What $2,000 a month rents in Boston now

Discover how far the sum goes in Roxbury, Back Bay, Jamaica Plain, and elsewhere

By Tom Acitelli@tomacitelli Feb 13, 2020, 1:22pm EST

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Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a regular column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount (or thereabouts) in the Boston area. Is one woman’s studio another’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Next up is $2,000 a month in different Boston neighborhoods.

Back Bay

A studio apartment with a bed and an office chair as well as an ornamental fireplace.

A small kitchen with cabinets and a microwave on the counter.

An empty living room area in a studio, with bay windows.

Unit 510 at 160 Commonwealth Avenue is a 431-square-foot studio in an elevator building with concierge services and shared laundry.

Jamaica Plain

Two empty rooms separated by a partially opened sliding door.

An empty room with two windows and two closed closet doors.

An empty small deck with views of two- and three-story houses.

The 750-square-foot Unit 3 at 25 Woodlawn Street comes with its own private deck. There are two bedrooms and one bathroom.

Roxbury

A view of a kitchen down the counter and toward the stove and oven, and there’s a table and chairs.

A small bedroom with an unmade bed.

A small bathroom viewed looking down at the toilet and the sink.

Unit 3 at 32 Clarence Street runs to 800 square feet, and includes two bedrooms and one bathroom. The kitchen has been remodeled.

Dorchester

An empty living room through an entryway, and there’s a hutch with drawers in the background.

A largely empty kitchen with a fridge.

A small roof deck with two storage compartments and some chairs, and there’s a city skyline in the distance.

A private roof deck and a parking spot come with Unit 3 at 49 Rosemont Street. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom is 1,200 square feet.

East Boston

A long bathroom with a washer-dryer side by side next to a toilet.

An empty bedroom with a closed closet door.

Closeup of the faucet of a new kitchen sink.

In-unit laundry comes with the recently renovated Unit 1 at 50 Princeton Street. The one-bedroom, one-bathroom is 450 square feet.

Poll

Which $2,000/month Boston spread would you rent?

This poll is closed

18%

Unit 510 at 160 Commonwealth in Back Bay

(15 votes)
11%

Unit 3 at 25 Woodlawn in Jamaica Plain

(9 votes)
2%

Unit 3 at 32 Clarence in Roxbury

(2 votes)
53%

Unit 3 at 49 Rosemont in Dorchester

(43 votes)
14%

Unit 1 at 50 Princeton in East Boston

(12 votes)

81 votes total Vote Now