Highest poverty rate in Massachusetts

Massachusetts counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

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

Among counties, Suffolk County leads at 16.5%.

Among cities & places, Siasconset leads at 45.1%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Suffolk County	16.5%
2	Hampden County	15.7%
3	Franklin County	12.2%
4	Bristol County	11.6%
5	Berkshire County	11.0%
6	Hampshire County	10.9%
7	Worcester County	10.3%
8	Essex County	9.4%
9	Middlesex County	7.5%
10	Barnstable County	7.4%
11	Plymouth County	7.1%
12	Norfolk County	6.6%
13	Dukes County	5.4%
14	Nantucket County	3.0%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Siasconset	45.1%
2	Huntington	26.8%
3	Monson Center	26.7%
4	Springfield	25.3%
5	Amherst Town	24.1%
6	Holyoke	23.7%
7	Falmouth	23.4%
8	Orange	22.0%
9	Fall River	20.9%
10	Chelsea	20.6%
11	West Wareham	20.1%
12	New Bedford	19.9%
13	Worcester	19.8%
14	Webster	19.7%
15	Dennis Port	18.9%
16	Marshfield	18.4%
17	Shelburne Falls	18.4%
18	North Plymouth	18.3%
19	Lawrence	18.2%
20	West Chatham	18.2%
21	Warren	18.2%
22	North Adams	18.1%
23	Oak Bluffs	18.1%
24	Athol	18.1%
25	Deerfield	17.4%
26	Baldwinville	17.4%
27	Adams	17.2%
28	Devens	17.2%
29	Boston	16.9%
30	North Brookfield	16.7%
31	Belchertown	16.5%
32	Southbridge Town	16.2%
33	South Ashburnham	16.0%
34	Lowell	16.0%
35	Williamstown	15.9%
36	Greenfield	15.6%
37	Fitchburg	15.5%
38	Everett	15.4%
39	Townsend	15.2%
40	Chicopee	15.2%
41	Orleans	14.8%
42	Millers Falls	14.6%
43	West Brookfield	14.5%
44	Gardner	14.3%
45	Winchendon	14.3%
46	Ware	14.2%
47	Brockton	13.9%
48	Norton Center	13.9%
49	Taunton	13.7%
50	Lynn	13.7%
51	Salem	13.7%
52	Pittsfield	13.6%
53	Northfield	13.3%
54	Malden	13.3%
55	Raynham Center	12.9%
56	Bourne	12.6%
57	Northampton	12.5%
58	Middleborough Center	12.5%
59	Cambridge	12.4%
60	Revere	12.4%
61	Marion Center	12.3%
62	East Sandwich	12.1%
63	Cheshire	11.5%
64	Quincy	11.4%
65	Spencer	11.4%
66	Provincetown	11.4%
67	Framingham	11.0%
68	Westfield	11.0%
69	Gloucester	10.6%
70	Haverhill	10.6%
71	Pepperell	10.6%
72	Turners Falls	10.5%
73	West Springfield Town	10.4%
74	Brookfield	10.4%
75	North Pembroke	10.3%
76	Whitinsville	10.2%
77	Lenox	10.2%
78	Somerville	10.1%
79	Leominster	10.1%
80	Chatham	10.0%
81	West Falmouth	10.0%
82	Beverly	9.9%
83	North Eastham	9.9%
84	Brookline	9.8%
85	South Yarmouth	9.3%
86	Lee	9.3%
87	Marlborough	9.2%
88	Attleboro	9.2%
89	Smith Mills	9.2%
90	Duxbury	9.1%
91	North Lakeville	9.0%
92	Milford	9.0%
93	Ayer	9.0%
94	Clinton	9.0%
95	Andover	8.9%
96	Plymouth	8.7%
97	Waltham	8.6%
98	Foxborough	8.6%
99	Palmer Town	8.6%
100	Wilbraham	8.4%

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