snapshot: Cars per 1,000 residents, 2012
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | June 6, 2013
People in Massachusetts love their cars. But maybe they love them a little less in urban areas. Cities, such as Boston, Cambridge, Brookline and Lawrence have fewer cars per 1,000 residents than many suburban communities, perhaps because of good transit systems. The 2012 data is from the Department of Revenue.
| Community | Cars per 1,000 residents | Rank | Cars |
| ABINGTON | 435.7 | 224 | 6,965 |
| ACTON | 486.8 | 72 | 10,672 |
| ACUSHNET | 476.4 | 86 | 4,908 |
| ADAMS | 375.1 | 322 | 3,183 |
| AGAWAM | 487.5 | 66 | 13,864 |
| ALFORD | 491.9 | 53 | 243 |
| AMESBURY | 458.3 | 158 | 7,463 |
| AMHERST | 253.2 | 351 | 9,574 |
| ANDOVER | 464.8 | 135 | 15,431 |
| AQUINNAH | 787.8 | 1 | 245 |
| ARLINGTON | 469.9 | 110 | 20,132 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 416 | 268 | 2,530 |
| ASHBY | 430.4 | 237 | 1,323 |
| ASHFIELD | 495.7 | 45 | 861 |
| ASHLAND | 467.4 | 124 | 7,756 |
| ATHOL | 418.1 | 263 | 4,843 |
| ATTLEBORO | 462 | 145 | 20,142 |
| AUBURN | 468.9 | 115 | 7,590 |
| AVON | 454.8 | 168 | 1,981 |
| AYER | 477.6 | 83 | 3,547 |
| BARNSTABLE | 492.7 | 51 | 22,268 |
| BARRE | 413.3 | 274 | 2,231 |
| BECKET | 470.5 | 107 | 837 |
| BEDFORD | 527 | 21 | 7,020 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 450 | 184 | 6,592 |
| BELLINGHAM | 478.8 | 82 | 7,820 |
| BELMONT | 451.7 | 177 | 11,169 |
| BERKLEY | 434.4 | 227 | 2,785 |
| BERLIN | 468.6 | 119 | 1,343 |
| BERNARDSTON | 488 | 65 | 1,039 |
| BEVERLY | 438.4 | 215 | 17,317 |
| BILLERICA | 445.2 | 199 | 17,915 |
| BLACKSTONE | 474.4 | 92 | 4,282 |
| BLANDFORD | 391.7 | 309 | 483 |
| BOLTON | 458.4 | 156 | 2,245 |
| BOSTON | 310.7 | 345 | 191,878 |
| BOURNE | 438.3 | 216 | 8,658 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 514 | 26 | 2,568 |
| BOXFORD | 487.3 | 67 | 3,881 |
| BOYLSTON | 490.7 | 57 | 2,137 |
| BRAINTREE | 427.2 | 246 | 15,271 |
| BREWSTER | 487.2 | 69 | 4,784 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 365.3 | 326 | 9,704 |
| BRIMFIELD | 453.3 | 172 | 1,636 |
| BROCKTON | 365.3 | 326 | 34,267 |
| BROOKFIELD | 442.8 | 203 | 1,501 |
| BROOKLINE | 338.1 | 340 | 19,855 |
| BUCKLAND | 453.2 | 173 | 862 |
| BURLINGTON | 484.7 | 74 | 11,873 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 327.2 | 342 | 34,408 |
| CANTON | 468.6 | 119 | 10,104 |
| CARLISLE | 540.6 | 17 | 2,623 |
| CARVER | 418 | 264 | 4,811 |
| CHARLEMONT | 462.9 | 140 | 586 |
| CHARLTON | 432.4 | 231 | 5,613 |
| CHATHAM | 585.8 | 5 | 3,588 |
| CHELMSFORD | 504.4 | 38 | 17,050 |
| CHELSEA | 452.1 | 175 | 15,902 |
| CHESHIRE | 395.4 | 300 | 1,279 |
| CHESTER | 361.3 | 330 | 483 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 399.3 | 295 | 488 |
| CHICOPEE | 446.7 | 194 | 24,701 |
| CHILMARK | 722.9 | 2 | 626 |
| CLARKSBURG | 302.6 | 348 | 515 |
| CLINTON | 449.4 | 185 | 6,114 |
| COHASSET | 406.8 | 287 | 3,068 |
| COLRAIN | 428.5 | 242 | 716 |
| Community | Cars per 1,000 residents | Rank | Cars |
| CONCORD | 466.7 | 127 | 8,246 |
| CONWAY | 436 | 223 | 827 |
| CUMMINGTON | 498.9 | 39 | 435 |
| DALTON | 404.7 | 291 | 2,734 |
| DANVERS | 476.8 | 85 | 12,632 |
| DARTMOUTH | 425.9 | 249 | 14,494 |
| DEDHAM | 451.6 | 178 | 11,168 |
| DEERFIELD | 490.3 | 60 | 2,513 |
| DENNIS | 554.3 | 13 | 7,875 |
| DIGHTON | 451.6 | 178 | 3,200 |
| DOUGLAS | 430.8 | 235 | 3,649 |
| DOVER | 468.4 | 121 | 2,618 |
| DRACUT | 467.5 | 123 | 13,770 |
| DUDLEY | 427 | 247 | 4,863 |
| DUNSTABLE | 446.4 | 195 | 1,419 |
| DUXBURY | 396.1 | 298 | 5,965 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 410.8 | 279 | 5,667 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 443.4 | 202 | 968 |
| EASTHAM | 523.6 | 24 | 2,595 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 490.4 | 59 | 7,872 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 476 | 87 | 7,483 |
| EASTON | 428.6 | 241 | 9,906 |
| EDGARTOWN | 572.4 | 9 | 2,328 |
| EGREMONT | 578.8 | 7 | 709 |
| ERVING | 356.7 | 333 | 642 |
| ESSEX | 416.1 | 266 | 1,458 |
| EVERETT | 350.2 | 338 | 14,591 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 466.6 | 129 | 7,407 |
| FALL RIVER | 395.3 | 301 | 35,124 |
| FALMOUTH | 520.2 | 25 | 16,403 |
| FITCHBURG | 379.6 | 320 | 15,304 |
| FLORIDA | 311.2 | 344 | 234 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 468.9 | 115 | 7,908 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 479.9 | 80 | 32,786 |
| FRANKLIN | 419.6 | 260 | 13,275 |
| FREETOWN | 469.9 | 110 | 4,168 |
| GARDNER | 397.9 | 296 | 8,049 |
| GEORGETOWN | 442.7 | 204 | 3,623 |
| GILL | 489.3 | 62 | 734 |
| GLOUCESTER | 436.2 | 221 | 12,557 |
| GOSHEN | 383.3 | 314 | 404 |
| GOSNOLD | 266.7 | 350 | 20 |
| GRAFTON | 462.3 | 143 | 8,213 |
| GRANBY | 448.1 | 189 | 2,796 |
| GRANVILLE | 450.2 | 183 | 705 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 449.3 | 186 | 3,192 |
| GREENFIELD | 459.3 | 152 | 8,018 |
| GROTON | 471.5 | 102 | 5,020 |
| GROVELAND | 440 | 212 | 2,842 |
| HADLEY | 507.6 | 31 | 2,665 |
| HALIFAX | 408.8 | 283 | 3,073 |
| HAMILTON | 423 | 251 | 3,284 |
| HAMPDEN | 450.3 | 182 | 2,314 |
| HANCOCK | 373.8 | 323 | 268 |
| HANOVER | 395.7 | 299 | 5,492 |
| HANSON | 391.9 | 308 | 4,001 |
| HARDWICK | 379.9 | 319 | 1,136 |
| HARVARD | 405.7 | 289 | 2,645 |
| HARWICH | 511.2 | 28 | 6,259 |
| HATFIELD | 528.2 | 20 | 1,732 |
| HAVERHILL | 431.7 | 233 | 26,282 |
| HAWLEY | 415.4 | 270 | 140 |
| HEATH | 420.7 | 258 | 297 |
| HINGHAM | 408 | 285 | 9,039 |
| HINSDALE | 397.6 | 297 | 808 |
| HOLBROOK | 427.7 | 244 | 4,615 |
| HOLDEN | 461.3 | 147 | 8,002 |
| HOLLAND | 466.3 | 130 | 1,157 |
| HOLLISTON | 468.7 | 118 | 6,350 |
| HOLYOKE | 362.5 | 329 | 14,455 |
| HOPEDALE | 464.4 | 137 | 2,745 |
| HOPKINTON | 419.6 | 260 | 6,263 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 429.5 | 239 | 1,882 |
| HUDSON | 470.2 | 109 | 8,964 |
| HULL | 454.1 | 170 | 4,674 |
| HUNTINGTON | 384.4 | 313 | 838 |
| IPSWICH | 482.6 | 76 | 6,358 |
| KINGSTON | 392.5 | 306 | 4,957 |
| LAKEVILLE | 450.8 | 180 | 4,779 |
| LANCASTER | 385.1 | 312 | 3,102 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 391.5 | 310 | 1,210 |
| LAWRENCE | 281 | 349 | 21,465 |
| LEE | 422.2 | 254 | 2,509 |
| LEICESTER | 412.1 | 276 | 4,521 |
| LENOX | 473.4 | 96 | 2,379 |
| LEOMINSTER | 459.4 | 151 | 18,726 |
| LEVERETT | 571.6 | 10 | 1,058 |
| LEXINGTON | 482.5 | 77 | 15,149 |
| LEYDEN | 433.2 | 229 | 308 |
| LINCOLN | 474.2 | 93 | 3,017 |
| LITTLETON | 455.5 | 165 | 4,065 |
| LONGMEADOW | 487.1 | 70 | 7,688 |
| LOWELL | 381.8 | 317 | 40,667 |
| LUDLOW | 439.9 | 213 | 9,283 |
| LUNENBURG | 475.2 | 90 | 4,793 |
| LYNN | 347.4 | 339 | 31,384 |
| LYNNFIELD | 494 | 48 | 5,728 |
| MALDEN | 352 | 336 | 20,926 |
| MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 508.8 | 30 | 2,613 |
| MANSFIELD | 440.9 | 210 | 10,222 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 461.9 | 146 | 9,150 |
| MARION | 512.9 | 27 | 2,517 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 488.5 | 64 | 18,807 |
| MARSHFIELD | 421.7 | 256 | 10,597 |
| MASHPEE | 487.3 | 67 | 6,825 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 506.5 | 33 | 3,062 |
| MAYNARD | 506 | 34 | 5,114 |
| MEDFIELD | 428.8 | 240 | 5,156 |
| MEDFORD | 422.7 | 252 | 23,747 |
| MEDWAY | 442.4 | 205 | 5,641 |
| MELROSE | 442.4 | 205 | 11,937 |
| MENDON | 441 | 209 | 2,575 |
| MERRIMAC | 471.4 | 104 | 2,988 |
| METHUEN | 462.5 | 141 | 21,857 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 417.2 | 265 | 9,644 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 360.8 | 331 | 188 |
| MIDDLETON | 392.5 | 306 | 3,527 |
| MILFORD | 473.3 | 97 | 13,252 |
| MILLBURY | 462.4 | 142 | 6,132 |
| MILLIS | 456.3 | 163 | 3,601 |
| MILLVILLE | 448 | 190 | 1,429 |
| MILTON | 420.7 | 258 | 11,359 |
| MONROE | 305.8 | 346 | 37 |
| MONSON | 427.8 | 243 | 3,662 |
| MONTAGUE | 467.7 | 122 | 3,946 |
| MONTEREY | 484.9 | 73 | 466 |
| MONTGOMERY | 414.1 | 272 | 347 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 455.1 | 167 | 76 |
| NAHANT | 510 | 29 | 1,739 |
| NANTUCKET | 416.1 | 266 | 4,233 |
| NATICK | 466 | 132 | 15,380 |
| NEEDHAM | 445 | 200 | 12,853 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 447.4 | 193 | 102 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 369.3 | 325 | 35,107 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 404.4 | 292 | 404 |
| NEWBURY | 474.2 | 93 | 3,161 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 490.6 | 58 | 8,545 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 465.2 | 134 | 702 |
| NEW SALEM | 494.9 | 46 | 490 |
| NEWTON | 446.3 | 196 | 38,002 |
| NORFOLK | 372 | 324 | 4,177 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 323 | 343 | 4,428 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 469.9 | 110 | 13,414 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 453.6 | 171 | 12,860 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 456.3 | 163 | 13,101 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 496 | 43 | 7,021 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 436.9 | 220 | 6,863 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 422 | 255 | 1,975 |
| NORTHFIELD | 452.2 | 174 | 1,371 |
| NORTH READING | 450.4 | 181 | 6,708 |
| NORTON | 432.8 | 230 | 8,237 |
| NORWELL | 419.4 | 262 | 4,406 |
| NORWOOD | 480.6 | 78 | 13,745 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 524 | 23 | 2,372 |
| OAKHAM | 454.3 | 169 | 864 |
| ORANGE | 409.9 | 281 | 3,213 |
| ORLEANS | 560.6 | 12 | 3,302 |
| OTIS | 413.8 | 273 | 667 |
| OXFORD | 440.7 | 211 | 6,041 |
| PALMER | 487 | 71 | 5,912 |
| PAXTON | 391 | 311 | 1,879 |
| PEABODY | 470.9 | 105 | 24,132 |
| PELHAM | 549.6 | 15 | 726 |
| PEMBROKE | 393.8 | 302 | 7,024 |
| PEPPERELL | 472 | 101 | 5,427 |
| PERU | 304.6 | 347 | 258 |
| PETERSHAM | 489.5 | 61 | 604 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 458.4 | 156 | 771 |
| PITTSFIELD | 393.7 | 303 | 17,615 |
| PLAINFIELD | 504.6 | 37 | 327 |
| PLAINVILLE | 492.4 | 52 | 4,069 |
| PLYMOUTH | 421 | 257 | 23,773 |
| PLYMPTON | 416 | 268 | 1,173 |
| PRINCETON | 498.7 | 40 | 1,702 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 623.4 | 3 | 1,834 |
| QUINCY | 392.7 | 305 | 36,233 |
| RANDOLPH | 430.8 | 235 | 13,833 |
| RAYNHAM | 469.6 | 113 | 6,284 |
| READING | 441.1 | 208 | 10,917 |
| REHOBOTH | 472.5 | 99 | 5,485 |
| REVERE | 351.3 | 337 | 18,181 |
| RICHMOND | 477.3 | 84 | 704 |
| ROCHESTER | 460.4 | 149 | 2,409 |
| ROCKLAND | 422.4 | 253 | 7,388 |
| ROCKPORT | 474.5 | 91 | 3,299 |
| ROWE | 427.5 | 245 | 168 |
| ROWLEY | 448.8 | 188 | 2,628 |
| ROYALSTON | 445.9 | 198 | 561 |
| RUSSELL | 354.9 | 335 | 630 |
| RUTLAND | 400.9 | 294 | 3,196 |
| SALEM | 408.6 | 284 | 16,890 |
| SALISBURY | 467.1 | 126 | 3,869 |
| SANDISFIELD | 425.1 | 250 | 389 |
| SANDWICH | 435.1 | 225 | 8,996 |
| SAUGUS | 451.8 | 176 | 12,031 |
| SAVOY | 380.1 | 318 | 263 |
| SCITUATE | 413.3 | 274 | 7,494 |
| SEEKONK | 534.4 | 18 | 7,333 |
| SHARON | 474.1 | 95 | 8,349 |
| SHEFFIELD | 495.9 | 44 | 1,615 |
| SHELBURNE | 551 | 14 | 1,043 |
| SHERBORN | 469 | 114 | 1,932 |
| SHIRLEY | 376.6 | 321 | 2,716 |
| SHREWSBURY | 463.4 | 138 | 16,502 |
| SHUTESBURY | 543.2 | 16 | 962 |
| SOMERSET | 497.9 | 41 | 9,044 |
| SOMERVILLE | 393 | 304 | 29,771 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 480.3 | 79 | 2,782 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 459 | 154 | 4,483 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 406.8 | 287 | 6,802 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 435 | 226 | 7,618 |
| SOUTHWICK | 456.7 | 161 | 4,340 |
| SPENCER | 412 | 277 | 4,816 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 363.3 | 328 | 55,603 |
| STERLING | 461.3 | 147 | 3,602 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 571.1 | 11 | 1,112 |
| STONEHAM | 492.9 | 50 | 10,567 |
| STOUGHTON | 475.8 | 89 | 12,828 |
| STOW | 488.9 | 63 | 3,222 |
| STURBRIDGE | 475.9 | 88 | 4,411 |
| SUDBURY | 444.9 | 201 | 7,857 |
| SUNDERLAND | 468.8 | 117 | 1,727 |
| SUTTON | 465.4 | 133 | 4,171 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 457.1 | 160 | 6,302 |
| SWANSEA | 491.8 | 55 | 7,803 |
| TAUNTON | 429.9 | 238 | 24,022 |
| TEMPLETON | 414.3 | 271 | 3,320 |
| TEWKSBURY | 471.5 | 102 | 13,656 |
| TISBURY | 614.8 | 4 | 2,428 |
| TOLLAND | 437.1 | 219 | 212 |
| TOPSFIELD | 455.5 | 165 | 2,772 |
| TOWNSEND | 458.7 | 155 | 4,094 |
| TRURO | 526.7 | 22 | 1,055 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 472.1 | 100 | 5,331 |
| TYRINGHAM | 470.9 | 105 | 154 |
| UPTON | 436.1 | 222 | 3,289 |
| UXBRIDGE | 466.2 | 131 | 6,273 |
| WAKEFIELD | 466.7 | 127 | 11,637 |
| WALES | 459.2 | 153 | 844 |
| WALPOLE | 431 | 234 | 10,374 |
| WALTHAM | 437.6 | 217 | 26,535 |
| WARE | 410.3 | 280 | 4,050 |
| WAREHAM | 462.1 | 144 | 10,083 |
| WARREN | 411.5 | 278 | 2,113 |
| WARWICK | 457.7 | 159 | 357 |
| WASHINGTON | 442.4 | 205 | 238 |
| WATERTOWN | 479.1 | 81 | 15,291 |
| WAYLAND | 483.5 | 75 | 6,283 |
| WEBSTER | 460.2 | 150 | 7,717 |
| WELLESLEY | 383.1 | 315 | 10,719 |
| WELLFLEET | 581.8 | 6 | 1,600 |
| WENDELL | 574.3 | 8 | 487 |
| WENHAM | 356.1 | 334 | 1,736 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 472.8 | 98 | 8,639 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 431.9 | 232 | 3,312 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 447.5 | 192 | 3,095 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 449.3 | 186 | 1,663 |
| WESTFIELD | 401.9 | 293 | 16,516 |
| WESTFORD | 467.3 | 125 | 10,258 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 434.3 | 228 | 698 |
| WESTMINSTER | 470.4 | 108 | 3,423 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 464.7 | 136 | 1,968 |
| WESTON | 456.4 | 162 | 5,139 |
| WESTPORT | 505.2 | 36 | 7,847 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 463.2 | 139 | 13,151 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 505.4 | 35 | 660 |
| WEST TISBURY | 506.6 | 32 | 1,388 |
| WESTWOOD | 447.7 | 191 | 6,544 |
| WEYMOUTH | 438.7 | 214 | 23,578 |
| WHATELY | 494 | 48 | 739 |
| WHITMAN | 405 | 290 | 5,868 |
| WILBRAHAM | 494.2 | 47 | 7,027 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 533.4 | 19 | 1,324 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 331.2 | 341 | 2,568 |
| WILMINGTON | 446.1 | 197 | 9,959 |
| WINCHENDON | 381.9 | 316 | 3,934 |
| WINCHESTER | 437.2 | 218 | 9,344 |
| WINDSOR | 409.3 | 282 | 368 |
| WINTHROP | 407.2 | 286 | 7,124 |
| WOBURN | 491.9 | 53 | 18,751 |
| WORCESTER | 358.8 | 332 | 64,955 |
| WORTHINGTON | 491.3 | 56 | 568 |
| WRENTHAM | 426.4 | 248 | 4,671 |
| YARMOUTH | 496.2 | 42 | 11,806 |