $750,000 there versus $1,650,000 here.