You're probably not going to be shocked to hear this, but... Hingham homes are pretty expensive.  In fact they are fifth most expensive in the state.

In this year's edition of Coldwell Banker's national Home Listing Report, released Thursday, Nov. 29, the average price of a typical four bedroom, two bath home is listed at $292,152.

When it comes to Hingham, however, that price jumps to $845,417, which makes it the 5th most expensive home market in the Commonwealth and 36th in the Country.

The only towns in Massachusetts with more expensive homes than Hingham are Weston ( most expensive), Wellesley (2nd most expensive) , Dover (3rd) and Lexington (4th) .

The closest South Shore town to Hingham is Norwell, which ranks 15th with an average four bedroom, two bath home price of $715,133.

This year’s report analyzes more than 72,000 home listings in more than 2,500 U.S. markets, comparing the listing prices of similar homes in markets across the country from January 2012 to June 2012, according to Coldwell Banker.

Perhaps not surprisingly, Weston soared to the top of the list in Massachusetts, with an averge cost of $1,105,692—it's a price tag that landed the commonweath community in the 14th spot when it comes to most expensive homes in the country.  Springfield was at the very bottom of the state list (only made up of 116 communities) with an average cost of $136,405.

Most Expensive on the South Shore

Source: Coldwell Banker's Massachusetts Home Listing Report. Communities in Massachusetts were ranked from 1 to 116 in the report.