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 |