Lowest homeownership rate in Massachusetts

Massachusetts counties and cities ranked by homeownership rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Massachusetts by homeownership rate — which have the lowest homeownership rate (most renters), according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Suffolk County leads at 36.6%.

Among cities & places, Hanscom AFB leads at 0.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Homeownership rate
1	Suffolk County	36.6%
2	Middlesex County	61.6%
3	Hampden County	62.2%
4	Bristol County	62.2%
5	Essex County	64.0%
6	Worcester County	65.7%
7	Norfolk County	68.5%
8	Franklin County	68.7%
9	Hampshire County	68.8%
10	Berkshire County	70.0%
11	Dukes County	74.6%
12	Nantucket County	76.5%
13	Plymouth County	77.6%
14	Barnstable County	80.6%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Homeownership rate
1	Hanscom AFB	0.0%
2	Chelsea	29.2%
3	Lawrence	30.3%
4	Cambridge	33.7%
5	Somerville	34.3%
6	Boston	35.4%
7	Fall River	36.3%
8	Everett	36.5%
9	West Warren	39.0%
10	Warren	39.1%
11	New Bedford	40.0%
12	Spencer	40.9%
13	North Plymouth	41.3%
14	Holyoke	41.6%
15	Malden	42.1%
16	Worcester	42.4%
17	Webster	43.6%
18	Lowell	44.0%
19	Southbridge Town	44.3%
20	Deerfield	44.4%
21	Quincy	45.0%
22	Amherst Town	45.9%
23	Brookline	46.1%
24	Waltham	48.8%
25	Watertown	48.8%
26	Clinton	49.2%
27	Springfield	49.5%
28	Plymouth	49.6%
29	Townsend	49.7%
30	Revere	50.1%
31	Lynn	50.4%
32	Middleborough Center	50.4%
33	Pepperell	51.1%
34	Shelburne Falls	51.2%
35	Lenox	51.3%
36	Salem	51.4%
37	Norwood	51.8%
38	Foxborough	52.3%
39	Westborough	52.4%
40	Medford	53.1%
41	North Adams	53.2%
42	Falmouth	53.7%
43	North Brookfield	53.7%
44	Greenfield	54.6%
45	Framingham	54.8%
46	Adams	54.8%
47	Turners Falls	55.2%
48	Whitinsville	55.3%
49	Winthrop Town	55.6%
50	Marlborough	56.2%
51	Fitchburg	56.4%
52	Ware	56.6%
53	Gardner	56.7%
54	Brockton	57.0%
55	Chicopee	57.2%
56	Vineyard Haven	57.3%
57	Woburn	57.6%
58	Northampton	57.7%
59	Williamstown	57.8%
60	Ipswich	58.2%
61	West Springfield Town	58.5%
62	Winchendon	59.0%
63	Monson Center	59.8%
64	Easthampton	59.9%
65	Beverly	60.1%
66	Oak Bluffs	60.5%
67	Arlington	60.6%
68	West Brookfield	60.8%
69	Barre	60.8%
70	North Lakeville	61.2%
71	Haverhill	61.3%
72	East Douglas	61.4%
73	Mansfield Center	61.4%
74	Pittsfield	61.7%
75	Ayer	61.8%
76	Belchertown	62.0%
77	Leominster	62.9%
78	Taunton	62.9%
79	West Concord	63.0%
80	Gloucester	63.3%
81	Athol	63.8%
82	Belmont	64.2%
83	Great Barrington	64.5%
84	Orange	64.6%
85	Milford	65.3%
86	Bliss Corner	65.6%
87	Peabody	65.6%
88	Groton	65.6%
89	Bellingham	66.0%
90	Attleboro	66.1%
91	Seconsett Island	66.2%
92	Orleans	66.2%
93	Shirley	66.4%
94	Mattapoisett Center	66.5%
95	Housatonic	66.9%
96	Marshfield	66.9%
97	Harwich Center	67.5%
98	Lee	67.7%
99	Weymouth Town	67.8%
100	Melrose	67.8%

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