SNAPSHOT: AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE
By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | March 15, 2012
Average household size in Massachusetts varies from about 3 in Berkley, Sudbury, and Lawrence, to 1.64 in Provincetown. The data, from the Donahue Institute at UMass, is from 2010 and is based on the census.
Community | Average household size, 2010 | Rank | Total households |
ABINGTON | 2.61 | 129 | 6,080 |
ACTON | 2.66 | 97 | 8,187 |
ACUSHNET | 2.62 | 122 | 3,934 |
ADAMS | 2.17 | 324 | 3,907 |
AGAWAM | 2.38 | 251 | 11,664 |
ALFORD | 2.22 | 309 | 223 |
AMESBURY | 2.41 | 230 | 6,642 |
AMHERST | 2.44 | 218 | 9,259 |
ANDOVER | 2.68 | 87 | 11,851 |
AQUINNAH | 2.14 | 336 | 145 |
ARLINGTON | 2.24 | 303 | 18,969 |
ASHBURNHAM | 2.75 | 58 | 2,148 |
ASHBY | 2.78 | 45 | 1,105 |
ASHFIELD | 2.28 | 284 | 760 |
ASHLAND | 2.59 | 137 | 6,385 |
ATHOL | 2.46 | 200 | 4,656 |
ATTLEBORO | 2.55 | 157 | 16,884 |
AUBURN | 2.45 | 211 | 6,542 |
AVON | 2.55 | 157 | 1,709 |
AYER | 2.3 | 279 | 3,118 |
BARNSTABLE | 2.33 | 269 | 19,225 |
BARRE | 2.61 | 129 | 2,025 |
BECKET | 2.33 | 269 | 763 |
BEDFORD | 2.5 | 184 | 5,130 |
BELCHERTOWN | 2.62 | 122 | 5,595 |
BELLINGHAM | 2.65 | 107 | 6,155 |
BELMONT | 2.54 | 161 | 9,651 |
BERKLEY | 3.03 | 1 | 2,109 |
BERLIN | 2.54 | 161 | 1,125 |
BERNARDSTON | 2.39 | 242 | 890 |
BEVERLY | 2.33 | 269 | 15,850 |
BILLERICA | 2.79 | 41 | 14,034 |
BLACKSTONE | 2.64 | 110 | 3,403 |
BLANDFORD | 2.51 | 180 | 492 |
BOLTON | 2.93 | 10 | 1,670 |
BOSTON | 2.26 | 294 | 252,699 |
BOURNE | 2.3 | 279 | 7,866 |
BOXBOROUGH | 2.56 | 150 | 1,949 |
BOXFORD | 2.96 | 7 | 2,688 |
BOYLSTON | 2.56 | 150 | 1,698 |
BRAINTREE | 2.56 | 150 | 13,736 |
BREWSTER | 2.17 | 324 | 4,383 |
BRIDGEWATER | 2.73 | 67 | 7,995 |
BRIMFIELD | 2.53 | 169 | 1,429 |
BROCKTON | 2.76 | 54 | 33,303 |
BROOKFIELD | 2.46 | 200 | 1,375 |
BROOKLINE | 2.27 | 290 | 25,092 |
BUCKLAND | 2.3 | 279 | 823 |
BURLINGTON | 2.64 | 110 | 9,269 |
CAMBRIDGE | 2 | 346 | 44,032 |
CANTON | 2.54 | 161 | 8,378 |
CARLISLE | 2.86 | 22 | 1,695 |
CARVER | 2.68 | 87 | 4,297 |
CHARLEMONT | 2.25 | 298 | 561 |
CHARLTON | 2.78 | 45 | 4,608 |
CHATHAM | 1.95 | 349 | 3,085 |
CHELMSFORD | 2.53 | 169 | 13,313 |
CHELSEA | 2.92 | 14 | 11,831 |
CHESHIRE | 2.31 | 278 | 1,403 |
CHESTER | 2.46 | 200 | 543 |
CHESTERFIELD | 2.39 | 242 | 511 |
CHICOPEE | 2.28 | 284 | 23,739 |
CHILMARK | 2.16 | 327 | 398 |
CLARKSBURG | 2.52 | 176 | 675 |
CLINTON | 2.32 | 275 | 5,831 |
COHASSET | 2.74 | 64 | 2,722 |
COLRAIN | 2.45 | 211 | 683 |
CONCORD | 2.46 | 200 | 6,484 |
CONWAY | 2.46 | 200 | 770 |
CUMMINGTON | 2.16 | 327 | 404 |
DALTON | 2.43 | 222 | 2,737 |
DANVERS | 2.42 | 226 | 10,615 |
DARTMOUTH | 2.54 | 161 | 11,237 |
DEDHAM | 2.45 | 211 | 9,651 |
DEERFIELD | 2.33 | 269 | 2,053 |
DENNIS | 2.03 | 343 | 6,928 |
DIGHTON | 2.83 | 27 | 2,472 |
DOUGLAS | 2.82 | 30 | 3,000 |
DOVER | 2.99 | 4 | 1,869 |
DRACUT | 2.69 | 79 | 10,956 |
DUDLEY | 2.6 | 135 | 4,062 |
DUNSTABLE | 2.99 | 4 | 1,063 |
DUXBURY | 2.79 | 41 | 5,344 |
EAST BRIDGEWATER | 2.88 | 19 | 4,750 |
EAST BROOKFIELD | 2.64 | 110 | 828 |
EASTHAM | 2.08 | 342 | 2,388 |
EASTHAMPTON | 2.21 | 313 | 7,224 |
EAST LONGMEADOW | 2.61 | 129 | 5,851 |
EASTON | 2.66 | 97 | 7,865 |
EDGARTOWN | 2.25 | 298 | 1,794 |
EGREMONT | 2.16 | 327 | 563 |
ERVING | 2.42 | 226 | 745 |
ESSEX | 2.5 | 184 | 1,402 |
EVERETT | 2.67 | 92 | 15,543 |
FAIRHAVEN | 2.33 | 269 | 6,672 |
FALL RIVER | 2.27 | 290 | 38,457 |
FALMOUTH | 2.21 | 313 | 14,069 |
FITCHBURG | 2.49 | 190 | 15,165 |
FLORIDA | 2.44 | 218 | 308 |
FOXBOROUGH | 2.59 | 137 | 6,504 |
FRAMINGHAM | 2.47 | 195 | 26,173 |
FRANKLIN | 2.8 | 37 | 10,995 |
FREETOWN | 2.78 | 45 | 3,162 |
GARDNER | 2.3 | 279 | 8,224 |
GEORGETOWN | 2.78 | 45 | 2,937 |
GILL | 2.35 | 264 | 568 |
GLOUCESTER | 2.27 | 290 | 12,486 |
GOSHEN | 2.53 | 169 | 416 |
GOSNOLD | 1.92 | 350 | 39 |
GRAFTON | 2.56 | 150 | 6,892 |
GRANBY | 2.63 | 116 | 2,374 |
GRANVILLE | 2.58 | 143 | 608 |
GREAT BARRINGTON | 2.2 | 319 | 2,879 |
GREENFIELD | 2.15 | 331 | 7,852 |
GROTON | 2.79 | 41 | 3,753 |
GROVELAND | 2.75 | 58 | 2,346 |
HADLEY | 2.41 | 230 | 2,107 |
HALIFAX | 2.63 | 116 | 2,863 |
HAMILTON | 2.83 | 27 | 2,692 |
HAMPDEN | 2.66 | 97 | 1,898 |
HANCOCK | 2.4 | 237 | 299 |
HANOVER | 2.93 | 10 | 4,709 |
HANSON | 2.94 | 9 | 3,468 |
HARDWICK | 2.54 | 161 | 1,094 |
HARVARD | 2.76 | 54 | 1,893 |
HARWICH | 2.15 | 331 | 5,623 |
HATFIELD | 2.21 | 313 | 1,483 |
HAVERHILL | 2.47 | 195 | 24,150 |
HAWLEY | 2.42 | 226 | 128 |
HEATH | 2.34 | 266 | 302 |
HINGHAM | 2.59 | 137 | 8,465 |
HINSDALE | 2.34 | 266 | 868 |
HOLBROOK | 2.62 | 122 | 4,102 |
HOLDEN | 2.69 | 79 | 6,394 |
HOLLAND | 2.5 | 184 | 994 |
HOLLISTON | 2.74 | 64 | 4,940 |
HOLYOKE | 2.51 | 180 | 15,361 |
HOPEDALE | 2.66 | 97 | 2,194 |
HOPKINTON | 2.99 | 4 | 4,957 |
HUBBARDSTON | 2.8 | 37 | 1,566 |
HUDSON | 2.53 | 169 | 7,528 |
HULL | 2.22 | 309 | 4,630 |
HUNTINGTON | 2.51 | 180 | 868 |
IPSWICH | 2.38 | 251 | 5,462 |
KINGSTON | 2.66 | 97 | 4,665 |
LAKEVILLE | 2.82 | 30 | 3,725 |
LANCASTER | 2.66 | 97 | 2,409 |
LANESBOROUGH | 2.39 | 242 | 1,291 |
LAWRENCE | 3 | 3 | 25,181 |
LEE | 2.26 | 294 | 2,560 |
LEICESTER | 2.64 | 110 | 4,021 |
LENOX | 2.09 | 341 | 2,283 |
LEOMINSTER | 2.41 | 230 | 16,767 |
LEVERETT | 2.41 | 230 | 762 |
LEXINGTON | 2.68 | 87 | 11,530 |
LEYDEN | 2.47 | 195 | 288 |
LINCOLN | 2.65 | 107 | 2,404 |
LITTLETON | 2.66 | 97 | 3,297 |
LONGMEADOW | 2.66 | 97 | 5,741 |
LOWELL | 2.66 | 97 | 38,470 |
LUDLOW | 2.46 | 200 | 8,080 |
LUNENBURG | 2.63 | 116 | 3,835 |
LYNN | 2.69 | 79 | 33,310 |
LYNNFIELD | 2.77 | 52 | 4,179 |
MALDEN | 2.5 | 184 | 23,673 |
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 2.39 | 242 | 2,147 |
MANSFIELD | 2.76 | 54 | 8,399 |
MARBLEHEAD | 2.42 | 226 | 8,144 |
MARION | 2.45 | 211 | 1,896 |
MARLBOROUGH | 2.46 | 200 | 15,395 |
MARSHFIELD | 2.63 | 116 | 9,526 |
MASHPEE | 2.27 | 290 | 6,118 |
MATTAPOISETT | 2.41 | 230 | 2,505 |
MAYNARD | 2.38 | 251 | 4,239 |
MEDFIELD | 2.91 | 15 | 4,117 |
MEDFORD | 2.38 | 251 | 22,810 |
MEDWAY | 2.84 | 25 | 4,435 |
MELROSE | 2.38 | 251 | 11,213 |
MENDON | 2.88 | 19 | 2,022 |
MERRIMAC | 2.61 | 129 | 2,417 |
METHUEN | 2.67 | 92 | 17,529 |
MIDDLEBOROUGH | 2.67 | 92 | 8,468 |
MIDDLEFIELD | 2.39 | 242 | 218 |
MIDDLETON | 2.68 | 87 | 2,898 |
MILFORD | 2.56 | 150 | 10,872 |
MILLBURY | 2.48 | 193 | 5,294 |
MILLIS | 2.59 | 137 | 3,030 |
MILLVILLE | 2.91 | 15 | 1,094 |
MILTON | 2.75 | 58 | 9,274 |
MONROE | 2.12 | 338 | 57 |
MONSON | 2.57 | 147 | 3,279 |
MONTAGUE | 2.25 | 298 | 3,694 |
MONTEREY | 2.17 | 324 | 426 |
MONTGOMERY | 2.54 | 161 | 330 |
MOUNT WASHINGTON | 2.26 | 294 | 74 |
NAHANT | 2.18 | 322 | 1,540 |
NANTUCKET | 2.39 | 242 | 4,229 |
NATICK | 2.44 | 218 | 13,406 |
NEEDHAM | 2.72 | 71 | 10,341 |
NEW ASHFORD | 2.4 | 237 | 95 |
NEW BEDFORD | 2.4 | 237 | 38,761 |
NEW BRAINTREE | 2.69 | 79 | 370 |
NEWBURY | 2.53 | 169 | 2,594 |
NEWBURYPORT | 2.23 | 308 | 7,622 |
NEW MARLBOROUGH | 2.34 | 266 | 630 |
NEW SALEM | 2.45 | 211 | 404 |
NEWTON | 2.5 | 184 | 31,168 |
NORFOLK | 2.95 | 8 | 3,049 |
NORTH ADAMS | 2.15 | 331 | 5,868 |
NORTHAMPTON | 2.12 | 338 | 12,000 |
NORTH ANDOVER | 2.62 | 122 | 10,516 |
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 2.61 | 129 | 10,943 |
NORTHBOROUGH | 2.73 | 67 | 5,110 |
NORTHBRIDGE | 2.62 | 122 | 5,896 |
NORTH BROOKFIELD | 2.51 | 180 | 1,862 |
NORTHFIELD | 2.45 | 211 | 1,226 |
NORTH READING | 2.71 | 72 | 5,439 |
NORTON | 2.69 | 79 | 6,416 |
NORWELL | 2.89 | 17 | 3,553 |
NORWOOD | 2.37 | 258 | 11,917 |
OAK BLUFFS | 2.24 | 303 | 1,989 |
OAKHAM | 2.77 | 52 | 685 |
ORANGE | 2.46 | 200 | 3,172 |
ORLEANS | 1.97 | 347 | 2,950 |
OTIS | 2.28 | 284 | 708 |
OXFORD | 2.59 | 137 | 5,272 |
PALMER | 2.37 | 258 | 5,099 |
PAXTON | 2.78 | 45 | 1,546 |
PEABODY | 2.38 | 251 | 21,313 |
PELHAM | 2.41 | 230 | 549 |
PEMBROKE | 2.82 | 30 | 6,298 |
PEPPERELL | 2.74 | 64 | 4,197 |
PERU | 2.52 | 176 | 336 |
PETERSHAM | 2.43 | 222 | 493 |
PHILLIPSTON | 2.66 | 97 | 633 |
PITTSFIELD | 2.22 | 309 | 19,653 |
PLAINFIELD | 2.4 | 237 | 269 |
PLAINVILLE | 2.49 | 190 | 3,303 |
PLYMOUTH | 2.55 | 157 | 21,269 |
PLYMPTON | 2.8 | 37 | 1,006 |
PRINCETON | 2.67 | 92 | 1,279 |
PROVINCETOWN | 1.64 | 351 | 1,765 |
QUINCY | 2.24 | 303 | 40,658 |
RANDOLPH | 2.75 | 58 | 11,551 |
RAYNHAM | 2.71 | 72 | 4,875 |
READING | 2.64 | 110 | 9,305 |
REHOBOTH | 2.83 | 27 | 4,101 |
REVERE | 2.52 | 176 | 20,454 |
RICHMOND | 2.24 | 303 | 657 |
ROCHESTER | 2.88 | 19 | 1,813 |
ROCKLAND | 2.58 | 143 | 6,697 |
ROCKPORT | 2.14 | 336 | 3,213 |
ROWE | 2.35 | 264 | 167 |
ROWLEY | 2.69 | 79 | 2,155 |
ROYALSTON | 2.53 | 169 | 498 |
RUSSELL | 2.7 | 76 | 656 |
RUTLAND | 2.85 | 24 | 2,791 |
SALEM | 2.22 | 309 | 17,842 |
SALISBURY | 2.39 | 242 | 3,441 |
SANDISFIELD | 2.28 | 284 | 377 |
SANDWICH | 2.61 | 129 | 7,776 |
SAUGUS | 2.55 | 157 | 10,318 |
SAVOY | 2.32 | 275 | 298 |
SCITUATE | 2.62 | 122 | 6,859 |
SEEKONK | 2.71 | 72 | 5,071 |
SHARON | 2.82 | 30 | 6,219 |
SHEFFIELD | 2.28 | 284 | 1,424 |
SHELBURNE | 2.18 | 322 | 849 |
SHERBORN | 2.86 | 22 | 1,438 |
SHIRLEY | 2.54 | 161 | 2,264 |
SHREWSBURY | 2.62 | 122 | 13,424 |
SHUTESBURY | 2.48 | 193 | 714 |
SOMERSET | 2.53 | 169 | 7,087 |
SOMERVILLE | 2.29 | 283 | 32,105 |
SOUTHAMPTON | 2.58 | 143 | 2,249 |
SOUTHBOROUGH | 2.89 | 17 | 3,332 |
SOUTHBRIDGE | 2.41 | 230 | 6,866 |
SOUTH HADLEY | 2.25 | 298 | 6,793 |
SOUTHWICK | 2.56 | 150 | 3,710 |
SPENCER | 2.45 | 211 | 4,744 |
SPRINGFIELD | 2.6 | 135 | 56,752 |
STERLING | 2.73 | 67 | 2,810 |
STOCKBRIDGE | 1.97 | 347 | 919 |
STONEHAM | 2.36 | 263 | 8,994 |
STOUGHTON | 2.59 | 137 | 10,295 |
STOW | 2.71 | 72 | 2,429 |
STURBRIDGE | 2.56 | 150 | 3,611 |
SUDBURY | 3.02 | 2 | 5,771 |
SUNDERLAND | 2.21 | 313 | 1,648 |
SUTTON | 2.79 | 41 | 3,213 |
SWAMPSCOTT | 2.46 | 200 | 5,520 |
SWANSEA | 2.57 | 147 | 6,079 |
TAUNTON | 2.47 | 195 | 22,332 |
TEMPLETON | 2.7 | 76 | 2,882 |
TEWKSBURY | 2.7 | 76 | 10,492 |
TISBURY | 2.19 | 321 | 1,806 |
TOLLAND | 2.46 | 200 | 197 |
TOPSFIELD | 2.84 | 25 | 2,090 |
TOWNSEND | 2.75 | 58 | 3,240 |
TRURO | 2.03 | 343 | 984 |
TYNGSBOROUGH | 2.82 | 30 | 3,999 |
TYRINGHAM | 2.25 | 298 | 138 |
UPTON | 2.76 | 54 | 2,733 |
UXBRIDGE | 2.65 | 107 | 5,056 |
WAKEFIELD | 2.47 | 195 | 9,994 |
WALES | 2.5 | 184 | 736 |
WALPOLE | 2.69 | 79 | 8,730 |
WALTHAM | 2.28 | 284 | 23,690 |
WARE | 2.39 | 242 | 4,120 |
WAREHAM | 2.38 | 251 | 9,071 |
WARREN | 2.54 | 161 | 2,021 |
WARWICK | 2.37 | 258 | 329 |
WASHINGTON | 2.39 | 242 | 225 |
WATERTOWN | 2.15 | 331 | 14,709 |
WAYLAND | 2.69 | 79 | 4,808 |
WEBSTER | 2.32 | 275 | 7,088 |
WELLESLEY | 2.78 | 45 | 8,695 |
WELLFLEET | 2.01 | 345 | 1,366 |
WENDELL | 2.16 | 327 | 391 |
WENHAM | 2.67 | 92 | 1,358 |
WESTBOROUGH | 2.57 | 147 | 6,924 |
WEST BOYLSTON | 2.43 | 222 | 2,616 |
WEST BRIDGEWATER | 2.63 | 116 | 2,571 |
WEST BROOKFIELD | 2.4 | 237 | 1,479 |
WESTFIELD | 2.49 | 190 | 15,335 |
WESTFORD | 2.93 | 10 | 7,498 |
WESTHAMPTON | 2.58 | 143 | 623 |
WESTMINSTER | 2.68 | 87 | 2,716 |
WEST NEWBURY | 2.8 | 37 | 1,508 |
WESTON | 2.82 | 30 | 3,776 |
WESTPORT | 2.52 | 176 | 6,154 |
WEST SPRINGFIELD | 2.33 | 269 | 12,124 |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 2.2 | 319 | 593 |
WEST TISBURY | 2.26 | 294 | 1,197 |
WESTWOOD | 2.78 | 45 | 5,249 |
WEYMOUTH | 2.37 | 258 | 22,435 |
WHATELY | 2.37 | 258 | 626 |
WHITMAN | 2.73 | 67 | 5,300 |
WILBRAHAM | 2.63 | 116 | 5,309 |
WILLIAMSBURG | 2.21 | 313 | 1,118 |
WILLIAMSTOWN | 2.15 | 331 | 2,542 |
WILMINGTON | 2.93 | 10 | 7,532 |
WINCHENDON | 2.64 | 110 | 3,810 |
WINCHESTER | 2.75 | 58 | 7,645 |
WINDSOR | 2.44 | 218 | 369 |
WINTHROP | 2.24 | 303 | 7,783 |
WOBURN | 2.43 | 222 | 15,524 |
WORCESTER | 2.46 | 200 | 68,613 |
WORTHINGTON | 2.21 | 313 | 522 |
WRENTHAM | 2.81 | 36 | 3,703 |
YARMOUTH | 2.1 | 340 | 11,229 |