Snapshot: architects per 10,000 residents, 2013
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Oct. 10,2013
Architects like to live in the Boston suburbs. The communities with the most architects per 10,000 residents are Lincoln, Cambridge, Concord, and Essex. About 80 communities have no licensed architects, according to records from the state Department of Professional Licensure. The data is for 2013.
Community | Architects per 10,000 residents 2013 | Rank | Total architects |
ABINGTON | 3.8 | 139 | 6 |
ACTON | 10.5 | 56 | 23 |
ACUSHNET | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
ADAMS | 1.2 | 230 | 1 |
AGAWAM | 1.4 | 217 | 4 |
ALFORD | 20.2 | 13 | 1 |
AMESBURY | 6.1 | 99 | 10 |
AMHERST | 7.1 | 81 | 27 |
ANDOVER | 8.4 | 73 | 28 |
AQUINNAH | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
ARLINGTON | 23.1 | 8 | 99 |
ASHBURNHAM | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
ASHBY | 6.5 | 92 | 2 |
ASHFIELD | 11.5 | 47 | 2 |
ASHLAND | 6.6 | 88 | 11 |
ATHOL | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
ATTLEBORO | 0.7 | 258 | 3 |
AUBURN | 1.9 | 200 | 3 |
AVON | 2.3 | 181 | 1 |
AYER | 2.7 | 168 | 2 |
BARNSTABLE | 3.3 | 148 | 15 |
BARRE | 1.9 | 201 | 1 |
BECKET | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
BEDFORD | 3.8 | 138 | 5 |
BELCHERTOWN | 2.0 | 192 | 3 |
BELLINGHAM | 0.6 | 263 | 1 |
BELMONT | 22.6 | 10 | 56 |
BERKLEY | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
BERLIN | 7.0 | 83 | 2 |
BERNARDSTON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
BEVERLY | 9.1 | 65 | 36 |
BILLERICA | 2.2 | 186 | 9 |
BLACKSTONE | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
BLANDFORD | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
BOLTON | 10.2 | 59 | 5 |
BOSTON | 11.2 | 48 | 690 |
BOURNE | 1.0 | 238 | 2 |
BOXBOROUGH | 4.0 | 129 | 2 |
BOXFORD | 6.3 | 96 | 5 |
BOYLSTON | 6.9 | 84 | 3 |
BRAINTREE | 3.9 | 132 | 14 |
BREWSTER | 2.0 | 193 | 2 |
BRIDGEWATER | 1.5 | 212 | 4 |
BRIMFIELD | 5.5 | 111 | 2 |
BROCKTON | 0.6 | 262 | 6 |
BROOKFIELD | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
BROOKLINE | 18.6 | 19 | 109 |
BUCKLAND | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
BURLINGTON | 2.9 | 160 | 7 |
CAMBRIDGE | 35.8 | 2 | 377 |
CANTON | 8.3 | 74 | 18 |
CARLISLE | 22.7 | 9 | 11 |
CARVER | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
CHARLEMONT | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
CHARLTON | 0.8 | 250 | 1 |
CHATHAM | 9.8 | 61 | 6 |
CHELMSFORD | 2.4 | 178 | 8 |
CHELSEA | 1.7 | 207 | 6 |
CHESHIRE | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
CHESTER | 7.5 | 78 | 1 |
CHESTERFIELD | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
CHICOPEE | 0.4 | 267 | 2 |
CHILMARK | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
CLARKSBURG | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
CLINTON | 0.7 | 255 | 1 |
COHASSET | 10.6 | 55 | 8 |
COLRAIN | 6.0 | 103 | 1 |
Community | Architects per 10,000 residents 2013 | Rank | Total architects |
CONCORD | 30.0 | 3 | 53 |
CONWAY | 5.3 | 112 | 1 |
CUMMINGTON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
DALTON | 4.4 | 122 | 3 |
DANVERS | 4.2 | 126 | 11 |
DARTMOUTH | 3.5 | 145 | 12 |
DEDHAM | 3.2 | 149 | 8 |
DEERFIELD | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
DENNIS | 2.1 | 190 | 3 |
DIGHTON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
DOUGLAS | 1.2 | 229 | 1 |
DOVER | 16.1 | 28 | 9 |
DRACUT | 0.7 | 259 | 2 |
DUDLEY | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
DUNSTABLE | 3.1 | 153 | 1 |
DUXBURY | 13.3 | 41 | 20 |
EAST BRIDGEWATER | 0.7 | 257 | 1 |
EAST BROOKFIELD | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
EASTHAM | 2.0 | 194 | 1 |
EASTHAMPTON | 1.9 | 198 | 3 |
EAST LONGMEADOW | 1.9 | 196 | 3 |
EASTON | 6.5 | 93 | 15 |
EDGARTOWN | 7.4 | 80 | 3 |
EGREMONT | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
ERVING | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
ESSEX | 25.7 | 4 | 9 |
EVERETT | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
FAIRHAVEN | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
FALL RIVER | 0.7 | 260 | 6 |
FALMOUTH | 6.7 | 86 | 21 |
FITCHBURG | 0.7 | 253 | 3 |
FLORIDA | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
FOXBOROUGH | 2.4 | 177 | 4 |
FRAMINGHAM | 2.9 | 159 | 20 |
FRANKLIN | 2.5 | 173 | 8 |
FREETOWN | 2.3 | 182 | 2 |
GARDNER | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
GEORGETOWN | 3.7 | 141 | 3 |
GILL | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
GLOUCESTER | 5.9 | 104 | 17 |
GOSHEN | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
GOSNOLD | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
GRAFTON | 3.4 | 146 | 6 |
GRANBY | 3.2 | 150 | 2 |
GRANVILLE | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
GREAT BARRINGTON | 16.9 | 24 | 12 |
GREENFIELD | 1.1 | 231 | 2 |
GROTON | 6.6 | 91 | 7 |
GROVELAND | 1.5 | 210 | 1 |
HADLEY | 5.7 | 107 | 3 |
HALIFAX | 1.3 | 221 | 1 |
HAMILTON | 9.0 | 66 | 7 |
HAMPDEN | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
HANCOCK | 13.9 | 38 | 1 |
HANOVER | 7.9 | 77 | 11 |
HANSON | 2.9 | 158 | 3 |
HARDWICK | 3.3 | 147 | 1 |
HARVARD | 10.7 | 51 | 7 |
HARWICH | 2.5 | 175 | 3 |
HATFIELD | 3.0 | 155 | 1 |
HAVERHILL | 1.0 | 239 | 6 |
HAWLEY | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
HEATH | 14.2 | 37 | 1 |
HINGHAM | 14.4 | 36 | 32 |
HINSDALE | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
HOLBROOK | 2.8 | 164 | 3 |
HOLDEN | 2.3 | 180 | 4 |
HOLLAND | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
HOLLISTON | 4.4 | 123 | 6 |
HOLYOKE | 1.5 | 213 | 6 |
HOPEDALE | 6.8 | 85 | 4 |
HOPKINTON | 8.0 | 75 | 12 |
HUBBARDSTON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
HUDSON | 1.6 | 208 | 3 |
HULL | 12.6 | 43 | 13 |
HUNTINGTON | 4.6 | 119 | 1 |
IPSWICH | 16.7 | 26 | 22 |
KINGSTON | 0.8 | 248 | 1 |
LAKEVILLE | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
LANCASTER | 1.2 | 227 | 1 |
LANESBOROUGH | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
LAWRENCE | 0.1 | 270 | 1 |
LEE | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
LEICESTER | 0.9 | 241 | 1 |
LENOX | 8.0 | 76 | 4 |
LEOMINSTER | 1.5 | 214 | 6 |
LEVERETT | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
LEXINGTON | 21.0 | 12 | 66 |
LEYDEN | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
LINCOLN | 40.9 | 1 | 26 |
LITTLETON | 5.6 | 110 | 5 |
LONGMEADOW | 1.9 | 197 | 3 |
LOWELL | 0.8 | 251 | 8 |
LUDLOW | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
LUNENBURG | 3.0 | 156 | 3 |
LYNN | 0.3 | 268 | 3 |
LYNNFIELD | 6.0 | 102 | 7 |
MALDEN | 2.7 | 169 | 16 |
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 25.3 | 5 | 13 |
MANSFIELD | 4.7 | 117 | 11 |
MARBLEHEAD | 24.7 | 6 | 49 |
MARION | 6.1 | 100 | 3 |
MARLBOROUGH | 1.3 | 222 | 5 |
MARSHFIELD | 4.4 | 124 | 11 |
MASHPEE | 2.9 | 161 | 4 |
MATTAPOISETT | 6.6 | 90 | 4 |
MAYNARD | 4.0 | 131 | 4 |
MEDFIELD | 6.7 | 87 | 8 |
MEDFORD | 5.9 | 105 | 33 |
MEDWAY | 1.6 | 209 | 2 |
MELROSE | 17.4 | 23 | 47 |
MENDON | 1.7 | 206 | 1 |
MERRIMAC | 3.2 | 152 | 2 |
METHUEN | 0.8 | 246 | 4 |
MIDDLEBOROUGH | 1.3 | 223 | 3 |
MIDDLEFIELD | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
MIDDLETON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
MILFORD | 1.8 | 202 | 5 |
MILLBURY | 1.5 | 211 | 2 |
MILLIS | 1.3 | 225 | 1 |
MILLVILLE | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
MILTON | 15.9 | 29 | 43 |
MONROE | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
MONSON | 2.3 | 179 | 2 |
MONTAGUE | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
MONTEREY | 10.4 | 57 | 1 |
MONTGOMERY | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
MOUNT WASHINGTON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
NAHANT | 8.8 | 70 | 3 |
NANTUCKET | 11.8 | 46 | 12 |
NATICK | 10.9 | 49 | 36 |
NEEDHAM | 10.7 | 52 | 31 |
NEW ASHFORD | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
NEW BEDFORD | 0.7 | 254 | 7 |
NEW BRAINTREE | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
NEWBURY | 18.0 | 21 | 12 |
NEWBURYPORT | 12.1 | 45 | 21 |
NEW MARLBOROUGH | 6.6 | 89 | 1 |
NEW SALEM | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
NEWTON | 18.9 | 17 | 161 |
NORFOLK | 3.6 | 142 | 4 |
NORTH ADAMS | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
NORTHAMPTON | 6.3 | 95 | 18 |
NORTH ANDOVER | 3.2 | 151 | 9 |
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 1.4 | 218 | 4 |
NORTHBOROUGH | 3.5 | 144 | 5 |
NORTHBRIDGE | 1.3 | 224 | 2 |
NORTH BROOKFIELD | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
NORTHFIELD | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
NORTH READING | 0.7 | 261 | 1 |
NORTON | 3.7 | 140 | 7 |
NORWELL | 5.7 | 108 | 6 |
NORWOOD | 4.5 | 121 | 13 |
OAK BLUFFS | 8.8 | 67 | 4 |
OAKHAM | 5.3 | 113 | 1 |
ORANGE | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
ORLEANS | 18.7 | 18 | 11 |
OTIS | 6.2 | 98 | 1 |
OXFORD | 1.5 | 215 | 2 |
PALMER | 0.8 | 247 | 1 |
PAXTON | 2.1 | 191 | 1 |
PEABODY | 0.8 | 249 | 4 |
PELHAM | 15.1 | 32 | 2 |
PEMBROKE | 2.8 | 163 | 5 |
PEPPERELL | 1.7 | 204 | 2 |
PERU | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
PETERSHAM | 24.3 | 7 | 3 |
PHILLIPSTON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
PITTSFIELD | 2.2 | 187 | 10 |
PLAINFIELD | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
PLAINVILLE | 2.4 | 176 | 2 |
PLYMOUTH | 2.7 | 171 | 15 |
PLYMPTON | 3.5 | 143 | 1 |
PRINCETON | 5.9 | 106 | 2 |
PROVINCETOWN | 10.2 | 60 | 3 |
QUINCY | 4.7 | 118 | 43 |
RANDOLPH | 1.2 | 226 | 4 |
RAYNHAM | 0.7 | 252 | 1 |
READING | 8.5 | 72 | 21 |
REHOBOTH | 0.9 | 243 | 1 |
REVERE | 0.2 | 269 | 1 |
RICHMOND | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
ROCHESTER | 3.8 | 136 | 2 |
ROCKLAND | 4.6 | 120 | 8 |
ROCKPORT | 8.6 | 71 | 6 |
ROWE | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
ROWLEY | 5.1 | 114 | 3 |
ROYALSTON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
RUSSELL | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
RUTLAND | 2.5 | 174 | 2 |
SALEM | 10.6 | 53 | 44 |
SALISBURY | 1.2 | 228 | 1 |
SANDISFIELD | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
SANDWICH | 4.4 | 125 | 9 |
SAUGUS | 2.3 | 183 | 6 |
SAVOY | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
SCITUATE | 8.8 | 69 | 16 |
SEEKONK | 0.7 | 256 | 1 |
SHARON | 10.8 | 50 | 19 |
SHEFFIELD | 9.2 | 64 | 3 |
SHELBURNE | 15.8 | 30 | 3 |
SHERBORN | 19.4 | 16 | 8 |
SHIRLEY | 1.4 | 219 | 1 |
SHREWSBURY | 2.2 | 184 | 8 |
SHUTESBURY | 5.6 | 109 | 1 |
SOMERSET | 1.1 | 233 | 2 |
SOMERVILLE | 14.9 | 33 | 113 |
SOUTHAMPTON | 1.7 | 205 | 1 |
SOUTHBOROUGH | 3.1 | 154 | 3 |
SOUTHBRIDGE | 0.6 | 264 | 1 |
SOUTH HADLEY | 1.1 | 232 | 2 |
SOUTHWICK | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
SPENCER | 0.9 | 244 | 1 |
SPRINGFIELD | 0.8 | 245 | 13 |
STERLING | 3.8 | 135 | 3 |
STOCKBRIDGE | 10.3 | 58 | 2 |
STONEHAM | 6.1 | 101 | 13 |
STOUGHTON | 1.9 | 199 | 5 |
STOW | 10.6 | 54 | 7 |
STURBRIDGE | 1.1 | 234 | 1 |
SUDBURY | 9.6 | 62 | 17 |
SUNDERLAND | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
SUTTON | 2.2 | 188 | 2 |
SWAMPSCOTT | 13.1 | 42 | 18 |
SWANSEA | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
TAUNTON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
TEMPLETON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
TEWKSBURY | 1.0 | 236 | 3 |
TISBURY | 17.7 | 22 | 7 |
TOLLAND | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
TOPSFIELD | 14.8 | 34 | 9 |
TOWNSEND | 2.2 | 185 | 2 |
TRURO | 20.0 | 15 | 4 |
TYNGSBOROUGH | 1.8 | 203 | 2 |
TYRINGHAM | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
UPTON | 4.0 | 130 | 3 |
UXBRIDGE | 3.0 | 157 | 4 |
WAKEFIELD | 8.8 | 68 | 22 |
WALES | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
WALPOLE | 5.0 | 116 | 12 |
WALTHAM | 5.1 | 115 | 31 |
WARE | 1.0 | 237 | 1 |
WAREHAM | 2.7 | 165 | 6 |
WARREN | 1.9 | 195 | 1 |
WARWICK | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
WASHINGTON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
WATERTOWN | 13.5 | 40 | 43 |
WAYLAND | 16.2 | 27 | 21 |
WEBSTER | 0.6 | 265 | 1 |
WELLESLEY | 13.9 | 39 | 39 |
WELLFLEET | 18.2 | 20 | 5 |
WENDELL | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
WENHAM | 4.1 | 128 | 2 |
WESTBOROUGH | 2.2 | 189 | 4 |
WEST BOYLSTON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
WEST BRIDGEWATER | 1.4 | 216 | 1 |
WEST BROOKFIELD | 2.7 | 167 | 1 |
WESTFIELD | 0.5 | 266 | 2 |
WESTFORD | 2.7 | 166 | 6 |
WESTHAMPTON | 6.2 | 97 | 1 |
WESTMINSTER | 4.1 | 127 | 3 |
WEST NEWBURY | 7.1 | 82 | 3 |
WESTON | 16.9 | 25 | 19 |
WESTPORT | 3.9 | 134 | 6 |
WEST SPRINGFIELD | 1.1 | 235 | 3 |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 15.3 | 31 | 2 |
WEST TISBURY | 14.6 | 35 | 4 |
WESTWOOD | 9.6 | 63 | 14 |
WEYMOUTH | 3.9 | 133 | 21 |
WHATELY | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
WHITMAN | 1.4 | 220 | 2 |
WILBRAHAM | 2.8 | 162 | 4 |
WILLIAMSBURG | 12.1 | 44 | 3 |
WILLIAMSTOWN | 6.4 | 94 | 5 |
WILMINGTON | 2.7 | 170 | 6 |
WINCHENDON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
WINCHESTER | 20.1 | 14 | 43 |
WINDSOR | 22.2 | 11 | 2 |
WINTHROP | 7.4 | 79 | 13 |
WOBURN | 2.6 | 172 | 10 |
WORCESTER | 0.9 | 242 | 16 |
WORTHINGTON | 0.0 | 271 | 0 |
WRENTHAM | 0.9 | 240 | 1 |
YARMOUTH | 3.8 | 137 | 9 |