snapshot: Easy riders--motorcycles per 1,000
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | March 21, 2013
Motorcycles are most popular in central and western Mass., along with some pockets south and north of Greater Boston. Apparently residents within Greater Boston are not as enthralled with the two-wheelers. Urban centers such as Brookline, Lawrence and Cambridge rank low on the list, which measures motorcycle registrations per 1,000 residents. The data, from the Department of Revenue, is from 2012.
| Community | Motorcyclers per 1,000, fy2012 | Rank | Total motorcycles |
| ABINGTON | 21.9 | 203 | 350 |
| ACTON | 11.1 | 322 | 243 |
| ACUSHNET | 40 | 43 | 412 |
| ADAMS | 27 | 143 | 229 |
| AGAWAM | 23.1 | 188 | 658 |
| ALFORD | 32.4 | 107 | 16 |
| AMESBURY | 22.7 | 195 | 370 |
| AMHERST | 4.8 | 350 | 183 |
| ANDOVER | 10.4 | 328 | 345 |
| AQUINNAH | 70.7 | 1 | 22 |
| ARLINGTON | 11.7 | 317 | 500 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 39.6 | 47 | 241 |
| ASHBY | 39.4 | 52 | 121 |
| ASHFIELD | 44.3 | 23 | 77 |
| ASHLAND | 19.3 | 240 | 320 |
| ATHOL | 28.8 | 130 | 334 |
| ATTLEBORO | 23.2 | 186 | 1,013 |
| AUBURN | 20.4 | 224 | 331 |
| AVON | 26.9 | 144 | 117 |
| AYER | 24 | 179 | 178 |
| BARNSTABLE | 20.8 | 216 | 938 |
| BARRE | 35.6 | 83 | 192 |
| BECKET | 39.3 | 53 | 70 |
| BEDFORD | 19.5 | 236 | 260 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 34.1 | 93 | 500 |
| BELLINGHAM | 30.7 | 120 | 502 |
| BELMONT | 8.8 | 339 | 218 |
| BERKLEY | 40.4 | 42 | 259 |
| BERLIN | 34.9 | 88 | 100 |
| BERNARDSTON | 33.8 | 96 | 72 |
| BEVERLY | 18.8 | 248 | 744 |
| BILLERICA | 27.2 | 142 | 1,096 |
| BLACKSTONE | 38.3 | 61 | 346 |
| BLANDFORD | 51.1 | 15 | 63 |
| BOLTON | 27.8 | 139 | 136 |
| BOSTON | 5.9 | 346 | 3,659 |
| BOURNE | 24.3 | 174 | 481 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 14.2 | 292 | 71 |
| BOXFORD | 18.2 | 260 | 145 |
| BOYLSTON | 25.9 | 156 | 113 |
| BRAINTREE | 13.4 | 302 | 479 |
| BREWSTER | 19.6 | 235 | 192 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 20.9 | 213 | 554 |
| BRIMFIELD | 44.9 | 22 | 162 |
| BROCKTON | 11.9 | 316 | 1,119 |
| BROOKFIELD | 43.1 | 28 | 146 |
| BROOKLINE | 4.7 | 351 | 277 |
| BUCKLAND | 36.3 | 77 | 69 |
| BURLINGTON | 14.5 | 291 | 355 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 6.6 | 345 | 689 |
| CANTON | 14 | 297 | 301 |
| CARLISLE | 15.3 | 281 | 74 |
| CARVER | 36.7 | 71 | 422 |
| CHARLEMONT | 34.8 | 89 | 44 |
| CHARLTON | 35.1 | 87 | 455 |
| CHATHAM | 21.9 | 203 | 134 |
| CHELMSFORD | 24.3 | 174 | 822 |
| CHELSEA | 5.7 | 347 | 200 |
| CHESHIRE | 37.1 | 69 | 120 |
| CHESTER | 54.6 | 8 | 73 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 43.4 | 25 | 53 |
| CHICOPEE | 18.3 | 258 | 1,010 |
| CHILMARK | 39.3 | 53 | 34 |
| CLARKSBURG | 37.6 | 67 | 64 |
| CLINTON | 20.7 | 219 | 282 |
| COHASSET | 15.1 | 283 | 114 |
| COLRAIN | 39.5 | 51 | 66 |
| CONCORD | 10.1 | 329 | 179 |
| CONWAY | 29 | 129 | 55 |
| CUMMINGTON | 58.5 | 5 | 51 |
| DALTON | 24.9 | 168 | 168 |
| DANVERS | 21.6 | 207 | 571 |
| DARTMOUTH | 25.3 | 162 | 862 |
| DEDHAM | 14.8 | 288 | 365 |
| DEERFIELD | 22.6 | 198 | 116 |
| DENNIS | 20.6 | 220 | 292 |
| DIGHTON | 38 | 63 | 269 |
| DOUGLAS | 41.8 | 33 | 354 |
| DOVER | 14.1 | 295 | 79 |
| DRACUT | 25.9 | 156 | 764 |
| DUDLEY | 29.8 | 125 | 339 |
| DUNSTABLE | 26.1 | 153 | 83 |
| DUXBURY | 15.6 | 280 | 235 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 26.4 | 152 | 364 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 34.4 | 90 | 75 |
| EASTHAM | 25.4 | 160 | 126 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 24.7 | 169 | 396 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 19.8 | 233 | 312 |
| EASTON | 18.1 | 264 | 418 |
| EDGARTOWN | 41.8 | 33 | 170 |
| EGREMONT | 26.1 | 153 | 32 |
| ERVING | 22.8 | 193 | 41 |
| ESSEX | 23.1 | 188 | 81 |
| EVERETT | 8.4 | 341 | 348 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 29.3 | 128 | 465 |
| FALL RIVER | 16 | 278 | 1,420 |
| FALMOUTH | 20.9 | 213 | 660 |
| FITCHBURG | 16.1 | 277 | 650 |
| FLORIDA | 39.9 | 45 | 30 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 21.3 | 209 | 360 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 12.9 | 309 | 880 |
| FRANKLIN | 18.5 | 255 | 584 |
| FREETOWN | 45.5 | 20 | 404 |
| GARDNER | 20.2 | 228 | 408 |
| GEORGETOWN | 26.9 | 144 | 220 |
| GILL | 26.7 | 148 | 40 |
| GLOUCESTER | 20.5 | 223 | 591 |
| GOSHEN | 47.4 | 18 | 50 |
| GOSNOLD | 26.7 | 148 | 2 |
| GRAFTON | 21.7 | 206 | 386 |
| GRANBY | 36.5 | 72 | 228 |
| GRANVILLE | 59.4 | 4 | 93 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 19.4 | 238 | 138 |
| GREENFIELD | 22.8 | 193 | 398 |
| GROTON | 23.2 | 186 | 247 |
| GROVELAND | 30.3 | 122 | 196 |
| HADLEY | 18.9 | 246 | 99 |
| HALIFAX | 39.1 | 55 | 294 |
| HAMILTON | 16 | 278 | 124 |
| HAMPDEN | 36.8 | 70 | 189 |
| HANCOCK | 43.2 | 27 | 31 |
| HANOVER | 18.4 | 256 | 255 |
| HANSON | 35.4 | 85 | 361 |
| HARDWICK | 28.4 | 135 | 85 |
| HARVARD | 20.4 | 224 | 133 |
| HARWICH | 23.9 | 181 | 292 |
| HATFIELD | 31.1 | 117 | 102 |
| HAVERHILL | 20.3 | 226 | 1,233 |
| HAWLEY | 23.7 | 185 | 8 |
| HEATH | 48.2 | 17 | 34 |
| HINGHAM | 13.6 | 301 | 302 |
| HINSDALE | 37.9 | 64 | 77 |
| HOLBROOK | 20.2 | 228 | 218 |
| HOLDEN | 22.7 | 195 | 394 |
| HOLLAND | 43.1 | 28 | 107 |
| HOLLISTON | 19.3 | 240 | 262 |
| HOLYOKE | 10.7 | 324 | 425 |
| HOPEDALE | 20.6 | 220 | 122 |
| HOPKINTON | 18.3 | 258 | 273 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 36.3 | 77 | 159 |
| HUDSON | 23.9 | 181 | 456 |
| HULL | 18 | 265 | 185 |
| HUNTINGTON | 36.2 | 80 | 79 |
| IPSWICH | 22.5 | 199 | 296 |
| KINGSTON | 23.8 | 183 | 301 |
| LAKEVILLE | 38.4 | 60 | 407 |
| LANCASTER | 23 | 190 | 185 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 33 | 103 | 102 |
| LAWRENCE | 5.6 | 348 | 425 |
| LEE | 18.8 | 248 | 112 |
| LEICESTER | 27.9 | 138 | 306 |
| LENOX | 13.3 | 303 | 67 |
| LEOMINSTER | 19.7 | 234 | 803 |
| LEVERETT | 20 | 232 | 37 |
| LEXINGTON | 8.2 | 342 | 256 |
| LEYDEN | 45 | 21 | 32 |
| LINCOLN | 9.4 | 336 | 60 |
| LITTLETON | 25.7 | 158 | 229 |
| LONGMEADOW | 10.6 | 327 | 168 |
| LOWELL | 10.7 | 324 | 1,137 |
| LUDLOW | 24.1 | 177 | 509 |
| LUNENBURG | 39.6 | 47 | 399 |
| LYNN | 10.7 | 324 | 971 |
| LYNNFIELD | 16.3 | 274 | 189 |
| MALDEN | 9.1 | 337 | 540 |
| Manchester-by-the-Sea | 18.7 | 252 | 96 |
| MANSFIELD | 17.7 | 266 | 410 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 13.8 | 299 | 273 |
| MARION | 25.1 | 164 | 123 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 17.4 | 269 | 668 |
| MARSHFIELD | 18.2 | 260 | 457 |
| MASHPEE | 20.9 | 213 | 293 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 25.6 | 159 | 155 |
| MAYNARD | 25.1 | 164 | 254 |
| MEDFIELD | 15.1 | 283 | 181 |
| MEDFORD | 11.5 | 320 | 646 |
| MEDWAY | 20.8 | 216 | 265 |
| MELROSE | 11.7 | 317 | 317 |
| MENDON | 39.6 | 47 | 231 |
| MERRIMAC | 32.2 | 109 | 204 |
| METHUEN | 19 | 244 | 899 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 34 | 94 | 785 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 36.5 | 72 | 19 |
| MIDDLETON | 26.6 | 151 | 239 |
| MILFORD | 18.8 | 248 | 526 |
| MILLBURY | 29.9 | 123 | 397 |
| MILLIS | 28.6 | 132 | 226 |
| MILLVILLE | 40.8 | 41 | 130 |
| MILTON | 7.8 | 343 | 211 |
| MONROE | 57.9 | 6 | 7 |
| MONSON | 42.1 | 31 | 360 |
| MONTAGUE | 26.8 | 146 | 226 |
| MONTEREY | 20.8 | 216 | 20 |
| MONTGOMERY | 51.3 | 13 | 43 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 24 | 179 | 4 |
| NAHANT | 23.8 | 183 | 81 |
| NANTUCKET | 38.8 | 59 | 395 |
| NATICK | 14.7 | 290 | 484 |
| NEEDHAM | 8.7 | 340 | 252 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 21.9 | 203 | 5 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 13 | 307 | 1,235 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 40 | 43 | 40 |
| NEWBURY | 30.6 | 121 | 204 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 18.2 | 260 | 317 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 27.8 | 139 | 42 |
| NEW SALEM | 36.4 | 76 | 36 |
| NEWTON | 7.6 | 344 | 651 |
| NORFOLK | 20.1 | 231 | 226 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 18.7 | 252 | 257 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 15 | 286 | 427 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 12.4 | 311 | 352 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 22.4 | 200 | 643 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 19.4 | 238 | 274 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 27.8 | 139 | 436 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 36.5 | 72 | 171 |
| NORTHFIELD | 31.3 | 116 | 95 |
| NORTH READING | 24.7 | 169 | 368 |
| NORTON | 26.8 | 146 | 510 |
| NORWELL | 17.4 | 269 | 183 |
| NORWOOD | 11.5 | 320 | 328 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 41.7 | 35 | 189 |
| OAKHAM | 42.1 | 31 | 80 |
| ORANGE | 29.9 | 123 | 234 |
| ORLEANS | 21.1 | 211 | 124 |
| OTIS | 39.7 | 46 | 64 |
| OXFORD | 32.1 | 110 | 440 |
| PALMER | 36.2 | 80 | 440 |
| PAXTON | 16.6 | 273 | 80 |
| PEABODY | 17.5 | 268 | 898 |
| PELHAM | 25 | 166 | 33 |
| PEMBROKE | 28.3 | 136 | 505 |
| PEPPERELL | 35.2 | 86 | 405 |
| PERU | 56.7 | 7 | 48 |
| PETERSHAM | 36.5 | 72 | 45 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 52.9 | 11 | 89 |
| PITTSFIELD | 19 | 244 | 848 |
| PLAINFIELD | 32.4 | 107 | 21 |
| PLAINVILLE | 29.5 | 126 | 244 |
| PLYMOUTH | 21.3 | 209 | 1,203 |
| PLYMPTON | 46.5 | 19 | 131 |
| PRINCETON | 39 | 57 | 133 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 24.1 | 177 | 71 |
| QUINCY | 9.6 | 334 | 886 |
| RANDOLPH | 12.8 | 310 | 410 |
| RAYNHAM | 26.1 | 153 | 349 |
| READING | 13.1 | 305 | 324 |
| REHOBOTH | 39.1 | 55 | 454 |
| REVERE | 9.9 | 331 | 510 |
| RICHMOND | 14.2 | 292 | 21 |
| ROCHESTER | 44.2 | 24 | 231 |
| ROCKLAND | 22.4 | 200 | 391 |
| ROCKPORT | 21.4 | 208 | 149 |
| ROWE | 53.4 | 10 | 21 |
| ROWLEY | 33 | 103 | 193 |
| ROYALSTON | 62 | 2 | 78 |
| RUSSELL | 41.1 | 40 | 73 |
| RUTLAND | 24.5 | 172 | 195 |
| SALEM | 14.8 | 288 | 611 |
| SALISBURY | 32.7 | 106 | 271 |
| SANDISFIELD | 33.9 | 95 | 31 |
| SANDWICH | 19.1 | 243 | 394 |
| SAUGUS | 22.9 | 191 | 610 |
| SAVOY | 60.7 | 3 | 42 |
| SCITUATE | 13.8 | 299 | 250 |
| SEEKONK | 28.2 | 137 | 387 |
| SHARON | 10.9 | 323 | 192 |
| SHEFFIELD | 37.8 | 66 | 123 |
| SHELBURNE | 33.8 | 96 | 64 |
| SHERBORN | 12.1 | 313 | 50 |
| SHIRLEY | 28.7 | 131 | 207 |
| SHREWSBURY | 14.9 | 287 | 532 |
| SHUTESBURY | 20.3 | 226 | 36 |
| SOMERSET | 32.1 | 110 | 583 |
| SOMERVILLE | 9.7 | 332 | 738 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 39 | 57 | 226 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 14.1 | 295 | 138 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 20.2 | 228 | 338 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 17.2 | 271 | 301 |
| SOUTHWICK | 36.3 | 77 | 345 |
| SPENCER | 33.5 | 99 | 392 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 10.1 | 329 | 1,551 |
| STERLING | 34.2 | 91 | 267 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 16.9 | 272 | 33 |
| STONEHAM | 15.2 | 282 | 325 |
| STOUGHTON | 16.3 | 274 | 440 |
| STOW | 24.7 | 169 | 163 |
| STURBRIDGE | 26.7 | 148 | 247 |
| SUDBURY | 13.9 | 298 | 246 |
| SUNDERLAND | 19.5 | 236 | 72 |
| SUTTON | 32 | 112 | 287 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 12.3 | 312 | 169 |
| SWANSEA | 41.3 | 38 | 655 |
| TAUNTON | 22.9 | 191 | 1,280 |
| TEMPLETON | 30.9 | 118 | 248 |
| TEWKSBURY | 25.3 | 162 | 733 |
| TISBURY | 33.4 | 100 | 132 |
| TOLLAND | 43.3 | 26 | 21 |
| TOPSFIELD | 18.7 | 252 | 114 |
| TOWNSEND | 41.6 | 37 | 371 |
| TRURO | 37.9 | 64 | 76 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 28.6 | 132 | 323 |
| TYRINGHAM | 24.5 | 172 | 8 |
| UPTON | 31.8 | 114 | 240 |
| UXBRIDGE | 37.4 | 68 | 503 |
| WAKEFIELD | 18.9 | 246 | 472 |
| WALES | 50.6 | 16 | 93 |
| WALPOLE | 17.6 | 267 | 423 |
| WALTHAM | 12 | 315 | 727 |
| WARE | 31.9 | 113 | 315 |
| WAREHAM | 28.5 | 134 | 622 |
| WARREN | 33.7 | 98 | 173 |
| WARWICK | 33.3 | 102 | 26 |
| WASHINGTON | 52 | 12 | 28 |
| WATERTOWN | 13.3 | 303 | 425 |
| WAYLAND | 14.2 | 292 | 184 |
| WEBSTER | 24.3 | 174 | 407 |
| WELLESLEY | 5.3 | 349 | 147 |
| WELLFLEET | 35.6 | 83 | 98 |
| WENDELL | 41.3 | 38 | 35 |
| WENHAM | 11.7 | 317 | 57 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 12.1 | 313 | 221 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 21.1 | 211 | 162 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 30.8 | 119 | 213 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 35.9 | 82 | 133 |
| WESTFIELD | 20.6 | 220 | 845 |
| WESTFORD | 19.2 | 242 | 421 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 41.7 | 35 | 67 |
| WESTMINSTER | 39.6 | 47 | 288 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 25 | 166 | 106 |
| WESTON | 13 | 307 | 146 |
| WESTPORT | 38.3 | 61 | 595 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 16.3 | 274 | 462 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 31.4 | 115 | 41 |
| WEST TISBURY | 42.3 | 30 | 116 |
| WESTWOOD | 9.1 | 337 | 133 |
| WEYMOUTH | 18.2 | 260 | 976 |
| WHATELY | 33.4 | 100 | 50 |
| WHITMAN | 25.4 | 160 | 368 |
| WILBRAHAM | 22.7 | 195 | 323 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 34.2 | 91 | 85 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 15.1 | 283 | 117 |
| WILMINGTON | 22.3 | 202 | 497 |
| WINCHENDON | 32.8 | 105 | 338 |
| WINCHESTER | 9.7 | 332 | 208 |
| WINDSOR | 51.2 | 14 | 46 |
| WINTHROP | 13.1 | 305 | 230 |
| WOBURN | 18.4 | 256 | 703 |
| WORCESTER | 9.5 | 335 | 1,718 |
| WORTHINGTON | 53.6 | 9 | 62 |
| WRENTHAM | 29.5 | 126 | 323 |
| YARMOUTH | 18.8 | 248 | 448 |