snapshot: where the boaters live
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | May 9, 2013
No surprise, but a heavy concentration of boaters is found along the coast and Cape Cod. But what may be a surprise is that there are far more boaters in western Mass. than there are in Greater Boston. The data looks at the number of registered boats per 10,000 residents and is from 2012. The source is the Massachusetts Environmental Police.
| Community | Boats per 10,000 residents | Rank | Boats |
| ABINGTON | 137.6 | 252 | 220 |
| ACTON | 69.8 | 321 | 153 |
| ACUSHNET | 287.3 | 144 | 296 |
| ADAMS | 212.1 | 197 | 180 |
| AGAWAM | 246.1 | 172 | 700 |
| ALFORD | 182.2 | 218 | 9 |
| AMESBURY | 301.5 | 131 | 491 |
| AMHERST | 35.7 | 343 | 135 |
| ANDOVER | 75.9 | 314 | 252 |
| AQUINNAH | 1,639.9 | 12 | 51 |
| ARLINGTON | 30.6 | 345 | 131 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 634.8 | 52 | 386 |
| ASHBY | 188.7 | 216 | 58 |
| ASHFIELD | 213.0 | 194 | 37 |
| ASHLAND | 116.3 | 275 | 193 |
| ATHOL | 226.2 | 189 | 262 |
| ATTLEBORO | 106.2 | 290 | 463 |
| AUBURN | 198.3 | 205 | 321 |
| AVON | 140.0 | 249 | 61 |
| AYER | 103.7 | 297 | 77 |
| BARNSTABLE | 1,003.7 | 31 | 4,536 |
| BARRE | 264.9 | 155 | 143 |
| BECKET | 702.6 | 47 | 125 |
| BEDFORD | 105.1 | 292 | 140 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 337.2 | 120 | 494 |
| BELLINGHAM | 179.4 | 220 | 293 |
| BELMONT | 33.6 | 344 | 83 |
| BERKLEY | 444.5 | 89 | 285 |
| BERLIN | 244.2 | 173 | 70 |
| BERNARDSTON | 239.5 | 179 | 51 |
| BEVERLY | 257.5 | 161 | 1,017 |
| BILLERICA | 134.2 | 258 | 540 |
| BLACKSTONE | 189.5 | 214 | 171 |
| BLANDFORD | 608.3 | 56 | 75 |
| BOLTON | 134.8 | 257 | 66 |
| BOSTON | 37.6 | 342 | 2,322 |
| BOURNE | 1,322.3 | 19 | 2,612 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 136.1 | 255 | 68 |
| BOXFORD | 144.4 | 245 | 115 |
| BOYLSTON | 195.2 | 209 | 85 |
| BRAINTREE | 139.0 | 250 | 497 |
| BREWSTER | 591.6 | 59 | 581 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 155.8 | 243 | 414 |
| BRIMFIELD | 526.5 | 68 | 190 |
| BROCKTON | 57.8 | 330 | 542 |
| BROOKFIELD | 469.0 | 81 | 159 |
| BROOKLINE | 10.0 | 350 | 59 |
| BUCKLAND | 120.9 | 268 | 23 |
| BURLINGTON | 74.3 | 317 | 182 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 24.9 | 347 | 262 |
| CANTON | 87.7 | 304 | 189 |
| CARLISLE | 129.8 | 260 | 63 |
| CARVER | 321.5 | 126 | 370 |
| CHARLEMONT | 221.2 | 192 | 28 |
| CHARLTON | 460.7 | 84 | 598 |
| CHATHAM | 4,158.4 | 3 | 2,547 |
| CHELMSFORD | 100.6 | 300 | 340 |
| CHELSEA | 38.4 | 341 | 135 |
| CHESHIRE | 485.3 | 75 | 157 |
| CHESTER | 448.8 | 87 | 60 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 360.1 | 109 | 44 |
| CHICOPEE | 205.4 | 203 | 1,136 |
| CHILMARK | 2,702.1 | 4 | 234 |
| CLARKSBURG | 276.1 | 150 | 47 |
| CLINTON | 119.1 | 272 | 162 |
| COHASSET | 869.8 | 36 | 656 |
| COLRAIN | 287.3 | 145 | 48 |
| CONCORD | 74.7 | 316 | 132 |
| CONWAY | 258.3 | 158 | 49 |
| CUMMINGTON | 229.4 | 186 | 20 |
| DALTON | 196.9 | 207 | 133 |
| DANVERS | 323.1 | 125 | 856 |
| DARTMOUTH | 481.3 | 76 | 1,638 |
| DEDHAM | 89.4 | 303 | 221 |
| DEERFIELD | 269.3 | 153 | 138 |
| DENNIS | 1,217.0 | 24 | 1,729 |
| DIGHTON | 388.1 | 102 | 275 |
| DOUGLAS | 527.7 | 67 | 447 |
| DOVER | 103.8 | 296 | 58 |
| DRACUT | 119.5 | 271 | 352 |
| DUDLEY | 296.8 | 139 | 338 |
| DUNSTABLE | 204.5 | 204 | 65 |
| DUXBURY | 841.4 | 37 | 1,267 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 178.4 | 223 | 246 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 797.1 | 40 | 174 |
| EASTHAM | 1,626.3 | 14 | 806 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 235.5 | 182 | 378 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 176.2 | 225 | 277 |
| EASTON | 122.4 | 266 | 283 |
| EDGARTOWN | 2,082.6 | 9 | 847 |
| EGREMONT | 179.6 | 219 | 22 |
| ERVING | 305.6 | 129 | 55 |
| ESSEX | 2,180.4 | 7 | 764 |
| EVERETT | 38.6 | 339 | 161 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 694.9 | 49 | 1,103 |
| FALL RIVER | 106.2 | 288 | 944 |
| FALMOUTH | 1,379.9 | 16 | 4,351 |
| FITCHBURG | 85.8 | 306 | 346 |
| FLORIDA | 332.4 | 123 | 25 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 136.4 | 254 | 230 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 74.8 | 315 | 511 |
| FRANKLIN | 106.2 | 289 | 336 |
| FREETOWN | 497.2 | 72 | 441 |
| GARDNER | 143.9 | 246 | 291 |
| GEORGETOWN | 222.4 | 191 | 182 |
| GILL | 726.7 | 44 | 109 |
| GLOUCESTER | 969.5 | 33 | 2,791 |
| GOSHEN | 208.7 | 200 | 22 |
| GOSNOLD | 14,266.7 | 1 | 107 |
| GRAFTON | 160.4 | 239 | 285 |
| GRANBY | 477.6 | 79 | 298 |
| GRANVILLE | 338.4 | 118 | 53 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 177.4 | 224 | 126 |
| GREENFIELD | 136.9 | 253 | 239 |
| GROTON | 254.6 | 163 | 271 |
| GROVELAND | 246.2 | 171 | 159 |
| HADLEY | 489.5 | 73 | 257 |
| HALIFAX | 340.5 | 117 | 256 |
| HAMILTON | 291.1 | 141 | 226 |
| HAMPDEN | 406.7 | 100 | 209 |
| HANCOCK | 251.0 | 167 | 18 |
| HANOVER | 196.7 | 208 | 273 |
| HANSON | 274.3 | 151 | 280 |
| HARDWICK | 301.0 | 132 | 90 |
| HARVARD | 256.1 | 162 | 167 |
| HARWICH | 916.4 | 35 | 1,122 |
| HATFIELD | 420.9 | 96 | 138 |
| HAVERHILL | 81.8 | 308 | 498 |
| HAWLEY | 118.7 | 273 | 4 |
| HEATH | 297.5 | 137 | 21 |
| HINGHAM | 566.9 | 60 | 1,256 |
| HINSDALE | 1,038.4 | 30 | 211 |
| HOLBROOK | 122.3 | 267 | 132 |
| HOLDEN | 175.8 | 227 | 305 |
| HOLLAND | 1,370.4 | 18 | 340 |
| HOLLISTON | 143.2 | 248 | 194 |
| HOLYOKE | 110.3 | 282 | 440 |
| HOPEDALE | 126.9 | 261 | 75 |
| HOPKINTON | 247.2 | 170 | 369 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 337.7 | 119 | 148 |
| HUDSON | 184.1 | 217 | 351 |
| HULL | 773.3 | 42 | 796 |
| HUNTINGTON | 500.0 | 71 | 109 |
| IPSWICH | 1,143.1 | 25 | 1,506 |
| KINGSTON | 413.3 | 98 | 522 |
| LAKEVILLE | 699.9 | 48 | 742 |
| LANCASTER | 192.4 | 212 | 155 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 634.1 | 53 | 196 |
| LAWRENCE | 15.6 | 349 | 119 |
| LEE | 353.4 | 115 | 210 |
| LEICESTER | 298.1 | 136 | 327 |
| LENOX | 163.2 | 235 | 82 |
| LEOMINSTER | 112.9 | 277 | 460 |
| LEVERETT | 297.1 | 138 | 55 |
| LEXINGTON | 42.0 | 338 | 132 |
| LEYDEN | 168.8 | 232 | 12 |
| LINCOLN | 58.2 | 329 | 37 |
| LITTLETON | 240.9 | 176 | 215 |
| LONGMEADOW | 135.6 | 256 | 214 |
| LOWELL | 38.4 | 340 | 409 |
| LUDLOW | 240.3 | 177 | 507 |
| LUNENBURG | 523.5 | 69 | 528 |
| LYNN | 68.7 | 323 | 621 |
| LYNNFIELD | 111.2 | 281 | 129 |
| MALDEN | 29.4 | 346 | 175 |
| MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 1,248.1 | 23 | 641 |
| MANSFIELD | 123.4 | 263 | 286 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 995.1 | 32 | 1,971 |
| MARION | 2,272.3 | 6 | 1,115 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 120.5 | 269 | 464 |
| MARSHFIELD | 551.1 | 62 | 1,385 |
| MASHPEE | 1,268.0 | 22 | 1,776 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 1,632.8 | 13 | 987 |
| MAYNARD | 130.6 | 259 | 132 |
| MEDFIELD | 111.4 | 280 | 134 |
| MEDFORD | 72.6 | 319 | 408 |
| MEDWAY | 151.3 | 244 | 193 |
| MELROSE | 48.5 | 335 | 131 |
| MENDON | 239.8 | 178 | 140 |
| MERRIMAC | 249.3 | 169 | 158 |
| METHUEN | 68.8 | 322 | 325 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 252.2 | 166 | 583 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 479.8 | 78 | 25 |
| MIDDLETON | 117.9 | 274 | 106 |
| MILFORD | 104.3 | 294 | 292 |
| MILLBURY | 290.3 | 143 | 385 |
| MILLIS | 164.7 | 234 | 130 |
| MILLVILLE | 253.9 | 165 | 81 |
| MILTON | 66.3 | 326 | 179 |
| MONROE | 413.2 | 99 | 5 |
| MONSON | 380.8 | 104 | 326 |
| MONTAGUE | 239.4 | 180 | 202 |
| MONTEREY | 1,279.9 | 21 | 123 |
| MONTGOMERY | 704.1 | 46 | 59 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 299.4 | 135 | 5 |
| NAHANT | 539.6 | 64 | 184 |
| NANTUCKET | 1,891.5 | 10 | 1,924 |
| NATICK | 123.3 | 264 | 407 |
| NEEDHAM | 54.7 | 331 | 158 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 175.4 | 228 | 4 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 105.5 | 291 | 1,003 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 360.4 | 108 | 36 |
| NEWBURY | 1,059.1 | 28 | 706 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 592.6 | 58 | 1,032 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 430.7 | 90 | 65 |
| NEW SALEM | 353.5 | 114 | 35 |
| NEWTON | 42.5 | 337 | 362 |
| NORFOLK | 161.2 | 236 | 181 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 108.0 | 287 | 148 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 161.1 | 237 | 460 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 70.2 | 320 | 199 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 120.2 | 270 | 345 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 156.1 | 242 | 221 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | na | na | 230 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 391.0 | 101 | 183 |
| NORTHFIELD | 254.0 | 164 | 77 |
| NORTH READING | 122.9 | 265 | 183 |
| NORTON | 174.5 | 229 | 332 |
| NORWELL | 334.1 | 122 | 351 |
| NORWOOD | 68.5 | 324 | 196 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 812.9 | 39 | 368 |
| OAKHAM | 536.3 | 66 | 102 |
| ORANGE | 290.9 | 142 | 228 |
| ORLEANS | 2,370.1 | 5 | 1,396 |
| OTIS | 4,261.8 | 2 | 687 |
| OXFORD | 218.8 | 193 | 300 |
| PALMER | 315.5 | 127 | 383 |
| PAXTON | 193.5 | 211 | 93 |
| PEABODY | 87.6 | 305 | 449 |
| PELHAM | 249.8 | 168 | 33 |
| PEMBROKE | 287.0 | 146 | 512 |
| PEPPERELL | 143.5 | 247 | 165 |
| PERU | 425.0 | 92 | 36 |
| PETERSHAM | 356.6 | 112 | 44 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 707.5 | 45 | 119 |
| PITTSFIELD | 227.8 | 187 | 1,019 |
| PLAINFIELD | 169.8 | 231 | 11 |
| PLAINVILLE | 160.9 | 238 | 133 |
| PLYMOUTH | 453.7 | 86 | 2,562 |
| PLYMPTON | 379.4 | 105 | 107 |
| PRINCETON | 278.3 | 149 | 95 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 1,373.2 | 17 | 404 |
| QUINCY | 212.1 | 198 | 1,957 |
| RANDOLPH | 52.6 | 332 | 169 |
| RAYNHAM | 235.4 | 183 | 315 |
| READING | 73.2 | 318 | 181 |
| REHOBOTH | 212.8 | 195 | 247 |
| REVERE | 68.4 | 325 | 354 |
| RICHMOND | 420.3 | 97 | 62 |
| ROCHESTER | 359.3 | 110 | 188 |
| ROCKLAND | 138.9 | 251 | 243 |
| ROCKPORT | 620.0 | 54 | 431 |
| ROWE | 356.2 | 113 | 14 |
| ROWLEY | 618.2 | 55 | 362 |
| ROYALSTON | 286.2 | 147 | 36 |
| RUSSELL | 445.1 | 88 | 79 |
| RUTLAND | 299.8 | 134 | 239 |
| SALEM | 302.9 | 130 | 1,252 |
| SALISBURY | 464.8 | 82 | 385 |
| SANDISFIELD | 306.0 | 128 | 28 |
| SANDWICH | 464.3 | 83 | 960 |
| SAUGUS | 113.0 | 276 | 301 |
| SAVOY | 549.1 | 63 | 38 |
| SCITUATE | 937.0 | 34 | 1,699 |
| SEEKONK | 124.6 | 262 | 171 |
| SHARON | 103.9 | 295 | 183 |
| SHEFFIELD | 270.2 | 152 | 88 |
| SHELBURNE | 243.0 | 175 | 46 |
| SHERBORN | 102.0 | 298 | 42 |
| SHIRLEY | 156.7 | 241 | 113 |
| SHREWSBURY | 206.7 | 202 | 736 |
| SHUTESBURY | 536.4 | 65 | 95 |
| SOMERSET | 258.2 | 159 | 469 |
| SOMERVILLE | 24.2 | 348 | 183 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 486.9 | 74 | 282 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 111.6 | 279 | 109 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 108.9 | 283 | 182 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 358.6 | 111 | 628 |
| SOUTHWICK | 741.9 | 43 | 705 |
| SPENCER | 480.0 | 77 | 561 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 76.6 | 313 | 1,172 |
| STERLING | 324.0 | 124 | 253 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 472.5 | 80 | 92 |
| STONEHAM | 59.2 | 328 | 127 |
| STOUGHTON | 95.7 | 301 | 258 |
| STOW | 300.5 | 133 | 198 |
| STURBRIDGE | 603.2 | 57 | 559 |
| SUDBURY | 108.2 | 286 | 191 |
| SUNDERLAND | 211.7 | 199 | 78 |
| SUTTON | 422.8 | 93 | 379 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 189.3 | 215 | 261 |
| SWANSEA | 421.7 | 94 | 669 |
| TAUNTON | 178.8 | 221 | 999 |
| TEMPLETON | 233.4 | 185 | 187 |
| TEWKSBURY | 105.0 | 293 | 304 |
| TISBURY | 1,623.2 | 15 | 641 |
| TOLLAND | 1,773.2 | 11 | 86 |
| TOPSFIELD | 190.6 | 213 | 116 |
| TOWNSEND | 197.2 | 206 | 176 |
| TRURO | 1,078.4 | 26 | 216 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 194.8 | 210 | 220 |
| TYRINGHAM | 1,284.4 | 20 | 42 |
| UPTON | 244.0 | 174 | 184 |
| UXBRIDGE | 226.6 | 188 | 305 |
| WAKEFIELD | 92.7 | 302 | 231 |
| WALES | 674.6 | 51 | 124 |
| WALPOLE | 112.2 | 278 | 270 |
| WALTHAM | 44.4 | 336 | 269 |
| WARE | 421.4 | 95 | 416 |
| WAREHAM | 1,076.9 | 27 | 2,350 |
| WARREN | 261.0 | 157 | 134 |
| WARWICK | 371.8 | 106 | 29 |
| WASHINGTON | 334.6 | 121 | 18 |
| WATERTOWN | 63.0 | 327 | 201 |
| WAYLAND | 158.5 | 240 | 206 |
| WEBSTER | 823.0 | 38 | 1,380 |
| WELLESLEY | 49.3 | 334 | 138 |
| WELLFLEET | 2,130.9 | 8 | 586 |
| WENDELL | 294.8 | 140 | 25 |
| WENHAM | 172.3 | 230 | 84 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 100.7 | 299 | 184 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 178.6 | 222 | 137 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 212.6 | 196 | 147 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 791.7 | 41 | 293 |
| WESTFIELD | 258.2 | 160 | 1,061 |
| WESTFORD | 175.8 | 226 | 386 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 367.1 | 107 | 59 |
| WESTMINSTER | 560.7 | 61 | 408 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 384.9 | 103 | 163 |
| WESTON | 78.1 | 311 | 88 |
| WESTPORT | 1,042.4 | 29 | 1,619 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 165.2 | 233 | 469 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 237.4 | 181 | 31 |
| WEST TISBURY | 456.2 | 85 | 125 |
| WESTWOOD | 82.8 | 307 | 121 |
| WEYMOUTH | 207.5 | 201 | 1,115 |
| WHATELY | 267.4 | 154 | 40 |
| WHITMAN | 108.4 | 285 | 157 |
| WILBRAHAM | 224.3 | 190 | 319 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 233.7 | 184 | 58 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 78.7 | 310 | 61 |
| WILMINGTON | 108.4 | 284 | 242 |
| WINCHENDON | 263.1 | 156 | 271 |
| WINCHESTER | 52.4 | 333 | 112 |
| WINDSOR | 511.7 | 70 | 46 |
| WINTHROP | 426.9 | 91 | 747 |
| WOBURN | 80.8 | 309 | 308 |
| WORCESTER | 76.7 | 312 | 1,388 |
| WORTHINGTON | 285.5 | 148 | 33 |
| WRENTHAM | 351.4 | 116 | 385 |
| YARMOUTH | 676.2 | 50 | 1,609 |