The story of this market
The typical home in Dukes County, Massachusetts sells for about $1,171,727, or $982 per square foot.
Prices are down 52.9% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 23 days to sell, which is fast. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 208% since 2000. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $17,500 a month.
FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2000 (+31%). Worst: 2009 (-5.9%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+2.5%
MA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 4 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
63
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $7,301,173.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
76.5%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1540 | 863 | 76.5% | 11.6% | $745,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Dukes County, Massachusetts
The Dukes County housing market is currently experiencing significant price volatility with a sharp year-over-year decline in median sale prices. The market is characterized as a buyer's market with homes selling below the asking price, reflecting a cooling trend in demand.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved down 52.9% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 23 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 94% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.8% · poverty 4.4% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Each property observation weighs one in its ZIP's deterministic roll-up — property-level records (taxes, scores, permits) never roll individually. Latest property research run Oct 5, 2026.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
The economy is driven by tourism and seasonal activity, with a population of 21,219 and an unemployment rate of 4.8% as of May 2026.
- Water Wizz of Cape Cod4.424.4 mi
- Wicked Waves Cape Cod3.928.2 mi
- Cape Cod Inflatable Park4.328.2 mi
- Fins Up! Water Park4.126.3 mi
- Ryan Family Amusements - South Yarmouth4.330 mi
- Cisco Kitchen & Bar4.518.8 mi
- Flying Bridge Restaurant4.410.5 mi
- Red Jacket Beach Resort & Spa4.228.3 mi
- Pilot House Restaurant and Lounge4.426.8 mi
- Cape Cod Fairgrounds4.416.4 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse4.77.8 mi
- Aquinnah Cliffs Overlook4.89.5 mi
- Jaws Bridge🦈🎬4.86.3 mi
- Gingerbread Houses4.76.7 mi
- Edgartown Harbor Lighthouse4.78.7 mi
- Heritage Museums & Gardens4.825.3 mi
- New Bedford Whaling Museum4.820.7 mi
- Whydah Pirate Museum4.628.6 mi
- Sandwich Glass Museum4.626 mi
- Edgartown Harbor Lighthouse4.78.7 mi
- Aquinnah Cliffs Overlook4.89.5 mi
- The Knob4.89.6 mi
- South Cape Beach State Park4.613.5 mi
- Fort Phoenix State Reservation4.619.3 mi
- Fort Taber Park4.618 mi
- Hyannis Yacht Club4.526 mi
- Sandwich Marina4.726.7 mi
- Skippy's Pier I Restaurant & Marina3.828.7 mi
- Kingman Yacht Center4.719.1 mi
- East Wind Lobster and Grille4.323.8 mi
- Willowbend4.718.6 mi
- Falmouth Country Club4.314.7 mi
- Cape Cod Country Club4.616 mi
- Farm Neck Golf Club4.55.6 mi
- Mashpee Commons4.517.3 mi
- Shaw's4.211.6 mi
- Rosewater Market4.78.1 mi
- Larsen's Fish Market4.66.1 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.511.6 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data sourced from US Census Bureau QuickFacts and Census Reporter.
applies when — Parcels classified as forest production land under M.G.L. c. 61
Imposes a conveyance tax upon sale for non-forest use and potential roll-back taxes if disqualified; grants the municipality a right of first refusal upon conversion to residential, industrial, or commercial use.
Governed by M.G.L. Chapter 61.
Ad valorem tax calculated as (Municipal Budget / Total Assessed Value of all taxable property) = Tax Rate per $1,000 of assessed value. Assessments must be at 100% of full and fair cash (market) value.
Governed by M.G.L. Chapter 59; assessed annually by local boards of assessors.
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.