snapshot: Barbers per 10,000 residents
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Aug. 22, 2013
Barber shops are popular not just for haircuts but for neighbors and friends to meet and talk. The communities with the most barbers per 10,000 residents are Shirley, Aquinnah, Avon, and Norfolk. The 2013 information is from the state Division of Professional Licensure.
Community | Barbers per 10,000 | Rank | Total barbers |
ABINGTON | 8.1 | 123 | 13 |
ACTON | 1.8 | 282 | 4 |
ACUSHNET | 7.8 | 136 | 8 |
ADAMS | 11.8 | 69 | 10 |
AGAWAM | 8.1 | 125 | 23 |
ALFORD | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
AMESBURY | 7.4 | 144 | 12 |
AMHERST | 2.1 | 280 | 8 |
ANDOVER | 3.3 | 251 | 11 |
AQUINNAH | 32.2 | 2 | 1 |
ARLINGTON | 5.6 | 191 | 24 |
ASHBURNHAM | 6.6 | 164 | 4 |
ASHBY | 9.8 | 98 | 3 |
ASHFIELD | 11.5 | 74 | 2 |
ASHLAND | 5.4 | 196 | 9 |
ATHOL | 3.5 | 245 | 4 |
ATTLEBORO | 5.0 | 206 | 22 |
AUBURN | 13.0 | 49 | 21 |
AVON | 29.8 | 3 | 13 |
AYER | 13.5 | 43 | 10 |
BARNSTABLE | 6.0 | 177 | 27 |
BARRE | 7.4 | 143 | 4 |
BECKET | 5.6 | 189 | 1 |
BEDFORD | 4.5 | 218 | 6 |
BELCHERTOWN | 3.4 | 247 | 5 |
BELLINGHAM | 8.0 | 127 | 13 |
BELMONT | 5.3 | 200 | 13 |
BERKLEY | 7.8 | 135 | 5 |
BERLIN | 10.5 | 83 | 3 |
BERNARDSTON | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
BEVERLY | 7.1 | 154 | 28 |
BILLERICA | 8.2 | 120 | 33 |
BLACKSTONE | 5.5 | 193 | 5 |
BLANDFORD | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
BOLTON | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
BOSTON | 12.7 | 56 | 782 |
BOURNE | 9.1 | 110 | 18 |
BOXBOROUGH | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
BOXFORD | 6.3 | 169 | 5 |
BOYLSTON | 4.6 | 215 | 2 |
BRAINTREE | 12.6 | 58 | 45 |
BREWSTER | 4.1 | 231 | 4 |
BRIDGEWATER | 10.2 | 89 | 27 |
BRIMFIELD | 2.8 | 266 | 1 |
BROCKTON | 13.5 | 42 | 127 |
BROOKFIELD | 5.9 | 181 | 2 |
BROOKLINE | 2.7 | 268 | 16 |
BUCKLAND | 5.3 | 199 | 1 |
BURLINGTON | 7.3 | 145 | 18 |
CAMBRIDGE | 6.3 | 170 | 66 |
CANTON | 8.8 | 112 | 19 |
CARLISLE | 4.1 | 228 | 2 |
CARVER | 10.4 | 84 | 12 |
CHARLEMONT | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
CHARLTON | 3.1 | 262 | 4 |
CHATHAM | 1.6 | 286 | 1 |
CHELMSFORD | 5.6 | 190 | 19 |
CHELSEA | 21.3 | 8 | 75 |
CHESHIRE | 12.4 | 59 | 4 |
CHESTER | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
CHESTERFIELD | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
CHICOPEE | 7.4 | 142 | 41 |
CHILMARK | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
CLARKSBURG | 11.8 | 70 | 2 |
CLINTON | 18.4 | 12 | 25 |
COHASSET | 5.3 | 198 | 4 |
COLRAIN | 6.0 | 176 | 1 |
CONCORD | 5.1 | 202 | 9 |
CONWAY | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
CUMMINGTON | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
DALTON | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
DANVERS | 14.0 | 39 | 37 |
DARTMOUTH | 3.2 | 257 | 11 |
DEDHAM | 6.9 | 157 | 17 |
DEERFIELD | 5.9 | 184 | 3 |
DENNIS | 9.9 | 96 | 14 |
DIGHTON | 14.1 | 37 | 10 |
DOUGLAS | 14.2 | 36 | 12 |
DOVER | 1.8 | 283 | 1 |
DRACUT | 6.1 | 175 | 18 |
DUDLEY | 2.6 | 272 | 3 |
DUNSTABLE | 3.1 | 261 | 1 |
DUXBURY | 2.7 | 270 | 4 |
EAST BRIDGEWATER | 5.1 | 203 | 7 |
EAST BROOKFIELD | 9.2 | 106 | 2 |
EASTHAM | 8.1 | 126 | 4 |
EASTHAMPTON | 5.0 | 209 | 8 |
EAST LONGMEADOW | 15.9 | 22 | 25 |
EASTON | 9.5 | 101 | 22 |
EDGARTOWN | 4.9 | 210 | 2 |
EGREMONT | 8.2 | 122 | 1 |
ERVING | 11.1 | 76 | 2 |
ESSEX | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
EVERETT | 18.0 | 13 | 75 |
FAIRHAVEN | 8.2 | 121 | 13 |
FALL RIVER | 11.3 | 75 | 100 |
FALMOUTH | 12.7 | 55 | 40 |
FITCHBURG | 16.4 | 19 | 66 |
FLORIDA | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
FOXBOROUGH | 4.2 | 227 | 7 |
FRAMINGHAM | 7.9 | 131 | 54 |
FRANKLIN | 5.1 | 205 | 16 |
FREETOWN | 14.7 | 30 | 13 |
GARDNER | 14.3 | 32 | 29 |
GEORGETOWN | 13.4 | 44 | 11 |
GILL | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
GLOUCESTER | 4.9 | 211 | 14 |
GOSHEN | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
GOSNOLD | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
GRAFTON | 7.3 | 147 | 13 |
GRANBY | 1.6 | 287 | 1 |
GRANVILLE | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
GREAT BARRINGTON | 4.2 | 225 | 3 |
GREENFIELD | 6.9 | 158 | 12 |
GROTON | 5.6 | 188 | 6 |
GROVELAND | 4.6 | 214 | 3 |
HADLEY | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
HALIFAX | 9.3 | 102 | 7 |
HAMILTON | 5.2 | 201 | 4 |
HAMPDEN | 3.9 | 241 | 2 |
HANCOCK | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
HANOVER | 6.5 | 165 | 9 |
HANSON | 5.9 | 182 | 6 |
HARDWICK | 3.3 | 249 | 1 |
HARVARD | 1.5 | 288 | 1 |
HARWICH | 4.1 | 229 | 5 |
HATFIELD | 3.0 | 263 | 1 |
HAVERHILL | 10.0 | 92 | 61 |
HAWLEY | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
HEATH | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
HINGHAM | 5.9 | 183 | 13 |
HINSDALE | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
HOLBROOK | 14.8 | 28 | 16 |
HOLDEN | 9.8 | 97 | 17 |
HOLLAND | 4.0 | 232 | 1 |
HOLLISTON | 4.4 | 222 | 6 |
HOLYOKE | 9.3 | 103 | 37 |
HOPEDALE | 8.5 | 116 | 5 |
HOPKINTON | 4.0 | 233 | 6 |
HUBBARDSTON | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
HUDSON | 10.0 | 93 | 19 |
HULL | 20.4 | 10 | 21 |
HUNTINGTON | 4.6 | 216 | 1 |
IPSWICH | 6.8 | 160 | 9 |
KINGSTON | 4.0 | 235 | 5 |
LAKEVILLE | 7.5 | 141 | 8 |
LANCASTER | 2.5 | 277 | 2 |
LANESBOROUGH | 6.5 | 166 | 2 |
LAWRENCE | 18.6 | 11 | 142 |
LEE | 15.1 | 26 | 9 |
LEICESTER | 9.1 | 109 | 10 |
LENOX | 2.0 | 281 | 1 |
LEOMINSTER | 20.6 | 9 | 84 |
LEVERETT | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
LEXINGTON | 2.2 | 279 | 7 |
LEYDEN | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
LINCOLN | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
LITTLETON | 4.5 | 220 | 4 |
LONGMEADOW | 5.1 | 204 | 8 |
LOWELL | 7.2 | 151 | 77 |
LUDLOW | 14.7 | 29 | 31 |
LUNENBURG | 10.9 | 79 | 11 |
LYNN | 12.8 | 53 | 116 |
LYNNFIELD | 12.9 | 51 | 15 |
MALDEN | 13.0 | 50 | 77 |
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 3.9 | 240 | 2 |
MANSFIELD | 6.9 | 156 | 16 |
MARBLEHEAD | 1.5 | 289 | 3 |
MARION | 4.1 | 230 | 2 |
MARLBOROUGH | 9.6 | 99 | 37 |
MARSHFIELD | 4.0 | 234 | 10 |
MASHPEE | 6.4 | 167 | 9 |
MATTAPOISETT | 6.6 | 163 | 4 |
MAYNARD | 7.9 | 130 | 8 |
MEDFIELD | 5.0 | 208 | 6 |
MEDFORD | 13.7 | 40 | 77 |
MEDWAY | 3.9 | 238 | 5 |
MELROSE | 11.9 | 66 | 32 |
MENDON | 15.4 | 23 | 9 |
MERRIMAC | 3.2 | 260 | 2 |
METHUEN | 11.9 | 67 | 56 |
MIDDLEBOROUGH | 10.8 | 80 | 25 |
MIDDLEFIELD | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
MIDDLETON | 13.4 | 46 | 12 |
MILFORD | 7.9 | 134 | 22 |
MILLBURY | 17.3 | 17 | 23 |
MILLIS | 7.6 | 139 | 6 |
MILLVILLE | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
MILTON | 3.3 | 250 | 9 |
MONROE | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
MONSON | 12.9 | 52 | 11 |
MONTAGUE | 5.9 | 180 | 5 |
MONTEREY | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
MONTGOMERY | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
MOUNT WASHINGTON | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
NAHANT | 17.6 | 15 | 6 |
NANTUCKET | 3.9 | 237 | 4 |
NATICK | 3.9 | 236 | 13 |
NEEDHAM | 2.4 | 278 | 7 |
NEW ASHFORD | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
NEW BEDFORD | 9.9 | 95 | 94 |
NEW BRAINTREE | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
NEWBURY | 4.5 | 219 | 3 |
NEWBURYPORT | 5.7 | 186 | 10 |
NEW MARLBOROUGH | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
NEW SALEM | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
NEWTON | 3.3 | 254 | 28 |
NORFOLK | 27.6 | 4 | 31 |
NORTH ADAMS | 4.4 | 224 | 6 |
NORTHAMPTON | 6.7 | 161 | 19 |
NORTH ANDOVER | 12.0 | 63 | 34 |
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 6.3 | 171 | 18 |
NORTHBOROUGH | 9.2 | 105 | 13 |
NORTHBRIDGE | 15.9 | 21 | 25 |
NORTH BROOKFIELD | 21.4 | 7 | 10 |
NORTHFIELD | 3.3 | 253 | 1 |
NORTH READING | 12.8 | 54 | 19 |
NORTON | 7.9 | 132 | 15 |
NORWELL | 7.6 | 138 | 8 |
NORWOOD | 7.3 | 146 | 21 |
OAK BLUFFS | 6.6 | 162 | 3 |
OAKHAM | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
ORANGE | 2.6 | 275 | 2 |
ORLEANS | 3.4 | 248 | 2 |
OTIS | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
OXFORD | 16.0 | 20 | 22 |
PALMER | 9.1 | 111 | 11 |
PAXTON | 4.2 | 226 | 2 |
PEABODY | 18.0 | 14 | 92 |
PELHAM | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
PEMBROKE | 7.3 | 148 | 13 |
PEPPERELL | 7.0 | 155 | 8 |
PERU | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
PETERSHAM | 8.1 | 124 | 1 |
PHILLIPSTON | 5.9 | 179 | 1 |
PITTSFIELD | 10.5 | 82 | 47 |
PLAINFIELD | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
PLAINVILLE | 13.3 | 47 | 11 |
PLYMOUTH | 6.4 | 168 | 36 |
PLYMPTON | 14.2 | 35 | 4 |
PRINCETON | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
PROVINCETOWN | 13.6 | 41 | 4 |
QUINCY | 10.1 | 90 | 93 |
RANDOLPH | 11.5 | 73 | 37 |
RAYNHAM | 8.2 | 119 | 11 |
READING | 11.7 | 72 | 29 |
REHOBOTH | 2.6 | 273 | 3 |
REVERE | 15.3 | 24 | 79 |
RICHMOND | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
ROCHESTER | 9.6 | 100 | 5 |
ROCKLAND | 14.3 | 34 | 25 |
ROCKPORT | 5.8 | 185 | 4 |
ROWE | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
ROWLEY | 12.0 | 65 | 7 |
ROYALSTON | 7.9 | 128 | 1 |
RUSSELL | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
RUTLAND | 10.0 | 91 | 8 |
SALEM | 10.4 | 86 | 43 |
SALISBURY | 8.5 | 117 | 7 |
SANDISFIELD | 10.9 | 77 | 1 |
SANDWICH | 8.7 | 114 | 18 |
SAUGUS | 25.9 | 6 | 69 |
SAVOY | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
SCITUATE | 3.3 | 252 | 6 |
SEEKONK | 0.7 | 291 | 1 |
SHARON | 2.8 | 265 | 5 |
SHEFFIELD | 6.1 | 174 | 2 |
SHELBURNE | 26.4 | 5 | 5 |
SHERBORN | 7.3 | 149 | 3 |
SHIRLEY | 59.6 | 1 | 43 |
SHREWSBURY | 7.9 | 133 | 28 |
SHUTESBURY | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
SOMERSET | 14.3 | 33 | 26 |
SOMERVILLE | 8.3 | 118 | 63 |
SOUTHAMPTON | 1.7 | 284 | 1 |
SOUTHBOROUGH | 7.2 | 152 | 7 |
SOUTHBRIDGE | 13.2 | 48 | 22 |
SOUTH HADLEY | 5.7 | 187 | 10 |
SOUTHWICK | 3.2 | 259 | 3 |
SPENCER | 12.0 | 64 | 14 |
SPRINGFIELD | 12.3 | 60 | 189 |
STERLING | 16.6 | 18 | 13 |
STOCKBRIDGE | 10.3 | 87 | 2 |
STONEHAM | 12.6 | 57 | 27 |
STOUGHTON | 9.3 | 104 | 25 |
STOW | 4.6 | 217 | 3 |
STURBRIDGE | 3.2 | 256 | 3 |
SUDBURY | 1.7 | 285 | 3 |
SUNDERLAND | 5.4 | 195 | 2 |
SUTTON | 5.6 | 192 | 5 |
SWAMPSCOTT | 8.7 | 115 | 12 |
SWANSEA | 7.6 | 140 | 12 |
TAUNTON | 13.4 | 45 | 75 |
TEMPLETON | 8.7 | 113 | 7 |
TEWKSBURY | 7.9 | 129 | 23 |
TISBURY | 15.2 | 25 | 6 |
TOLLAND | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
TOPSFIELD | 3.3 | 255 | 2 |
TOWNSEND | 4.5 | 221 | 4 |
TRURO | 5.0 | 207 | 1 |
TYNGSBOROUGH | 3.5 | 244 | 4 |
TYRINGHAM | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
UPTON | 2.7 | 271 | 2 |
UXBRIDGE | 10.4 | 85 | 14 |
WAKEFIELD | 14.0 | 38 | 35 |
WALES | 5.4 | 194 | 1 |
WALPOLE | 9.1 | 108 | 22 |
WALTHAM | 9.9 | 94 | 60 |
WARE | 3.0 | 264 | 3 |
WAREHAM | 10.5 | 81 | 23 |
WARREN | 3.9 | 239 | 2 |
WARWICK | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
WASHINGTON | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
WATERTOWN | 6.0 | 178 | 19 |
WAYLAND | 0.8 | 290 | 1 |
WEBSTER | 7.2 | 153 | 12 |
WELLESLEY | 2.5 | 276 | 7 |
WELLFLEET | 7.3 | 150 | 2 |
WENDELL | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
WENHAM | 6.2 | 173 | 3 |
WESTBOROUGH | 3.8 | 243 | 7 |
WEST BOYLSTON | 11.7 | 71 | 9 |
WEST BRIDGEWATER | 17.4 | 16 | 12 |
WEST BROOKFIELD | 5.4 | 197 | 2 |
WESTFIELD | 4.4 | 223 | 18 |
WESTFORD | 3.2 | 258 | 7 |
WESTHAMPTON | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
WESTMINSTER | 6.9 | 159 | 5 |
WEST NEWBURY | 4.7 | 212 | 2 |
WESTON | 2.7 | 269 | 3 |
WESTPORT | 12.2 | 61 | 19 |
WEST SPRINGFIELD | 9.2 | 107 | 26 |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
WEST TISBURY | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
WESTWOOD | 3.4 | 246 | 5 |
WEYMOUTH | 10.2 | 88 | 55 |
WHATELY | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
WHITMAN | 6.2 | 172 | 9 |
WILBRAHAM | 7.7 | 137 | 11 |
WILLIAMSBURG | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
WILLIAMSTOWN | 2.6 | 274 | 2 |
WILMINGTON | 12.1 | 62 | 27 |
WINCHENDON | 3.9 | 242 | 4 |
WINCHESTER | 4.7 | 213 | 10 |
WINDSOR | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
WINTHROP | 14.9 | 27 | 26 |
WOBURN | 11.8 | 68 | 45 |
WORCESTER | 14.6 | 31 | 265 |
WORTHINGTON | 0.0 | 292 | 0 |
WRENTHAM | 2.7 | 267 | 3 |
YARMOUTH | 10.9 | 78 | 26 |