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 |