New-build home prices in 01905
Recorded home sales in ZIP 01905 (Essex County) run a median of $358 per square foot, the ground pricing a new-build has to work against. The middle half of sales sit between $292 and $427/sq ft.
What new homes sell for in 01905
At the local median of $358/sq ft, a new home would price roughly:
| 1,500 sq ft | $537,000 |
| 2,000 sq ft | $716,000 |
| 2,500 sq ft | $895,000 |
| 3,000 sq ft | $1,074,000 |
A gross sale price. The land bid it supports comes after build cost, contingency, fees, finance and profit — the residual the Threshold tool solves.
By home type
| Home type | Sales | Median $/sq ft | Median size | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-family | 724 | $385 | 1,350 sf | $534,000 |
| Multi-family | 264 | $282 | 2,615 sf | $735,000 |
| Condominium | 223 | $366 | 1,090 sf | $385,000 |
Recent sales in 01905
| Type | Sq ft | Sale price | $/sq ft | Yr built | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-family | 3,189 | $1,500,000 | $470 | 1950 | 9/2025 |
| Multi-family | 2,620 | $1,100,000 | $420 | 1900 | 1/2025 |
| Multi-family | 3,765 | $1,093,000 | $290 | 2024 | 2/2025 |
| Multi-family | 3,483 | $1,087,250 | $312 | 1890 | 3/2025 |
| Multi-family | 2,880 | $990,000 | $344 | 1910 | 7/2025 |
| Single-family | 2,931 | $970,000 | $331 | 1948 | 8/2025 |
| Single-family | 2,375 | $925,000 | $390 | 1950 | 11/2025 |
| Multi-family | 3,857 | $915,000 | $237 | 1905 | 1/2025 |
| Multi-family | 2,523 | $905,000 | $359 | 1900 | 2/2025 |
| Multi-family | 2,931 | $900,000 | $307 | 1925 | 2/2025 |
| Multi-family | 4,332 | $894,000 | $206 | 1900 | 5/2025 |
| Multi-family | 1,933 | $890,000 | $460 | 1920 | 4/2025 |
| Multi-family | 2,254 | $855,000 | $379 | 1910 | 2/2025 |
| Multi-family | 3,063 | $850,000 | $278 | 1924 | 5/2025 |
| Multi-family | 2,824 | $850,000 | $301 | 1925 | 5/2025 |
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Reserve founding access →Questions about 01905 home prices
- What is the price per square foot in 01905?
- Recent recorded home sales in ZIP 01905 (Essex County, MA) run a median of $358 per square foot, with the middle half between $292 and $427, from 1,211 qualified sales in 2021-2025.
- What does a home sell for in 01905?
- The typical recorded sale in 01905 is a 1,422 sq ft home at $545,000. A new 1,422 sq ft home at the local $358/sq ft would price around $509,076.
- Where does this 01905 data come from?
- MassGIS Level 3 standardized assessor parcel data, compiled from all 351 Massachusetts municipalities. Qualified residential sales from 2021. Estimates for site screening, not an appraisal.
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Method: recorded residential sales with assessor living area (2021+) from MassGIS Level 3 standardized assessor parcel data, compiled from all 351 Massachusetts municipalities, assigned to nearest ZIP centroid. $/sq ft is sale price over heated living area. Estimates for site screening, not a USPAP appraisal. Updated July 2026.