snapshot: real estate salespeople per 1,000
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | March 27, 2014
Selling real estate is a popular job in eastern Mass. Towns within the Route 495 belt are heavily represented. The data looks at licensed real estate professionals per 10,000 residents. The 2013 data is from the state's Board of Professional Licensure.
| Community | Real estate salespeople per 1,000 | Rank | Count |
| ABINGTON | 10 | 156 | 152 |
| ACTON | 10 | 153 | 213 |
| ACUSHNET | 8 | 193 | 86 |
| ADAMS | 6 | 274 | 47 |
| AGAWAM | 8 | 207 | 219 |
| ALFORD | 6 | 257 | 3 |
| AMESBURY | 8 | 209 | 125 |
| AMHERST | 3 | 329 | 107 |
| ANDOVER | 14 | 71 | 467 |
| AQUINNAH | 26 | 13 | 8 |
| ARLINGTON | 12 | 107 | 495 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 9 | 183 | 52 |
| ASHBY | 8 | 198 | 25 |
| ASHFIELD | 2 | 334 | 4 |
| ASHLAND | 9 | 161 | 155 |
| ATHOL | 5 | 280 | 60 |
| ATTLEBORO | 6 | 259 | 261 |
| AUBURN | 8 | 195 | 133 |
| AVON | 6 | 254 | 27 |
| AYER | 6 | 266 | 43 |
| BARNSTABLE | 22 | 21 | 979 |
| BARRE | 5 | 293 | 25 |
| BECKET | 8 | 203 | 14 |
| BEDFORD | 10 | 139 | 137 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 6 | 264 | 86 |
| BELLINGHAM | 7 | 235 | 111 |
| BELMONT | 16 | 53 | 406 |
| BERKLEY | 7 | 220 | 47 |
| BERLIN | 10 | 136 | 30 |
| BERNARDSTON | 7 | 228 | 15 |
| BEVERLY | 8 | 187 | 335 |
| BILLERICA | 7 | 221 | 295 |
| BLACKSTONE | 3 | 320 | 29 |
| BLANDFORD | 12 | 94 | 15 |
| BOLTON | 16 | 56 | 78 |
| BOSTON | 9 | 171 | 5576 |
| BOURNE | 10 | 144 | 200 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 9 | 167 | 46 |
| BOXFORD | 17 | 45 | 139 |
| BOYLSTON | 12 | 88 | 54 |
| BRAINTREE | 12 | 99 | 428 |
| BREWSTER | 20 | 31 | 192 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 8 | 188 | 225 |
| BRIMFIELD | 9 | 159 | 34 |
| BROCKTON | 6 | 273 | 521 |
| BROOKFIELD | 4 | 303 | 14 |
| BROOKLINE | 12 | 95 | 711 |
| BUCKLAND | 1 | 341 | 2 |
| BURLINGTON | 12 | 97 | 294 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 7 | 219 | 776 |
| CANTON | 16 | 58 | 336 |
| CARLISLE | 17 | 47 | 84 |
| CARVER | 8 | 197 | 94 |
| CHARLEMONT | 0 | 343 | 0 |
| CHARLTON | 7 | 227 | 92 |
| CHATHAM | 37 | 5 | 229 |
| CHELMSFORD | 11 | 110 | 386 |
| CHELSEA | 4 | 302 | 146 |
| CHESHIRE | 6 | 246 | 21 |
| CHESTER | 4 | 310 | 5 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 7 | 245 | 8 |
| CHICOPEE | 3 | 323 | 172 |
| CHILMARK | 48 | 1 | 42 |
| CLARKSBURG | 8 | 210 | 13 |
| CLINTON | 7 | 217 | 102 |
| COHASSET | 24 | 15 | 182 |
| COLRAIN | 2 | 337 | 3 |
| CONCORD | 15 | 60 | 271 |
| CONWAY | 4 | 312 | 7 |
| CUMMINGTON | 3 | 316 | 3 |
| DALTON | 7 | 239 | 45 |
| DANVERS | 11 | 115 | 298 |
| DARTMOUTH | 12 | 101 | 405 |
| DEDHAM | 14 | 72 | 347 |
| DEERFIELD | 7 | 241 | 34 |
| DENNIS | 28 | 10 | 399 |
| DIGHTON | 7 | 236 | 48 |
| DOUGLAS | 9 | 173 | 76 |
| DOVER | 25 | 14 | 142 |
| DRACUT | 7 | 224 | 212 |
| DUDLEY | 6 | 250 | 72 |
| DUNSTABLE | 13 | 86 | 40 |
| DUXBURY | 21 | 23 | 318 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 11 | 131 | 146 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 7 | 222 | 16 |
| EASTHAM | 17 | 46 | 86 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 5 | 287 | 78 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 10 | 137 | 162 |
| EASTON | 14 | 69 | 332 |
| EDGARTOWN | 43 | 3 | 175 |
| EGREMONT | 13 | 80 | 16 |
| ERVING | 4 | 294 | 8 |
| ESSEX | 13 | 76 | 47 |
| EVERETT | 4 | 299 | 176 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 10 | 143 | 161 |
| FALL RIVER | 4 | 307 | 353 |
| FALMOUTH | 20 | 32 | 615 |
| FITCHBURG | 5 | 288 | 193 |
| FLORIDA | 5 | 278 | 4 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 12 | 105 | 198 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 9 | 180 | 586 |
| FRANKLIN | 9 | 175 | 282 |
| FREETOWN | 9 | 166 | 82 |
| GARDNER | 4 | 314 | 72 |
| GEORGETOWN | 11 | 120 | 90 |
| GILL | 9 | 162 | 14 |
| GLOUCESTER | 11 | 133 | 303 |
| GOSHEN | 3 | 327 | 3 |
| GOSNOLD | 0 | 343 | 0 |
| GRAFTON | 8 | 215 | 134 |
| GRANBY | 7 | 234 | 43 |
| GRANVILLE | 3 | 332 | 4 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 11 | 118 | 79 |
| GREENFIELD | 4 | 309 | 68 |
| GROTON | 10 | 145 | 107 |
| GROVELAND | 9 | 158 | 61 |
| HADLEY | 9 | 168 | 48 |
| HALIFAX | 8 | 212 | 57 |
| HAMILTON | 12 | 89 | 96 |
| HAMPDEN | 10 | 148 | 51 |
| HANCOCK | 0 | 343 | 0 |
| HANOVER | 16 | 57 | 220 |
| HANSON | 10 | 140 | 105 |
| HARDWICK | 4 | 313 | 11 |
| HARVARD | 11 | 111 | 74 |
| HARWICH | 24 | 16 | 291 |
| HATFIELD | 10 | 152 | 32 |
| HAVERHILL | 7 | 230 | 426 |
| HAWLEY | 0 | 343 | 0 |
| HEATH | 1 | 339 | 1 |
| HINGHAM | 22 | 20 | 483 |
| HINSDALE | 6 | 263 | 12 |
| HOLBROOK | 7 | 238 | 72 |
| HOLDEN | 10 | 142 | 177 |
| HOLLAND | 7 | 223 | 18 |
| HOLLISTON | 11 | 113 | 153 |
| HOLYOKE | 3 | 326 | 115 |
| HOPEDALE | 10 | 146 | 59 |
| HOPKINTON | 12 | 96 | 180 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 5 | 284 | 22 |
| HUDSON | 8 | 194 | 157 |
| HULL | 18 | 42 | 184 |
| HUNTINGTON | 6 | 275 | 12 |
| IPSWICH | 12 | 98 | 158 |
| KINGSTON | 12 | 92 | 155 |
| LAKEVILLE | 15 | 65 | 159 |
| LANCASTER | 9 | 174 | 72 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 4 | 315 | 11 |
| LAWRENCE | 2 | 335 | 167 |
| LEE | 6 | 252 | 37 |
| LEICESTER | 6 | 258 | 66 |
| LENOX | 15 | 61 | 77 |
| LEOMINSTER | 6 | 247 | 263 |
| LEVERETT | 5 | 277 | 10 |
| LEXINGTON | 13 | 78 | 415 |
| LEYDEN | 7 | 229 | 5 |
| LINCOLN | 16 | 55 | 103 |
| LITTLETON | 11 | 116 | 100 |
| LONGMEADOW | 15 | 59 | 243 |
| LOWELL | 4 | 300 | 448 |
| LUDLOW | 6 | 248 | 136 |
| LUNENBURG | 10 | 150 | 99 |
| LYNN | 5 | 286 | 441 |
| LYNNFIELD | 26 | 12 | 306 |
| MALDEN | 6 | 253 | 370 |
| MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 24 | 17 | 121 |
| MANSFIELD | 11 | 134 | 244 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 20 | 29 | 397 |
| MARION | 21 | 24 | 102 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 8 | 199 | 313 |
| MARSHFIELD | 18 | 43 | 445 |
| MASHPEE | 18 | 40 | 256 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 21 | 25 | 125 |
| MAYNARD | 8 | 204 | 79 |
| MEDFIELD | 16 | 54 | 196 |
| MEDFORD | 10 | 135 | 589 |
| MEDWAY | 12 | 90 | 157 |
| MELROSE | 11 | 112 | 306 |
| MENDON | 12 | 103 | 69 |
| MERRIMAC | 7 | 232 | 44 |
| METHUEN | 8 | 205 | 367 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 7 | 225 | 166 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 8 | 208 | 4 |
| MIDDLETON | 14 | 70 | 128 |
| MILFORD | 8 | 189 | 237 |
| MILLBURY | 6 | 261 | 79 |
| MILLIS | 11 | 126 | 86 |
| MILLVILLE | 5 | 285 | 16 |
| MILTON | 19 | 36 | 509 |
| MONROE | 0 | 343 | 0 |
| MONSON | 6 | 256 | 52 |
| MONTAGUE | 4 | 308 | 33 |
| MONTEREY | 18 | 44 | 17 |
| MONTGOMERY | 7 | 226 | 6 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 0 | 343 | 0 |
| NAHANT | 23 | 18 | 78 |
| NANTUCKET | 35 | 7 | 358 |
| NATICK | 13 | 77 | 440 |
| NEEDHAM | 19 | 35 | 555 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 4 | 296 | 1 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 4 | 298 | 404 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 4 | 305 | 4 |
| NEWBURY | 20 | 28 | 134 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 15 | 64 | 263 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 5 | 292 | 7 |
| NEW SALEM | 1 | 342 | 1 |
| NEWTON | 17 | 49 | 1416 |
| NORFOLK | 13 | 83 | 144 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 4 | 301 | 57 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 5 | 279 | 150 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 13 | 85 | 358 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 9 | 178 | 249 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 10 | 149 | 139 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 6 | 262 | 93 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 6 | 260 | 28 |
| NORTHFIELD | 3 | 330 | 8 |
| NORTH READING | 15 | 66 | 221 |
| NORTON | 9 | 170 | 172 |
| NORWELL | 21 | 22 | 223 |
| NORWOOD | 11 | 117 | 319 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 19 | 34 | 88 |
| OAKHAM | 8 | 190 | 16 |
| ORANGE | 4 | 304 | 32 |
| ORLEANS | 36 | 6 | 210 |
| OTIS | 9 | 164 | 15 |
| OXFORD | 6 | 265 | 80 |
| PALMER | 4 | 297 | 52 |
| PAXTON | 14 | 73 | 67 |
| PEABODY | 9 | 181 | 439 |
| PELHAM | 3 | 324 | 4 |
| PEMBROKE | 11 | 125 | 195 |
| PEPPERELL | 9 | 163 | 107 |
| PERU | 1 | 340 | 1 |
| PETERSHAM | 11 | 132 | 13 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 10 | 155 | 16 |
| PITTSFIELD | 6 | 270 | 251 |
| PLAINFIELD | 2 | 338 | 1 |
| PLAINVILLE | 11 | 114 | 93 |
| PLYMOUTH | 15 | 62 | 864 |
| PLYMPTON | 11 | 121 | 31 |
| PRINCETON | 8 | 186 | 29 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 39 | 4 | 114 |
| QUINCY | 11 | 124 | 1009 |
| RANDOLPH | 7 | 243 | 212 |
| RAYNHAM | 13 | 87 | 168 |
| READING | 12 | 106 | 290 |
| REHOBOTH | 8 | 201 | 93 |
| REVERE | 8 | 216 | 389 |
| RICHMOND | 12 | 108 | 17 |
| ROCHESTER | 13 | 79 | 69 |
| ROCKLAND | 7 | 244 | 115 |
| ROCKPORT | 15 | 63 | 106 |
| ROWE | 0 | 343 | 0 |
| ROWLEY | 8 | 200 | 47 |
| ROYALSTON | 3 | 321 | 4 |
| RUSSELL | 6 | 268 | 10 |
| RUTLAND | 7 | 240 | 53 |
| SALEM | 8 | 191 | 347 |
| SALISBURY | 8 | 196 | 68 |
| SANDISFIELD | 5 | 276 | 5 |
| SANDWICH | 18 | 41 | 375 |
| SAUGUS | 11 | 122 | 292 |
| SAVOY | 3 | 325 | 2 |
| SCITUATE | 18 | 39 | 333 |
| SEEKONK | 5 | 291 | 64 |
| SHARON | 13 | 82 | 226 |
| SHEFFIELD | 4 | 306 | 13 |
| SHELBURNE | 7 | 218 | 14 |
| SHERBORN | 18 | 38 | 76 |
| SHIRLEY | 6 | 255 | 44 |
| SHREWSBURY | 11 | 129 | 384 |
| SHUTESBURY | 0 | 343 | 0 |
| SOMERSET | 9 | 172 | 164 |
| SOMERVILLE | 7 | 231 | 527 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 7 | 233 | 40 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 15 | 68 | 142 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 3 | 317 | 57 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 7 | 242 | 116 |
| SOUTHWICK | 8 | 202 | 75 |
| SPENCER | 6 | 249 | 75 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 3 | 328 | 435 |
| STERLING | 12 | 100 | 93 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 16 | 52 | 32 |
| STONEHAM | 12 | 93 | 261 |
| STOUGHTON | 11 | 119 | 298 |
| STOW | 9 | 165 | 61 |
| STURBRIDGE | 11 | 127 | 101 |
| SUDBURY | 17 | 48 | 294 |
| SUNDERLAND | 5 | 282 | 19 |
| SUTTON | 9 | 160 | 84 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 19 | 37 | 256 |
| SWANSEA | 9 | 184 | 135 |
| TAUNTON | 6 | 267 | 315 |
| TEMPLETON | 5 | 290 | 38 |
| TEWKSBURY | 9 | 182 | 248 |
| TISBURY | 43 | 2 | 171 |
| TOLLAND | 2 | 336 | 1 |
| TOPSFIELD | 17 | 50 | 101 |
| TOWNSEND | 6 | 251 | 56 |
| TRURO | 31 | 8 | 63 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 9 | 185 | 96 |
| TYRINGHAM | 0 | 343 | 0 |
| UPTON | 11 | 130 | 80 |
| UXBRIDGE | 7 | 237 | 91 |
| WAKEFIELD | 13 | 84 | 315 |
| WALES | 3 | 319 | 6 |
| WALPOLE | 13 | 81 | 310 |
| WALTHAM | 9 | 176 | 538 |
| WARE | 5 | 281 | 51 |
| WAREHAM | 9 | 169 | 199 |
| WARREN | 3 | 322 | 16 |
| WARWICK | 3 | 331 | 2 |
| WASHINGTON | 4 | 311 | 2 |
| WATERTOWN | 14 | 75 | 434 |
| WAYLAND | 17 | 51 | 215 |
| WEBSTER | 5 | 283 | 86 |
| WELLESLEY | 20 | 27 | 573 |
| WELLFLEET | 31 | 9 | 85 |
| WENDELL | 2 | 333 | 2 |
| WENHAM | 15 | 67 | 72 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 11 | 123 | 200 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 10 | 151 | 75 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 10 | 141 | 71 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 8 | 192 | 31 |
| WESTFIELD | 6 | 269 | 231 |
| WESTFORD | 10 | 138 | 226 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 10 | 147 | 16 |
| WESTMINSTER | 8 | 213 | 55 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 8 | 214 | 32 |
| WESTON | 26 | 11 | 298 |
| WESTPORT | 12 | 91 | 191 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 6 | 271 | 159 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 11 | 109 | 15 |
| WEST TISBURY | 20 | 30 | 54 |
| WESTWOOD | 21 | 26 | 302 |
| WEYMOUTH | 10 | 154 | 512 |
| WHATELY | 3 | 318 | 5 |
| WHITMAN | 8 | 206 | 112 |
| WILBRAHAM | 12 | 104 | 167 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 9 | 177 | 22 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 8 | 211 | 59 |
| WILMINGTON | 11 | 128 | 243 |
| WINCHENDON | 5 | 289 | 49 |
| WINCHESTER | 22 | 19 | 467 |
| WINDSOR | 6 | 272 | 5 |
| WINTHROP | 12 | 102 | 207 |
| WOBURN | 9 | 157 | 362 |
| WORCESTER | 4 | 295 | 798 |
| WORTHINGTON | 9 | 179 | 10 |
| WRENTHAM | 14 | 74 | 150 |
| YARMOUTH | 19 | 33 | 463 |