Largest households in Massachusetts

Massachusetts counties and cities ranked by average household size.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Massachusetts by average household size — which have the largest average household size, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Dukes County leads at 2.78.

Among cities & places, Lenox Dale leads at 3.54.

Counties

#	Name	Avg household size
1	Dukes County	2.78
2	Nantucket County	2.78
3	Plymouth County	2.59
4	Essex County	2.54
5	Norfolk County	2.51
6	Worcester County	2.50
7	Middlesex County	2.48
8	Hampden County	2.44
9	Bristol County	2.43
10	Suffolk County	2.29
11	Barnstable County	2.21
12	Franklin County	2.20
13	Hampshire County	2.18
14	Berkshire County	2.16

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Avg household size
1	Lenox Dale	3.54
2	Groton	3.46
3	Hanscom AFB	3.40
4	Chester	3.09
5	Dover	3.06
6	Sharon	2.97
7	Milton	2.95
8	Cedar Crest	2.93
9	Cordaville	2.92
10	Wilmington	2.92
11	Brockton	2.90
12	Lunenburg	2.90
13	Boxford	2.88
14	Pinehurst	2.86
15	Chelsea	2.85
16	Nantucket	2.85
17	Everett	2.84
18	Hanson	2.84
19	North Scituate	2.84
20	Lawrence	2.82
21	Essex	2.81
22	Lynnfield	2.80
23	South Ashburnham	2.80
24	Winchester	2.80
25	Raynham Center	2.77
26	Revere	2.77
27	Wellesley	2.77
28	Lynn	2.76
29	Cochituate	2.75
30	Needham	2.75
31	Baldwinville	2.74
32	Green Harbor	2.74
33	Hopedale	2.73
34	Lexington	2.73
35	South Duxbury	2.72
36	Randolph Town	2.71
37	Hingham	2.69
38	Huntington	2.67
39	North Lakeville	2.67
40	Braintree Town	2.66
41	Longmeadow	2.66
42	Milford	2.66
43	Oxford	2.66
44	Winchendon	2.66
45	Saugus	2.65
46	Reading	2.64
47	Bridgewater Town	2.63
48	Holbrook	2.63
49	Hopkinton	2.63
50	Topsfield	2.63
51	Abington	2.62
52	Marshfield Hills	2.62
53	Belmont	2.59
54	Franklin Town	2.59
55	Lowell	2.59
56	Newton	2.59
57	Ocean Grove	2.59
58	Attleboro	2.58
59	Burlington	2.58
60	Forestdale	2.58
61	Springfield	2.57
62	Athol	2.56
63	Marshfield	2.56
64	Northborough	2.56
65	Edgartown	2.55
66	Granby	2.55
67	South Lancaster	2.55
68	Upton	2.55
69	Vineyard Haven	2.55
70	Wilbraham	2.55
71	Medfield	2.54
72	Orange	2.53
73	White Island Shores	2.53
74	Devens	2.52
75	Haverhill	2.52
76	Mashpee Neck	2.52
77	Brookfield	2.51
78	Framingham	2.51
79	North Westport	2.51
80	Norton Center	2.51
81	East Douglas	2.50
82	Woburn	2.50
83	Marion Center	2.49
84	Monomoscoy Island	2.49
85	East Pepperell	2.48
86	Malden	2.48
87	North Seekonk	2.48
88	Marblehead	2.47
89	Taunton	2.47
90	Danvers	2.46
91	Rutland	2.46
92	Sagamore	2.46
93	Littleton Common	2.45
94	Marlborough	2.45
95	Somerset	2.45
96	Southbridge Town	2.43
97	Sturbridge	2.42
98	Wakefield	2.42
99	Westfield	2.42
100	Worcester	2.42

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