snapshot: change in motorcycle ownership, 2000-2012
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Sept. 26, 2013
Lots of people like motorcycles. The map shows how motorcycle ownership has changed between 2000-2013. Overall, the number of bikes has increased about 3 percent. Communities around Boston appear to have fewer than in 2000, while towns in central Mass and southeastern Mass. appear to have gained. The data is from the Department of Revenue.
| Community | Change between 2000-2012 | Rank | Motorcycles 2012 | Motorcycles 2010 |
| ABINGTON | 10.4% | 158 | 350 | 317 |
| ACTON | -23.1% | 332 | 243 | 316 |
| ACUSHNET | 19.4% | 97 | 412 | 345 |
| ADAMS | -9.5% | 288 | 229 | 253 |
| AGAWAM | 32.9% | 41 | 658 | 495 |
| ALFORD | 45.5% | 15 | 16 | 11 |
| AMESBURY | -1.6% | 241 | 370 | 376 |
| AMHERST | -16.1% | 310 | 183 | 218 |
| ANDOVER | -19.6% | 321 | 345 | 429 |
| AQUINNAH | 69.2% | 4 | 22 | 13 |
| ARLINGTON | -9.4% | 286 | 500 | 552 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 20.5% | 93 | 241 | 200 |
| ASHBY | 1.7% | 215 | 121 | 119 |
| ASHFIELD | 22.2% | 83 | 77 | 63 |
| ASHLAND | 10.3% | 159 | 320 | 290 |
| ATHOL | 13.6% | 126 | 334 | 294 |
| ATTLEBORO | 3.4% | 203 | 1013 | 980 |
| AUBURN | 1.2% | 220 | 331 | 327 |
| AVON | -0.8% | 232 | 117 | 118 |
| AYER | -37.1% | 345 | 178 | 283 |
| BARNSTABLE | 12.3% | 141 | 938 | 835 |
| BARRE | 21.5% | 88 | 192 | 158 |
| BECKET | 1.4% | 217 | 70 | 69 |
| BEDFORD | 8.3% | 169 | 260 | 240 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 37.4% | 33 | 500 | 364 |
| BELLINGHAM | 8.7% | 165 | 502 | 462 |
| BELMONT | -5.2% | 262 | 218 | 230 |
| BERKLEY | 16.7% | 108 | 259 | 222 |
| BERLIN | 16.3% | 114 | 100 | 86 |
| BERNARDSTON | -6.5% | 275 | 72 | 77 |
| BEVERLY | -2.9% | 246 | 744 | 766 |
| BILLERICA | -3.9% | 252 | 1096 | 1140 |
| BLACKSTONE | 53.1% | 11 | 346 | 226 |
| BLANDFORD | 28.6% | 58 | 63 | 49 |
| BOLTON | 32.0% | 44 | 136 | 103 |
| BOSTON | -25.5% | 337 | 3659 | 4911 |
| BOURNE | 29.0% | 54 | 481 | 373 |
| BOXBOROUGH | -29.7% | 340 | 71 | 101 |
| BOXFORD | 13.3% | 130 | 145 | 128 |
| BOYLSTON | -0.9% | 233 | 113 | 114 |
| BRAINTREE | -7.9% | 282 | 479 | 520 |
| BREWSTER | 11.6% | 146 | 192 | 172 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 5.5% | 188 | 554 | 525 |
| BRIMFIELD | 19.1% | 98 | 162 | 136 |
| BROCKTON | -12.3% | 301 | 1119 | 1276 |
| BROOKFIELD | 31.5% | 47 | 146 | 111 |
| BROOKLINE | -35.6% | 343 | 277 | 430 |
| BUCKLAND | 60.5% | 7 | 69 | 43 |
| BURLINGTON | 1.7% | 214 | 355 | 349 |
| CAMBRIDGE | -21.4% | 327 | 689 | 877 |
| CANTON | -6.5% | 276 | 301 | 322 |
| CARLISLE | -23.7% | 333 | 74 | 97 |
| CARVER | 20.9% | 91 | 422 | 349 |
| CHARLEMONT | 0.0% | 226 | 44 | 44 |
| CHARLTON | 23.0% | 79 | 455 | 370 |
| CHATHAM | 28.8% | 56 | 134 | 104 |
| CHELMSFORD | 8.0% | 170 | 822 | 761 |
| CHELSEA | -2.9% | 247 | 200 | 206 |
| CHESHIRE | 0.8% | 223 | 120 | 119 |
| CHESTER | 4.3% | 196 | 73 | 70 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 6.0% | 184 | 53 | 50 |
| CHICOPEE | 11.4% | 150 | 1010 | 907 |
| CHILMARK | -24.4% | 335 | 34 | 45 |
| CLARKSBURG | 16.4% | 113 | 64 | 55 |
| CLINTON | 2.5% | 210 | 282 | 275 |
| COHASSET | 18.8% | 100 | 114 | 96 |
| COLRAIN | 24.5% | 70 | 66 | 53 |
| Community | Change between 2000-2012 | Rank | Motorcycles 2012 | Motorcycles 2010 |
| CONCORD | 10.5% | 157 | 179 | 162 |
| CONWAY | 12.2% | 143 | 55 | 49 |
| CUMMINGTON | 27.5% | 63 | 51 | 40 |
| DALTON | 12.8% | 136 | 168 | 149 |
| DANVERS | 7.5% | 174 | 571 | 531 |
| DARTMOUTH | 28.8% | 55 | 862 | 669 |
| DEDHAM | -15.9% | 309 | 365 | 434 |
| DEERFIELD | -5.7% | 268 | 116 | 123 |
| DENNIS | 5.0% | 194 | 292 | 278 |
| DIGHTON | 31.9% | 45 | 269 | 204 |
| DOUGLAS | 43.9% | 19 | 354 | 246 |
| DOVER | 64.6% | 5 | 79 | 48 |
| DRACUT | 5.1% | 193 | 764 | 727 |
| DUDLEY | 23.7% | 75 | 339 | 274 |
| DUNSTABLE | -1.2% | 237 | 83 | 84 |
| DUXBURY | 21.8% | 85 | 235 | 193 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | -9.5% | 287 | 364 | 402 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 5.6% | 186 | 75 | 71 |
| EASTHAM | 21.2% | 90 | 126 | 104 |
| EASTHAMPTON | -1.0% | 234 | 396 | 400 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 26.8% | 65 | 312 | 246 |
| EASTON | 5.0% | 195 | 418 | 398 |
| EDGARTOWN | -12.4% | 302 | 170 | 194 |
| EGREMONT | -11.1% | 294 | 32 | 36 |
| ERVING | 0.0% | 226 | 41 | 41 |
| ESSEX | -22.1% | 328 | 81 | 104 |
| EVERETT | -28.2% | 339 | 348 | 485 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 12.6% | 139 | 465 | 413 |
| FALL RIVER | 6.1% | 183 | 1420 | 1338 |
| FALMOUTH | 10.6% | 156 | 660 | 597 |
| FITCHBURG | 0.2% | 225 | 650 | 649 |
| FLORIDA | -11.8% | 296 | 30 | 34 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 1.1% | 222 | 360 | 356 |
| FRAMINGHAM | -5.6% | 267 | 880 | 932 |
| FRANKLIN | 29.8% | 50 | 584 | 450 |
| FREETOWN | 34.7% | 39 | 404 | 300 |
| GARDNER | 10.6% | 155 | 408 | 369 |
| GEORGETOWN | 13.4% | 129 | 220 | 194 |
| GILL | -23.1% | 331 | 40 | 52 |
| GLOUCESTER | -2.8% | 245 | 591 | 608 |
| GOSHEN | 31.6% | 46 | 50 | 38 |
| GOSNOLD | -60.0% | 351 | 2 | 5 |
| GRAFTON | -1.0% | 235 | 386 | 390 |
| GRANBY | 15.2% | 119 | 228 | 198 |
| GRANVILLE | 40.9% | 26 | 93 | 66 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 3.8% | 200 | 138 | 133 |
| GREENFIELD | 7.9% | 171 | 398 | 369 |
| GROTON | -7.8% | 281 | 247 | 268 |
| GROVELAND | 14.6% | 124 | 196 | 171 |
| HADLEY | 45.6% | 14 | 99 | 68 |
| HALIFAX | 20.5% | 94 | 294 | 244 |
| HAMILTON | -14.5% | 307 | 124 | 145 |
| HAMPDEN | 25.2% | 69 | 189 | 151 |
| HANCOCK | -8.8% | 285 | 31 | 34 |
| HANOVER | -12.1% | 298 | 255 | 290 |
| HANSON | 7.4% | 175 | 361 | 336 |
| HARDWICK | 1.2% | 221 | 85 | 84 |
| HARVARD | 7.3% | 176 | 133 | 124 |
| HARWICH | 27.0% | 64 | 292 | 230 |
| HATFIELD | 25.9% | 68 | 102 | 81 |
| HAVERHILL | 2.8% | 209 | 1233 | 1200 |
| HAWLEY | -33.3% | 342 | 8 | 12 |
| HEATH | -5.6% | 265 | 34 | 36 |
| HINGHAM | 6.7% | 180 | 302 | 283 |
| HINSDALE | 1.3% | 218 | 77 | 76 |
| HOLBROOK | -20.4% | 325 | 218 | 274 |
| HOLDEN | 49.2% | 12 | 394 | 264 |
| HOLLAND | 12.6% | 138 | 107 | 95 |
| HOLLISTON | -1.9% | 243 | 262 | 267 |
| HOLYOKE | -3.0% | 248 | 425 | 438 |
| HOPEDALE | 15.1% | 121 | 122 | 106 |
| HOPKINTON | 3.4% | 202 | 273 | 264 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 3.2% | 205 | 159 | 154 |
| HUDSON | 9.4% | 163 | 456 | 417 |
| HULL | -6.1% | 270 | 185 | 197 |
| HUNTINGTON | 6.8% | 179 | 79 | 74 |
| IPSWICH | 8.4% | 168 | 296 | 273 |
| KINGSTON | 15.8% | 117 | 301 | 260 |
| LAKEVILLE | 32.1% | 43 | 407 | 308 |
| LANCASTER | 13.5% | 128 | 185 | 163 |
| LANESBOROUGH | -11.3% | 295 | 102 | 115 |
| LAWRENCE | -27.6% | 338 | 425 | 587 |
| LEE | -20.0% | 322 | 112 | 140 |
| LEICESTER | 12.9% | 133 | 306 | 271 |
| LENOX | -37.4% | 346 | 67 | 107 |
| LEOMINSTER | -6.3% | 272 | 803 | 857 |
| LEVERETT | -22.9% | 330 | 37 | 48 |
| LEXINGTON | -16.6% | 311 | 256 | 307 |
| LEYDEN | 28.0% | 61 | 32 | 25 |
| LINCOLN | -30.2% | 341 | 60 | 86 |
| LITTLETON | 0.0% | 226 | 229 | 229 |
| LONGMEADOW | 16.7% | 108 | 168 | 144 |
| LOWELL | -5.3% | 263 | 1137 | 1201 |
| LUDLOW | 14.4% | 125 | 509 | 445 |
| LUNENBURG | 22.4% | 82 | 399 | 326 |
| LYNN | -24.9% | 336 | 971 | 1293 |
| LYNNFIELD | -1.0% | 236 | 189 | 191 |
| MALDEN | -20.0% | 322 | 540 | 675 |
| MANCHESTER BY THE SEA | -4.0% | 253 | 96 | 100 |
| MANSFIELD | 5.9% | 185 | 410 | 387 |
| MARBLEHEAD | -10.8% | 292 | 273 | 306 |
| MARION | 23.0% | 78 | 123 | 100 |
| MARLBOROUGH | -4.0% | 254 | 668 | 696 |
| MARSHFIELD | 10.7% | 154 | 457 | 413 |
| MASHPEE | 29.1% | 52 | 293 | 227 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 37.2% | 34 | 155 | 113 |
| MAYNARD | -9.6% | 289 | 254 | 281 |
| MEDFIELD | 26.6% | 66 | 181 | 143 |
| MEDFORD | -19.5% | 320 | 646 | 802 |
| MEDWAY | 18.8% | 99 | 265 | 223 |
| MELROSE | -8.1% | 283 | 317 | 345 |
| MENDON | 40.0% | 28 | 231 | 165 |
| MERRIMAC | 4.1% | 197 | 204 | 196 |
| METHUEN | -5.1% | 261 | 899 | 947 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 24.4% | 72 | 785 | 631 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | -45.7% | 350 | 19 | 35 |
| MIDDLETON | 16.6% | 111 | 239 | 205 |
| MILFORD | 6.9% | 178 | 526 | 492 |
| MILLBURY | 22.5% | 81 | 397 | 324 |
| MILLIS | 37.8% | 31 | 226 | 164 |
| MILLVILLE | 12.1% | 144 | 130 | 116 |
| MILTON | -23.8% | 334 | 211 | 277 |
| MONROE | 75.0% | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| MONSON | 11.5% | 149 | 360 | 323 |
| MONTAGUE | 5.1% | 192 | 226 | 215 |
| MONTEREY | 42.9% | 22 | 20 | 14 |
| MONTGOMERY | 59.3% | 8 | 43 | 27 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | -42.9% | 349 | 4 | 7 |
| NAHANT | 1.3% | 219 | 81 | 80 |
| NANTUCKET | 13.2% | 131 | 395 | 349 |
| NATICK | 0.8% | 224 | 484 | 480 |
| NEEDHAM | -4.9% | 260 | 252 | 265 |
| NEW ASHFORD | -16.7% | 312 | 5 | 6 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 3.6% | 201 | 1235 | 1192 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 17.6% | 104 | 40 | 34 |
| NEWBURY | 17.2% | 105 | 204 | 174 |
| NEWBURYPORT | -1.6% | 239 | 317 | 322 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | -4.5% | 258 | 42 | 44 |
| NEW SALEM | 16.1% | 115 | 36 | 31 |
| NEWTON | -5.4% | 264 | 651 | 688 |
| NORFOLK | 13.6% | 127 | 226 | 199 |
| NORTH ADAMS | -12.3% | 300 | 257 | 293 |
| NORTHAMPTON | -7.4% | 279 | 427 | 461 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | -18.7% | 318 | 352 | 433 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 16.1% | 116 | 643 | 554 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 19.7% | 96 | 274 | 229 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 38.0% | 30 | 436 | 316 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 21.3% | 89 | 171 | 141 |
| NORTHFIELD | 13.1% | 132 | 95 | 84 |
| NORTH READING | 2.5% | 211 | 368 | 359 |
| NORTON | 28.5% | 59 | 510 | 397 |
| NORWELL | 15.1% | 121 | 183 | 159 |
| NORWOOD | -11.8% | 297 | 328 | 372 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 3.3% | 204 | 189 | 183 |
| OAKHAM | 42.9% | 22 | 80 | 56 |
| ORANGE | 15.3% | 118 | 234 | 203 |
| ORLEANS | 10.7% | 153 | 124 | 112 |
| OTIS | 1.6% | 216 | 64 | 63 |
| OXFORD | 6.3% | 182 | 440 | 414 |
| PALMER | 17.0% | 106 | 440 | 376 |
| PAXTON | -1.2% | 238 | 80 | 81 |
| PEABODY | -0.8% | 231 | 898 | 905 |
| PELHAM | 37.5% | 32 | 33 | 24 |
| PEMBROKE | 3.9% | 199 | 505 | 486 |
| PEPPERELL | 12.8% | 135 | 405 | 359 |
| PERU | 45.5% | 15 | 48 | 33 |
| PETERSHAM | 60.7% | 6 | 45 | 28 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 29.0% | 53 | 89 | 69 |
| PITTSFIELD | 5.5% | 189 | 848 | 804 |
| PLAINFIELD | -4.5% | 258 | 21 | 22 |
| PLAINVILLE | 20.2% | 95 | 244 | 203 |
| PLYMOUTH | 11.6% | 147 | 1203 | 1078 |
| PLYMPTON | 36.5% | 35 | 131 | 96 |
| PRINCETON | 16.7% | 108 | 133 | 114 |
| PROVINCETOWN | -17.4% | 316 | 71 | 86 |
| QUINCY | -20.5% | 326 | 886 | 1114 |
| RANDOLPH | -20.2% | 324 | 410 | 514 |
| RAYNHAM | 22.0% | 84 | 349 | 286 |
| READING | -11.0% | 293 | 324 | 364 |
| REHOBOTH | 43.7% | 20 | 454 | 316 |
| REVERE | -17.9% | 317 | 510 | 621 |
| RICHMOND | -36.4% | 344 | 21 | 33 |
| ROCHESTER | 44.4% | 18 | 231 | 160 |
| ROCKLAND | 5.4% | 190 | 391 | 371 |
| ROCKPORT | -9.7% | 290 | 149 | 165 |
| ROWE | 75.0% | 1 | 21 | 12 |
| ROWLEY | 8.4% | 167 | 193 | 178 |
| ROYALSTON | 69.6% | 3 | 78 | 46 |
| RUSSELL | 58.7% | 9 | 73 | 46 |
| RUTLAND | 12.7% | 137 | 195 | 173 |
| SALEM | -4.4% | 257 | 611 | 639 |
| SALISBURY | -4.2% | 256 | 271 | 283 |
| SANDISFIELD | 40.9% | 26 | 31 | 22 |
| SANDWICH | 32.2% | 42 | 394 | 298 |
| SAUGUS | 2.2% | 212 | 610 | 597 |
| SAVOY | 23.5% | 76 | 42 | 34 |
| SCITUATE | -7.7% | 280 | 250 | 271 |
| SEEKONK | 38.2% | 29 | 387 | 280 |
| SHARON | -7.2% | 278 | 192 | 207 |
| SHEFFIELD | 9.8% | 161 | 123 | 112 |
| SHELBURNE | -13.5% | 305 | 64 | 74 |
| SHERBORN | 28.2% | 60 | 50 | 39 |
| SHIRLEY | 29.4% | 51 | 207 | 160 |
| SHREWSBURY | 24.3% | 74 | 532 | 428 |
| SHUTESBURY | 0.0% | 226 | 36 | 36 |
| SOMERSET | 41.5% | 25 | 583 | 412 |
| SOMERVILLE | -14.9% | 308 | 738 | 867 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 33.7% | 40 | 226 | 169 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 5.3% | 191 | 138 | 131 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | -14.4% | 306 | 338 | 395 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 7.1% | 177 | 301 | 281 |
| SOUTHWICK | 16.6% | 112 | 345 | 296 |
| SPENCER | 10.7% | 152 | 392 | 354 |
| SPRINGFIELD | -6.3% | 273 | 1551 | 1656 |
| STERLING | 20.8% | 92 | 267 | 221 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | -41.1% | 348 | 33 | 56 |
| STONEHAM | 7.6% | 173 | 325 | 302 |
| STOUGHTON | -3.7% | 251 | 440 | 457 |
| STOW | -4.1% | 255 | 163 | 170 |
| STURBRIDGE | 12.3% | 142 | 247 | 220 |
| SUDBURY | 9.3% | 164 | 246 | 225 |
| SUNDERLAND | 2.9% | 207 | 72 | 70 |
| SUTTON | 18.6% | 101 | 287 | 242 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | -17.2% | 315 | 169 | 204 |
| SWANSEA | 28.7% | 57 | 655 | 509 |
| TAUNTON | 10.3% | 159 | 1280 | 1160 |
| TEMPLETON | 23.4% | 77 | 248 | 201 |
| TEWKSBURY | -8.5% | 284 | 733 | 801 |
| TISBURY | -19.0% | 319 | 132 | 163 |
| TOLLAND | -22.2% | 329 | 21 | 27 |
| TOPSFIELD | 6.5% | 181 | 114 | 107 |
| TOWNSEND | 12.4% | 140 | 371 | 330 |
| TRURO | 15.2% | 119 | 76 | 66 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 1.9% | 213 | 323 | 317 |
| TYRINGHAM | -38.5% | 347 | 8 | 13 |
| UPTON | 8.6% | 166 | 240 | 221 |
| UXBRIDGE | 35.9% | 36 | 503 | 370 |
| WAKEFIELD | 2.8% | 208 | 472 | 459 |
| WALES | -6.1% | 269 | 93 | 99 |
| WALPOLE | 17.8% | 103 | 423 | 359 |
| WALTHAM | -12.2% | 299 | 727 | 828 |
| WARE | -1.6% | 240 | 315 | 320 |
| WAREHAM | 24.4% | 73 | 622 | 500 |
| WARREN | 16.9% | 107 | 173 | 148 |
| WARWICK | 4.0% | 198 | 26 | 25 |
| WASHINGTON | 21.7% | 86 | 28 | 23 |
| WATERTOWN | -7.0% | 277 | 425 | 457 |
| WAYLAND | 12.9% | 134 | 184 | 163 |
| WEBSTER | 9.7% | 162 | 407 | 371 |
| WELLESLEY | -16.9% | 313 | 147 | 177 |
| WELLFLEET | 7.7% | 172 | 98 | 91 |
| WENDELL | 2.9% | 206 | 35 | 34 |
| WENHAM | 5.6% | 187 | 57 | 54 |
| WESTBOROUGH | -5.6% | 265 | 221 | 234 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 11.7% | 145 | 162 | 145 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | -6.2% | 271 | 213 | 227 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 35.7% | 37 | 133 | 98 |
| WESTFIELD | 24.4% | 71 | 845 | 679 |
| WESTFORD | -0.7% | 230 | 421 | 424 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 31.4% | 49 | 67 | 51 |
| WESTMINSTER | 43.3% | 21 | 288 | 201 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 45.2% | 17 | 106 | 73 |
| WESTON | 21.7% | 87 | 146 | 120 |
| WESTPORT | 35.2% | 38 | 595 | 440 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 11.3% | 151 | 462 | 415 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 57.7% | 10 | 41 | 26 |
| WEST TISBURY | 26.1% | 67 | 116 | 92 |
| WESTWOOD | -13.1% | 304 | 133 | 153 |
| WEYMOUTH | -3.5% | 250 | 976 | 1011 |
| WHATELY | -2.0% | 244 | 50 | 51 |
| WHITMAN | 11.5% | 148 | 368 | 330 |
| WILBRAHAM | 22.8% | 80 | 323 | 263 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 41.7% | 24 | 85 | 60 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | -6.4% | 274 | 117 | 125 |
| WILMINGTON | -3.1% | 249 | 497 | 513 |
| WINCHENDON | 31.5% | 48 | 338 | 257 |
| WINCHESTER | -10.7% | 291 | 208 | 233 |
| WINDSOR | 15.0% | 123 | 46 | 40 |
| WINTHROP | -17.0% | 314 | 230 | 277 |
| WOBURN | -1.8% | 242 | 703 | 716 |
| WORCESTER | -12.5% | 303 | 1718 | 1963 |
| WORTHINGTON | 47.6% | 13 | 62 | 42 |
| WRENTHAM | 17.9% | 102 | 323 | 274 |
| YARMOUTH | 28.0% | 61 | 448 | 350 |