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 |