Lowest 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 lowest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Nantucket County leads at 3.0%.

Among cities & places, Edgartown leads at 0.0%.

Counties

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

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Edgartown	0.0%
2	Hanscom AFB	0.0%
3	Madaket	0.0%
4	Monomoscoy Island	0.0%
5	New Seabury	0.0%
6	Popponesset Island	0.0%
7	Seconsett Island	0.0%
8	Vineyard Haven	0.0%
9	Marshfield Hills	0.4%
10	East Harwich	0.8%
11	Blandford	0.9%
12	Seabrook	0.9%
13	Weweantic	1.0%
14	Littleton Common	1.1%
15	Sturbridge	1.3%
16	East Pepperell	1.5%
17	Sagamore	1.8%
18	Bellingham	1.8%
19	Ocean Grove	1.8%
20	North Falmouth	1.8%
21	Northborough	2.0%
22	North Scituate	2.2%
23	Hanson	2.2%
24	Cedar Crest	2.4%
25	Cordaville	2.5%
26	Nantucket	2.6%
27	Rowley	2.7%
28	Reading	2.7%
29	Kingston	2.7%
30	Rutland	2.7%
31	Mansfield Center	2.8%
32	Dover	2.8%
33	Chester	2.9%
34	Mashpee Neck	2.9%
35	Barre	2.9%
36	Wilmington	3.0%
37	Rockport	3.1%
38	Upton	3.1%
39	Monument Beach	3.1%
40	Lunenburg	3.1%
41	Sharon	3.2%
42	Wellesley	3.2%
43	South Deerfield	3.2%
44	Scituate	3.3%
45	White Island Shores	3.3%
46	Dennis	3.3%
47	Essex	3.3%
48	Cochituate	3.4%
49	Belmont	3.5%
50	Melrose	3.7%
51	Marblehead	3.8%
52	Needham	3.8%
53	The Pinehills	3.8%
54	Medfield	3.8%
55	Hopkinton	3.9%
56	Pocasset	3.9%
57	Longmeadow	3.9%
58	Winchester	3.9%
59	Forestdale	3.9%
60	East Brookfield	4.0%
61	South Lancaster	4.1%
62	West Concord	4.1%
63	Pinehurst	4.2%
64	East Dennis	4.2%
65	Shirley	4.2%
66	North Seekonk	4.2%
67	North Westport	4.2%
68	Lexington	4.3%
69	Housatonic	4.5%
70	Holland	4.5%
71	Harwich Center	4.5%
72	South Dennis	4.5%
73	Stoneham	4.6%
74	Great Barrington	4.6%
75	Dedham	4.6%
76	Wakefield	4.6%
77	Newton	4.7%
78	Milton	4.7%
79	South Duxbury	4.8%
80	Bridgewater Town	4.9%
81	Boxford	4.9%
82	Somerset	5.0%
83	Newburyport	5.1%
84	Salisbury	5.1%
85	Braintree Town	5.2%
86	Danvers	5.2%
87	Ipswich	5.3%
88	Mattapoisett Center	5.3%
89	Hull	5.3%
90	West Dennis	5.4%
91	Arlington	5.4%
92	Topsfield	5.4%
93	North Attleborough Town	5.4%
94	Franklin Town	5.5%
95	Hatfield	5.6%
96	Burlington	5.6%
97	Yarmouth Port	5.6%
98	Abington	5.7%
99	Hudson	5.7%
100	Wareham Center	5.7%

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