snapshot: electricians per 1,000 residents
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | March 14, 2014
The map shows the number of licensed electricians per 1,000 residents. Communities in MetroWest seem to have a lower number than many other regions. The data, for 2013, is from the state Board of Professional Licensure.
Community | Electricians per 1,000 residents | Rank | Number of electricians |
ABINGTON | 8.4 | 25 | 135 |
ACTON | 1.0 | 336 | 22 |
ACUSHNET | 8.6 | 22 | 89 |
ADAMS | 6.1 | 70 | 52 |
AGAWAM | 2.8 | 262 | 80 |
ALFORD | 2.0 | 307 | 1 |
AMESBURY | 4.4 | 157 | 72 |
AMHERST | 0.2 | 343 | 6 |
ANDOVER | 2.0 | 302 | 68 |
AQUINNAH | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
ARLINGTON | 2.8 | 259 | 121 |
ASHBURNHAM | 5.1 | 125 | 31 |
ASHBY | 6.8 | 57 | 21 |
ASHFIELD | 3.5 | 213 | 6 |
ASHLAND | 3.5 | 211 | 58 |
ATHOL | 2.8 | 267 | 32 |
ATTLEBORO | 4.1 | 173 | 179 |
AUBURN | 5.4 | 111 | 87 |
AVON | 8.7 | 18 | 38 |
AYER | 3.9 | 189 | 29 |
BARNSTABLE | 3.4 | 222 | 153 |
BARRE | 6.3 | 68 | 34 |
BECKET | 2.8 | 263 | 5 |
BEDFORD | 2.0 | 306 | 27 |
BELCHERTOWN | 4.8 | 137 | 71 |
BELLINGHAM | 5.4 | 108 | 88 |
BELMONT | 2.1 | 301 | 51 |
BERKLEY | 10.5 | 8 | 67 |
BERLIN | 5.9 | 77 | 17 |
BERNARDSTON | 4.2 | 166 | 9 |
BEVERLY | 2.2 | 290 | 88 |
BILLERICA | 8.3 | 27 | 336 |
BLACKSTONE | 4.8 | 141 | 43 |
BLANDFORD | 8.9 | 16 | 11 |
BOLTON | 2.0 | 303 | 10 |
BOSTON | 1.5 | 321 | 943 |
BOURNE | 3.0 | 251 | 59 |
BOXBOROUGH | 2.2 | 292 | 11 |
BOXFORD | 4.5 | 152 | 36 |
BOYLSTON | 3.4 | 216 | 15 |
BRAINTREE | 8.0 | 31 | 287 |
BREWSTER | 3.3 | 230 | 32 |
BRIDGEWATER | 5.1 | 126 | 135 |
BRIMFIELD | 8.3 | 28 | 30 |
BROCKTON | 2.0 | 304 | 191 |
BROOKFIELD | 4.7 | 143 | 16 |
BROOKLINE | 0.4 | 342 | 24 |
BUCKLAND | 1.1 | 333 | 2 |
BURLINGTON | 4.4 | 160 | 107 |
CAMBRIDGE | 0.5 | 340 | 53 |
CANTON | 4.6 | 147 | 100 |
CARLISLE | 1.2 | 327 | 6 |
CARVER | 6.3 | 69 | 72 |
CHARLEMONT | 6.3 | 67 | 8 |
CHARLTON | 6.0 | 75 | 78 |
CHATHAM | 2.8 | 266 | 17 |
CHELMSFORD | 4.9 | 136 | 164 |
CHELSEA | 1.1 | 332 | 37 |
CHESHIRE | 7.7 | 42 | 25 |
CHESTER | 3.0 | 250 | 4 |
CHESTERFIELD | 5.7 | 88 | 7 |
CHICOPEE | 4.0 | 183 | 221 |
CHILMARK | 1.2 | 330 | 1 |
CLARKSBURG | 12.9 | 3 | 22 |
CLINTON | 3.2 | 233 | 44 |
COHASSET | 2.1 | 297 | 16 |
COLRAIN | 7.2 | 51 | 12 |
Community | Electricians per 1,000 residents | Rank | Number of electricians |
CONCORD | 0.6 | 339 | 11 |
CONWAY | 4.2 | 169 | 8 |
CUMMINGTON | 3.4 | 217 | 3 |
DALTON | 3.6 | 205 | 24 |
DANVERS | 4.4 | 158 | 117 |
DARTMOUTH | 4.4 | 155 | 151 |
DEDHAM | 6.1 | 71 | 151 |
DEERFIELD | 3.5 | 209 | 18 |
DENNIS | 5.0 | 129 | 71 |
DIGHTON | 7.3 | 47 | 52 |
DOUGLAS | 6.5 | 62 | 55 |
DOVER | 1.3 | 325 | 7 |
DRACUT | 7.3 | 49 | 214 |
DUDLEY | 3.5 | 210 | 40 |
DUNSTABLE | 7.9 | 38 | 25 |
DUXBURY | 2.2 | 293 | 33 |
EAST BRIDGEWATER | 7.2 | 52 | 99 |
EAST BROOKFIELD | 9.6 | 9 | 21 |
EASTHAM | 5.9 | 82 | 29 |
EASTHAMPTON | 3.9 | 186 | 63 |
EAST LONGMEADOW | 3.2 | 231 | 51 |
EASTON | 5.7 | 89 | 131 |
EDGARTOWN | 5.2 | 120 | 21 |
EGREMONT | 1.6 | 319 | 2 |
ERVING | 3.9 | 191 | 7 |
ESSEX | 2.6 | 275 | 9 |
EVERETT | 2.8 | 268 | 115 |
FAIRHAVEN | 5.4 | 105 | 86 |
FALL RIVER | 2.6 | 271 | 233 |
FALMOUTH | 3.7 | 197 | 118 |
FITCHBURG | 2.7 | 270 | 107 |
FLORIDA | 10.6 | 7 | 8 |
FOXBOROUGH | 6.0 | 73 | 102 |
FRAMINGHAM | 2.3 | 287 | 156 |
FRANKLIN | 3.9 | 188 | 124 |
FREETOWN | 7.9 | 37 | 70 |
GARDNER | 2.8 | 261 | 57 |
GEORGETOWN | 5.4 | 110 | 44 |
GILL | 3.3 | 226 | 5 |
GLOUCESTER | 4.6 | 151 | 131 |
GOSHEN | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
GOSNOLD | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
GRAFTON | 3.4 | 223 | 60 |
GRANBY | 7.7 | 43 | 48 |
GRANVILLE | 4.5 | 153 | 7 |
GREAT BARRINGTON | 5.6 | 92 | 40 |
GREENFIELD | 3.0 | 252 | 52 |
GROTON | 3.8 | 196 | 40 |
GROVELAND | 8.4 | 26 | 54 |
HADLEY | 3.0 | 245 | 16 |
HALIFAX | 8.6 | 21 | 65 |
HAMILTON | 1.2 | 329 | 9 |
HAMPDEN | 5.8 | 83 | 30 |
HANCOCK | 1.4 | 322 | 1 |
HANOVER | 9.1 | 15 | 126 |
HANSON | 9.6 | 10 | 98 |
HARDWICK | 3.0 | 249 | 9 |
HARVARD | 2.0 | 308 | 13 |
HARWICH | 3.4 | 220 | 42 |
HATFIELD | 7.6 | 44 | 25 |
HAVERHILL | 4.2 | 168 | 257 |
HAWLEY | 3.0 | 253 | 1 |
HEATH | 2.8 | 258 | 2 |
HINGHAM | 3.6 | 201 | 80 |
HINSDALE | 6.9 | 56 | 14 |
HOLBROOK | 8.0 | 36 | 86 |
HOLDEN | 4.6 | 150 | 80 |
HOLLAND | 4.4 | 156 | 11 |
HOLLISTON | 4.8 | 139 | 65 |
HOLYOKE | 1.9 | 309 | 77 |
HOPEDALE | 3.7 | 198 | 22 |
HOPKINTON | 3.0 | 248 | 45 |
HUBBARDSTON | 8.0 | 34 | 35 |
HUDSON | 4.1 | 175 | 78 |
HULL | 4.4 | 159 | 45 |
HUNTINGTON | 8.7 | 19 | 19 |
IPSWICH | 3.4 | 221 | 45 |
KINGSTON | 5.1 | 121 | 65 |
LAKEVILLE | 6.6 | 61 | 70 |
LANCASTER | 2.5 | 282 | 20 |
LANESBOROUGH | 5.2 | 118 | 16 |
LAWRENCE | 1.0 | 335 | 77 |
LEE | 3.9 | 194 | 23 |
LEICESTER | 5.7 | 86 | 63 |
LENOX | 2.8 | 264 | 14 |
LEOMINSTER | 3.2 | 232 | 132 |
LEVERETT | 2.2 | 295 | 4 |
LEXINGTON | 1.0 | 334 | 32 |
LEYDEN | 5.6 | 93 | 4 |
LINCOLN | 0.5 | 341 | 3 |
LITTLETON | 3.9 | 187 | 35 |
LONGMEADOW | 1.9 | 311 | 30 |
LOWELL | 2.1 | 300 | 220 |
LUDLOW | 5.2 | 119 | 109 |
LUNENBURG | 5.5 | 102 | 55 |
LYNN | 3.3 | 229 | 296 |
LYNNFIELD | 5.3 | 112 | 62 |
MALDEN | 2.5 | 281 | 148 |
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 1.4 | 323 | 7 |
MANSFIELD | 4.2 | 167 | 98 |
MARBLEHEAD | 2.3 | 288 | 45 |
MARION | 5.9 | 78 | 29 |
MARLBOROUGH | 2.8 | 265 | 107 |
MARSHFIELD | 5.7 | 87 | 144 |
MASHPEE | 3.9 | 185 | 55 |
MATTAPOISETT | 4.0 | 184 | 24 |
MAYNARD | 2.9 | 255 | 29 |
MEDFIELD | 1.9 | 310 | 23 |
MEDFORD | 4.9 | 132 | 276 |
MEDWAY | 3.6 | 202 | 46 |
MELROSE | 4.7 | 145 | 126 |
MENDON | 5.1 | 123 | 30 |
MERRIMAC | 4.3 | 165 | 27 |
METHUEN | 5.5 | 97 | 262 |
MIDDLEBOROUGH | 6.0 | 74 | 139 |
MIDDLEFIELD | 5.8 | 85 | 3 |
MIDDLETON | 8.0 | 33 | 72 |
MILFORD | 3.6 | 203 | 101 |
MILLBURY | 5.7 | 91 | 75 |
MILLIS | 6.7 | 60 | 53 |
MILLVILLE | 6.0 | 76 | 19 |
MILTON | 3.6 | 204 | 97 |
MONROE | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
MONSON | 5.1 | 122 | 44 |
MONTAGUE | 3.2 | 234 | 27 |
MONTEREY | 2.1 | 298 | 2 |
MONTGOMERY | 9.5 | 11 | 8 |
MOUNT WASHINGTON | 12.0 | 5 | 2 |
NAHANT | 4.7 | 144 | 16 |
NANTUCKET | 6.4 | 65 | 65 |
NATICK | 3.9 | 193 | 128 |
NEEDHAM | 2.8 | 257 | 82 |
NEW ASHFORD | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
NEW BEDFORD | 2.5 | 279 | 240 |
NEW BRAINTREE | 5.0 | 128 | 5 |
NEWBURY | 4.1 | 180 | 27 |
NEWBURYPORT | 2.2 | 294 | 38 |
NEW MARLBOROUGH | 3.3 | 228 | 5 |
NEW SALEM | 3.0 | 246 | 3 |
NEWTON | 1.7 | 317 | 148 |
NORFOLK | 3.7 | 199 | 41 |
NORTH ADAMS | 5.3 | 115 | 72 |
NORTHAMPTON | 2.5 | 283 | 70 |
NORTH ANDOVER | 3.1 | 238 | 89 |
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 5.6 | 94 | 161 |
NORTHBOROUGH | 3.5 | 207 | 50 |
NORTHBRIDGE | 3.4 | 218 | 54 |
NORTH BROOKFIELD | 8.1 | 30 | 38 |
NORTHFIELD | 4.6 | 148 | 14 |
NORTH READING | 6.4 | 66 | 95 |
NORTON | 4.8 | 140 | 91 |
NORWELL | 5.0 | 127 | 53 |
NORWOOD | 5.3 | 113 | 152 |
OAK BLUFFS | 2.2 | 291 | 10 |
OAKHAM | 13.1 | 1 | 25 |
ORANGE | 2.3 | 286 | 18 |
ORLEANS | 3.1 | 243 | 18 |
OTIS | 4.3 | 161 | 7 |
OXFORD | 5.1 | 124 | 70 |
PALMER | 4.6 | 149 | 56 |
PAXTON | 3.3 | 227 | 16 |
PEABODY | 5.9 | 80 | 302 |
PELHAM | 2.3 | 289 | 3 |
PEMBROKE | 9.5 | 12 | 170 |
PEPPERELL | 5.4 | 107 | 62 |
PERU | 9.4 | 13 | 8 |
PETERSHAM | 4.1 | 179 | 5 |
PHILLIPSTON | 7.7 | 41 | 13 |
PITTSFIELD | 2.6 | 274 | 115 |
PLAINFIELD | 3.1 | 240 | 2 |
PLAINVILLE | 5.4 | 103 | 45 |
PLYMOUTH | 5.8 | 84 | 326 |
PLYMPTON | 6.7 | 59 | 19 |
PRINCETON | 5.0 | 130 | 17 |
PROVINCETOWN | 3.1 | 242 | 9 |
QUINCY | 4.4 | 154 | 410 |
RANDOLPH | 3.1 | 244 | 98 |
RAYNHAM | 5.5 | 98 | 74 |
READING | 4.3 | 164 | 106 |
REHOBOTH | 4.0 | 181 | 47 |
REVERE | 2.6 | 272 | 135 |
RICHMOND | 2.0 | 305 | 3 |
ROCHESTER | 8.0 | 32 | 42 |
ROCKLAND | 7.0 | 53 | 123 |
ROCKPORT | 3.5 | 215 | 24 |
ROWE | 12.7 | 4 | 5 |
ROWLEY | 8.9 | 17 | 52 |
ROYALSTON | 3.2 | 236 | 4 |
RUSSELL | 8.5 | 24 | 15 |
RUTLAND | 4.9 | 134 | 39 |
SALEM | 2.6 | 273 | 107 |
SALISBURY | 5.2 | 117 | 43 |
SANDISFIELD | 1.1 | 331 | 1 |
SANDWICH | 3.4 | 219 | 71 |
SAUGUS | 8.6 | 23 | 228 |
SAVOY | 13.0 | 2 | 9 |
SCITUATE | 4.1 | 172 | 75 |
SEEKONK | 2.8 | 256 | 39 |
SHARON | 2.6 | 278 | 45 |
SHEFFIELD | 5.2 | 116 | 17 |
SHELBURNE | 11.6 | 6 | 22 |
SHERBORN | 0.7 | 338 | 3 |
SHIRLEY | 2.5 | 280 | 18 |
SHREWSBURY | 2.4 | 285 | 85 |
SHUTESBURY | 1.7 | 318 | 3 |
SOMERSET | 4.2 | 170 | 76 |
SOMERVILLE | 1.3 | 324 | 99 |
SOUTHAMPTON | 6.9 | 55 | 40 |
SOUTHBOROUGH | 2.6 | 277 | 25 |
SOUTHBRIDGE | 3.2 | 237 | 53 |
SOUTH HADLEY | 4.2 | 171 | 73 |
SOUTHWICK | 3.9 | 190 | 37 |
SPENCER | 7.3 | 48 | 85 |
SPRINGFIELD | 1.2 | 328 | 182 |
STERLING | 5.4 | 109 | 42 |
STOCKBRIDGE | 2.6 | 276 | 5 |
STONEHAM | 7.2 | 50 | 154 |
STOUGHTON | 5.3 | 114 | 142 |
STOW | 3.2 | 235 | 21 |
STURBRIDGE | 3.5 | 214 | 32 |
SUDBURY | 1.8 | 315 | 32 |
SUNDERLAND | 2.7 | 269 | 10 |
SUTTON | 5.6 | 96 | 50 |
SWAMPSCOTT | 2.4 | 284 | 33 |
SWANSEA | 5.5 | 100 | 87 |
TAUNTON | 4.7 | 146 | 260 |
TEMPLETON | 4.9 | 135 | 39 |
TEWKSBURY | 8.3 | 29 | 240 |
TISBURY | 9.4 | 14 | 37 |
TOLLAND | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
TOPSFIELD | 5.6 | 95 | 34 |
TOWNSEND | 7.5 | 46 | 67 |
TRURO | 5.5 | 99 | 11 |
TYNGSBOROUGH | 6.8 | 58 | 77 |
TYRINGHAM | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
UPTON | 4.9 | 133 | 37 |
UXBRIDGE | 4.8 | 142 | 64 |
WAKEFIELD | 6.1 | 72 | 152 |
WALES | 5.4 | 104 | 10 |
WALPOLE | 5.9 | 79 | 142 |
WALTHAM | 3.5 | 212 | 210 |
WARE | 5.0 | 131 | 49 |
WAREHAM | 4.8 | 138 | 105 |
WARREN | 4.1 | 176 | 21 |
WARWICK | 6.4 | 64 | 5 |
WASHINGTON | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
WATERTOWN | 2.8 | 260 | 90 |
WAYLAND | 2.1 | 299 | 27 |
WEBSTER | 3.1 | 239 | 52 |
WELLESLEY | 0.8 | 337 | 22 |
WELLFLEET | 5.5 | 101 | 15 |
WENDELL | 3.5 | 206 | 3 |
WENHAM | 1.8 | 314 | 9 |
WESTBOROUGH | 1.8 | 316 | 33 |
WEST BOYLSTON | 4.3 | 163 | 33 |
WEST BRIDGEWATER | 7.8 | 39 | 54 |
WEST BROOKFIELD | 5.4 | 106 | 20 |
WESTFIELD | 3.7 | 200 | 150 |
WESTFORD | 3.8 | 195 | 84 |
WESTHAMPTON | 8.7 | 20 | 14 |
WESTMINSTER | 8.0 | 35 | 58 |
WEST NEWBURY | 1.9 | 313 | 8 |
WESTON | 1.2 | 326 | 14 |
WESTPORT | 5.9 | 81 | 91 |
WEST SPRINGFIELD | 3.0 | 247 | 86 |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 3.1 | 241 | 4 |
WEST TISBURY | 2.9 | 254 | 8 |
WESTWOOD | 4.1 | 174 | 60 |
WEYMOUTH | 7.0 | 54 | 376 |
WHATELY | 3.3 | 224 | 5 |
WHITMAN | 7.6 | 45 | 110 |
WILBRAHAM | 3.5 | 208 | 50 |
WILLIAMSBURG | 4.0 | 182 | 10 |
WILLIAMSTOWN | 1.5 | 320 | 12 |
WILMINGTON | 7.7 | 40 | 173 |
WINCHENDON | 4.1 | 177 | 42 |
WINCHESTER | 2.2 | 296 | 46 |
WINDSOR | 3.3 | 225 | 3 |
WINTHROP | 3.9 | 192 | 68 |
WOBURN | 6.5 | 63 | 246 |
WORCESTER | 1.9 | 312 | 342 |
WORTHINGTON | 4.3 | 162 | 5 |
WRENTHAM | 5.7 | 90 | 62 |
YARMOUTH | 4.1 | 178 | 97 |