snapshot: Snowmobiles per 10,000 residents
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Feb. 7, 2013
The map tells the story convincingly -- folks in western and central Mass. like snowmobiles a lot more than people in Greater Boston. They appear to be more popular in communities south of Boston, than north of the city. More than 30 communities -- including Weston, Newton, and Provincetown -- have no registered snowmobiles. The data, from the state Environmental Police, is for 2012.
| Community | Snowmobiles per 10,000 residents, 2012 | State rank | Total snowmobiles |
| ABINGTON | 5.0 | 205 | 8 |
| ACTON | 3.2 | 225 | 7 |
| ACUSHNET | 3.9 | 220 | 4 |
| ADAMS | 251.4 | 49 | 212 |
| AGAWAM | 41.8 | 125 | 119 |
| ALFORD | 183.3 | 65 | 9 |
| AMESBURY | 3.0 | 227 | 5 |
| AMHERST | 6.9 | 186 | 26 |
| ANDOVER | 0.3 | 310 | 1 |
| AQUINNAH | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| ARLINGTON | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 100.0 | 89 | 61 |
| ASHBY | 112.7 | 85 | 35 |
| ASHFIELD | 476.5 | 17 | 83 |
| ASHLAND | 9.5 | 175 | 16 |
| ATHOL | 82.6 | 99 | 96 |
| ATTLEBORO | 2.7 | 234 | 12 |
| AUBURN | 41.2 | 128 | 67 |
| AVON | 2.3 | 245 | 1 |
| AYER | 8.0 | 180 | 6 |
| BARNSTABLE | 0.7 | 295 | 3 |
| BARRE | 223.4 | 56 | 121 |
| BECKET | 401.6 | 27 | 71 |
| BEDFORD | 2.2 | 247 | 3 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 103.3 | 87 | 151 |
| BELLINGHAM | 8.5 | 177 | 14 |
| BELMONT | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| BERKLEY | 10.9 | 169 | 7 |
| BERLIN | 41.7 | 126 | 12 |
| BERNARDSTON | 473.1 | 18 | 101 |
| BEVERLY | 1.8 | 258 | 7 |
| BILLERICA | 2.2 | 250 | 9 |
| BLACKSTONE | 7.7 | 182 | 7 |
| BLANDFORD | 275.5 | 43 | 34 |
| BOLTON | 30.5 | 137 | 15 |
| BOSTON | 0.1 | 316 | 6 |
| BOURNE | 0.5 | 298 | 1 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 5.9 | 198 | 3 |
| BOXFORD | 2.5 | 239 | 2 |
| BOYLSTON | 50.3 | 116 | 22 |
| BRAINTREE | 2.2 | 248 | 8 |
| BREWSTER | 6.1 | 196 | 6 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 6.4 | 194 | 17 |
| BRIMFIELD | 94.2 | 93 | 34 |
| BROCKTON | 0.4 | 303 | 4 |
| BROOKFIELD | 150.0 | 71 | 51 |
| BROOKLINE | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| BUCKLAND | 246.3 | 50 | 47 |
| BURLINGTON | 0.8 | 290 | 2 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| CANTON | 2.3 | 244 | 5 |
| CARLISLE | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| CARVER | 6.9 | 185 | 8 |
| CHARLEMONT | 362.2 | 34 | 46 |
| CHARLTON | 57.6 | 111 | 75 |
| CHATHAM | 1.6 | 268 | 1 |
| CHELMSFORD | 1.8 | 259 | 6 |
| CHELSEA | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| CHESHIRE | 531.7 | 15 | 171 |
| CHESTER | 231.7 | 52 | 31 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 410.2 | 24 | 50 |
| CHICOPEE | 24.0 | 142 | 133 |
| CHILMARK | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| CLARKSBURG | 218.7 | 59 | 37 |
| CLINTON | 27.1 | 140 | 37 |
| COHASSET | 2.6 | 236 | 2 |
| COLRAIN | 686.2 | 10 | 115 |
| CONCORD | 1.7 | 264 | 3 |
| CONWAY | 499.2 | 16 | 95 |
| CUMMINGTON | 413.8 | 23 | 36 |
| DALTON | 205.5 | 60 | 138 |
| DANVERS | 0.7 | 293 | 2 |
| DARTMOUTH | 1.5 | 272 | 5 |
| DEDHAM | 2.0 | 255 | 5 |
| DEERFIELD | 305.4 | 36 | 157 |
| DENNIS | 7.7 | 181 | 11 |
| DIGHTON | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| DOUGLAS | 81.2 | 101 | 69 |
| DOVER | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| DRACUT | 1.7 | 266 | 5 |
| DUDLEY | 40.3 | 130 | 46 |
| DUNSTABLE | 15.6 | 155 | 5 |
| DUXBURY | 2.6 | 235 | 4 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 4.3 | 216 | 6 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 219.2 | 58 | 48 |
| EASTHAM | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 67.4 | 108 | 108 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 33.7 | 135 | 53 |
| EASTON | 4.8 | 211 | 11 |
| EDGARTOWN | 2.4 | 240 | 1 |
| EGREMONT | 32.8 | 136 | 4 |
| ERVING | 116.3 | 82 | 21 |
| ESSEX | 14.2 | 160 | 5 |
| EVERETT | 0.5 | 300 | 2 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| FALL RIVER | 0.4 | 302 | 4 |
| FALMOUTH | 1.6 | 269 | 5 |
| FITCHBURG | 15.1 | 157 | 61 |
| FLORIDA | 949.2 | 5 | 71 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 6.5 | 192 | 11 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 2.9 | 229 | 20 |
| FRANKLIN | 4.4 | 214 | 14 |
| FREETOWN | 19.1 | 147 | 17 |
| GARDNER | 46.3 | 121 | 94 |
| GEORGETOWN | 3.6 | 223 | 3 |
| GILL | 272.4 | 44 | 41 |
| GLOUCESTER | 1.0 | 282 | 3 |
| GOSHEN | 721.7 | 9 | 76 |
| GOSNOLD | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| GRAFTON | 37.6 | 134 | 67 |
| GRANBY | 89.9 | 97 | 56 |
| GRANVILLE | 357.4 | 35 | 56 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 59.4 | 110 | 42 |
| GREENFIELD | 98.8 | 90 | 173 |
| GROTON | 14.9 | 159 | 16 |
| GROVELAND | 3.1 | 226 | 2 |
| HADLEY | 183.2 | 66 | 96 |
| HALIFAX | 11.9 | 167 | 9 |
| HAMILTON | 6.4 | 193 | 5 |
| HAMPDEN | 46.7 | 120 | 24 |
| HANCOCK | 266.5 | 45 | 19 |
| HANOVER | 3.6 | 224 | 5 |
| HANSON | 1.9 | 256 | 2 |
| HARDWICK | 173.3 | 67 | 52 |
| HARVARD | 56.6 | 112 | 37 |
| HARWICH | 4.9 | 206 | 6 |
| HATFIELD | 290.3 | 40 | 95 |
| HAVERHILL | 0.7 | 296 | 4 |
| HAWLEY | 650.9 | 11 | 22 |
| HEATH | 593.2 | 12 | 42 |
| HINGHAM | 5.4 | 201 | 12 |
| HINSDALE | 425.7 | 21 | 86 |
| HOLBROOK | 2.8 | 233 | 3 |
| HOLDEN | 48.3 | 118 | 84 |
| HOLLAND | 72.5 | 103 | 18 |
| HOLLISTON | 2.2 | 251 | 3 |
| HOLYOKE | 4.3 | 218 | 17 |
| HOPEDALE | 13.5 | 162 | 8 |
| HOPKINTON | 24.5 | 141 | 37 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 161.5 | 68 | 71 |
| HUDSON | 18.7 | 150 | 36 |
| HULL | 4.8 | 208 | 5 |
| HUNTINGTON | 381.3 | 30 | 83 |
| IPSWICH | 2.3 | 246 | 3 |
| KINGSTON | 7.1 | 184 | 9 |
| LAKEVILLE | 2.8 | 230 | 3 |
| LANCASTER | 39.6 | 132 | 32 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 374.2 | 31 | 115 |
| LAWRENCE | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| LEE | 223.5 | 55 | 132 |
| LEICESTER | 231.6 | 53 | 255 |
| LENOX | 92.1 | 95 | 46 |
| LEOMINSTER | 19.1 | 148 | 78 |
| LEVERETT | 145.4 | 73 | 27 |
| LEXINGTON | 0.9 | 286 | 3 |
| LEYDEN | 756.3 | 8 | 54 |
| LINCOLN | 1.6 | 270 | 1 |
| LITTLETON | 13.3 | 164 | 12 |
| LONGMEADOW | 8.2 | 178 | 13 |
| LOWELL | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| LUDLOW | 41.7 | 127 | 88 |
| LUNENBURG | 101.8 | 88 | 103 |
| LYNN | 0.1 | 315 | 1 |
| LYNNFIELD | 4.3 | 217 | 5 |
| MALDEN | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 1.9 | 257 | 1 |
| MANSFIELD | 1.7 | 261 | 4 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 1.0 | 283 | 2 |
| MARION | 2.0 | 254 | 1 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 11.1 | 168 | 43 |
| MARSHFIELD | 6.3 | 195 | 16 |
| MASHPEE | 0.7 | 294 | 1 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| MAYNARD | 4.9 | 207 | 5 |
| MEDFIELD | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| MEDFORD | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| MEDWAY | 3.9 | 219 | 5 |
| MELROSE | 0.4 | 306 | 1 |
| MENDON | 13.6 | 161 | 8 |
| MERRIMAC | 15.7 | 154 | 10 |
| METHUEN | 1.7 | 265 | 8 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 7.3 | 183 | 17 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 191.9 | 63 | 10 |
| MIDDLETON | 4.4 | 213 | 4 |
| MILFORD | 2.5 | 238 | 7 |
| MILLBURY | 48.1 | 119 | 64 |
| MILLIS | 1.3 | 275 | 1 |
| MILLVILLE | 18.8 | 149 | 6 |
| MILTON | 0.4 | 305 | 1 |
| MONROE | 1,157.0 | 2 | 14 |
| MONSON | 81.7 | 100 | 70 |
| MONTAGUE | 126.4 | 80 | 107 |
| MONTEREY | 146.4 | 72 | 14 |
| MONTGOMERY | 262.5 | 46 | 22 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| NAHANT | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| NANTUCKET | 1.0 | 284 | 1 |
| NATICK | 2.1 | 253 | 7 |
| NEEDHAM | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 396.5 | 28 | 9 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 0.3 | 309 | 3 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 219.6 | 57 | 22 |
| NEWBURY | 1.5 | 271 | 1 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 1.1 | 278 | 2 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 133.3 | 76 | 20 |
| NEW SALEM | 130.8 | 77 | 13 |
| NEWTON | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| NORFOLK | 5.3 | 202 | 6 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 69.7 | 105 | 95 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 40.3 | 129 | 115 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 0.4 | 308 | 1 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 1.0 | 281 | 3 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 13.4 | 163 | 19 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 28.6 | 139 | 45 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 151.2 | 70 | 71 |
| NORTHFIELD | 282.7 | 41 | 86 |
| NORTH READING | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| NORTON | 3.7 | 221 | 7 |
| NORWELL | 6.6 | 188 | 7 |
| NORWOOD | 1.4 | 273 | 4 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 2.2 | 252 | 1 |
| OAKHAM | 403.4 | 26 | 77 |
| ORANGE | 73.8 | 102 | 58 |
| ORLEANS | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| OTIS | 1,098.6 | 3 | 176 |
| OXFORD | 49.4 | 117 | 68 |
| PALMER | 90.5 | 96 | 110 |
| PAXTON | 114.1 | 83 | 55 |
| PEABODY | 1.7 | 260 | 9 |
| PELHAM | 30.4 | 138 | 4 |
| PEMBROKE | 2.8 | 232 | 5 |
| PEPPERELL | 10.3 | 172 | 12 |
| PERU | 451.3 | 19 | 38 |
| PETERSHAM | 129.2 | 79 | 16 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 302.3 | 37 | 51 |
| PITTSFIELD | 113.8 | 84 | 506 |
| PLAINFIELD | 448.2 | 20 | 29 |
| PLAINVILLE | 4.8 | 209 | 4 |
| PLYMOUTH | 4.8 | 210 | 27 |
| PLYMPTON | 10.6 | 171 | 3 |
| PRINCETON | 43.8 | 124 | 15 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| QUINCY | 1.0 | 285 | 9 |
| RANDOLPH | 0.9 | 288 | 3 |
| RAYNHAM | 4.5 | 212 | 6 |
| READING | 1.2 | 277 | 3 |
| REHOBOTH | 6.0 | 197 | 7 |
| REVERE | 0.2 | 313 | 1 |
| RICHMOND | 68.2 | 106 | 10 |
| ROCHESTER | 13.3 | 165 | 7 |
| ROCKLAND | 5.7 | 199 | 10 |
| ROCKPORT | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| ROWE | 888.3 | 6 | 35 |
| ROWLEY | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| ROYALSTON | 420.0 | 22 | 53 |
| RUSSELL | 281.5 | 42 | 50 |
| RUTLAND | 142.5 | 74 | 114 |
| SALEM | 0.2 | 312 | 1 |
| SALISBURY | 2.4 | 242 | 2 |
| SANDISFIELD | 296.7 | 38 | 27 |
| SANDWICH | 2.4 | 241 | 5 |
| SAUGUS | 0.4 | 304 | 1 |
| SAVOY | 1,424.4 | 1 | 98 |
| SCITUATE | 4.4 | 215 | 8 |
| SEEKONK | 3.6 | 222 | 5 |
| SHARON | 1.1 | 279 | 2 |
| SHEFFIELD | 129.8 | 78 | 42 |
| SHELBURNE | 374.1 | 32 | 71 |
| SHERBORN | 16.8 | 152 | 7 |
| SHIRLEY | 15.1 | 156 | 11 |
| SHREWSBURY | 16.2 | 153 | 58 |
| SHUTESBURY | 123.9 | 81 | 22 |
| SOMERSET | 1.6 | 267 | 3 |
| SOMERVILLE | 0.1 | 314 | 1 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 183.4 | 64 | 106 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 8.2 | 179 | 8 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 6.6 | 190 | 11 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 52.6 | 115 | 92 |
| SOUTHWICK | 252.4 | 48 | 240 |
| SPENCER | 237.9 | 51 | 279 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 6.8 | 187 | 104 |
| STERLING | 93.2 | 94 | 73 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 82.6 | 98 | 16 |
| STONEHAM | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| STOUGHTON | 1.1 | 280 | 3 |
| STOW | 22.5 | 144 | 15 |
| STURBRIDGE | 53.8 | 114 | 50 |
| SUDBURY | 2.8 | 231 | 5 |
| SUNDERLAND | 159.6 | 69 | 59 |
| SUTTON | 72.3 | 104 | 65 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| SWANSEA | 5.0 | 203 | 8 |
| TAUNTON | 3.0 | 228 | 17 |
| TEMPLETON | 225.2 | 54 | 181 |
| TEWKSBURY | 1.7 | 262 | 5 |
| TISBURY | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| TOLLAND | 371.1 | 33 | 18 |
| TOPSFIELD | 6.5 | 191 | 4 |
| TOWNSEND | 38.8 | 133 | 35 |
| TRURO | 15.0 | 158 | 3 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 12.3 | 166 | 14 |
| TYRINGHAM | 953.8 | 4 | 31 |
| UPTON | 21.1 | 146 | 16 |
| UXBRIDGE | 17.8 | 151 | 24 |
| WAKEFIELD | 0.8 | 291 | 2 |
| WALES | 135.9 | 75 | 25 |
| WALPOLE | 1.2 | 276 | 3 |
| WALTHAM | 0.5 | 299 | 3 |
| WARE | 97.4 | 91 | 96 |
| WAREHAM | 5.0 | 204 | 11 |
| WARREN | 67.9 | 107 | 35 |
| WARWICK | 293.7 | 39 | 23 |
| WASHINGTON | 261.7 | 47 | 14 |
| WATERTOWN | 0.9 | 287 | 3 |
| WAYLAND | 0.8 | 292 | 1 |
| WEBSTER | 23.8 | 143 | 40 |
| WELLESLEY | 0.4 | 307 | 1 |
| WELLFLEET | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| WENDELL | 105.8 | 86 | 9 |
| WENHAM | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 9.3 | 176 | 17 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 44.2 | 122 | 34 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 10.1 | 173 | 7 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 193.9 | 62 | 72 |
| WESTFIELD | 62.3 | 109 | 256 |
| WESTFORD | 10.8 | 170 | 24 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 405.2 | 25 | 65 |
| WESTMINSTER | 94.5 | 92 | 69 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 2.3 | 243 | 1 |
| WESTON | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| WESTPORT | 2.6 | 237 | 4 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 22.5 | 145 | 64 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 53.9 | 113 | 7 |
| WEST TISBURY | 0.0 | 317 | 0 |
| WESTWOOD | 1.4 | 274 | 2 |
| WEYMOUTH | 2.2 | 249 | 12 |
| WHATELY | 586.3 | 13 | 88 |
| WHITMAN | 5.5 | 200 | 8 |
| WILBRAHAM | 40.1 | 131 | 57 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 395.6 | 29 | 98 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 44.0 | 123 | 34 |
| WILMINGTON | 0.9 | 289 | 2 |
| WINCHENDON | 204.2 | 61 | 211 |
| WINCHESTER | 0.5 | 301 | 1 |
| WINDSOR | 883.7 | 7 | 79 |
| WINTHROP | 0.6 | 297 | 1 |
| WOBURN | 0.3 | 311 | 1 |
| WORCESTER | 6.6 | 189 | 120 |
| WORTHINGTON | 563.3 | 14 | 65 |
| WRENTHAM | 10.0 | 174 | 11 |
| YARMOUTH | 1.7 | 263 | 4 |