SNAPSHOT: Condos as percent of parcels
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | May 3, 2012
The communities with the most condos tend to be around Boston, down the Cape, and around UMass-Amherst and the Berkshires. The chart looks at condos as a percent of all parcels. The Department of Revenue data is for fiscal 2012.
Community | Percent condos, 2012 | Rank | Number | All parcels |
ABINGTON | 12.9% | 77 | 703 | 5452 |
ACTON | 27.3% | 11 | 2289 | 8397 |
ACUSHNET | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 4455 |
ADAMS | 0.6% | 270 | 20 | 3484 |
AGAWAM | 14.4% | 62 | 1603 | 11156 |
ALFORD | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 482 |
AMESBURY | 23.3% | 15 | 1447 | 6223 |
AMHERST | 15.5% | 53 | 1052 | 6800 |
ANDOVER | 13.8% | 66 | 1594 | 11555 |
ARLINGTON | 21.6% | 19 | 3183 | 14733 |
ASHBURNHAM | 0.6% | 270 | 22 | 3730 |
ASHBY | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1622 |
ASHFIELD | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1242 |
ASHLAND | 27.9% | 10 | 1772 | 6345 |
ATHOL | 2.0% | 231 | 103 | 5262 |
ATTLEBORO | 8.6% | 122 | 1220 | 14234 |
AUBURN | 6.3% | 152 | 414 | 6595 |
AVON | 2.0% | 231 | 36 | 1834 |
AYER | 15.6% | 51 | 473 | 3024 |
BARNSTABLE | 6.1% | 155 | 1702 | 27792 |
BARRE | 0.1% | 285 | 4 | 2773 |
BECKET | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 3860 |
BEDFORD | 10.0% | 106 | 450 | 4493 |
BELCHERTOWN | 2.7% | 216 | 162 | 6081 |
BELLINGHAM | 11.1% | 96 | 704 | 6360 |
BELMONT | 18.0% | 33 | 1473 | 8167 |
BERKLEY | 1.0% | 262 | 28 | 2734 |
BERLIN | 10.7% | 99 | 151 | 1415 |
BERNARDSTON | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1274 |
BEVERLY | 10.7% | 99 | 1320 | 12299 |
BILLERICA | 7.6% | 131 | 1115 | 14610 |
BLACKSTONE | 10.0% | 106 | 348 | 3472 |
BLANDFORD | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1075 |
BOLTON | 5.8% | 158 | 129 | 2242 |
BOSTON | 39.9% | 4 | 58118 | 145619 |
BOURNE | 10.0% | 106 | 1129 | 11248 |
BOXBOROUGH | 33.8% | 5 | 801 | 2369 |
BOXFORD | 0.1% | 285 | 3 | 3011 |
BOYLSTON | 8.2% | 124 | 163 | 1979 |
BRAINTREE | 12.2% | 85 | 1521 | 12421 |
BREWSTER | 17.8% | 36 | 1484 | 8323 |
BRIDGEWATER | 11.5% | 92 | 914 | 7919 |
BRIMFIELD | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 2182 |
BROCKTON | 7.9% | 128 | 2035 | 25879 |
BROOKFIELD | 1.4% | 250 | 20 | 1425 |
BROOKLINE | 56.7% | 1 | 9738 | 17183 |
BUCKLAND | 0.4% | 272 | 4 | 1065 |
BURLINGTON | 6.4% | 150 | 505 | 7884 |
CAMBRIDGE | 56.3% | 2 | 13560 | 24088 |
CANTON | 16.6% | 44 | 1313 | 7931 |
CARLISLE | 1.2% | 255 | 23 | 1988 |
CARVER | 2.1% | 227 | 91 | 4296 |
CHARLEMONT | 0.9% | 266 | 8 | 910 |
CHARLTON | 1.9% | 234 | 117 | 6016 |
CHATHAM | 6.0% | 156 | 468 | 7758 |
CHELMSFORD | 19.6% | 23 | 2593 | 13263 |
CHELSEA | 28.5% | 9 | 1810 | 6359 |
CHESHIRE | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1618 |
CHESTER | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1047 |
CHESTERFIELD | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 881 |
CHICOPEE | 10.0% | 106 | 1782 | 17843 |
CLARKSBURG | 1.5% | 245 | 12 | 811 |
CLINTON | 19.0% | 25 | 873 | 4598 |
COHASSET | 7.0% | 139 | 216 | 3065 |
COLRAIN | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1412 |
CONCORD | 12.0% | 89 | 764 | 6343 |
CONWAY | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1053 |
CUMMINGTON | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 759 |
DALTON | 4.1% | 191 | 109 | 2671 |
DANVERS | 15.2% | 57 | 1385 | 9136 |
DARTMOUTH | 2.5% | 223 | 340 | 13699 |
DEDHAM | 6.6% | 147 | 568 | 8586 |
DEERFIELD | 5.6% | 163 | 164 | 2917 |
DENNIS | 10.0% | 106 | 1642 | 16409 |
DIGHTON | 1.2% | 255 | 38 | 3241 |
DOUGLAS | 3.4% | 202 | 136 | 3992 |
DOVER | 3.4% | 202 | 81 | 2379 |
DRACUT | 17.4% | 38 | 1999 | 11493 |
DUDLEY | 2.6% | 221 | 129 | 4909 |
DUNSTABLE | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1352 |
DUXBURY | 5.8% | 158 | 351 | 6063 |
EAST BRIDGEWATER | 6.8% | 145 | 412 | 6087 |
EAST BROOKFIELD | 0.2% | 279 | 2 | 1257 |
EASTHAM | 4.2% | 190 | 266 | 6361 |
EASTHAMPTON | 6.6% | 147 | 395 | 6017 |
EAST LONGMEADOW | 2.1% | 227 | 135 | 6569 |
EASTON | 16.7% | 40 | 1383 | 8302 |
EGREMONT | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1147 |
ERVING | 2.7% | 216 | 24 | 876 |
ESSEX | 4.4% | 185 | 79 | 1797 |
EVERETT | 17.3% | 39 | 1602 | 9283 |
FAIRHAVEN | 2.8% | 214 | 206 | 7393 |
FALL RIVER | 8.8% | 117 | 1831 | 20709 |
FALMOUTH | 5.6% | 163 | 1310 | 23496 |
FITCHBURG | 8.8% | 117 | 1134 | 12847 |
FLORIDA | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 644 |
FOXBOROUGH | 7.6% | 131 | 449 | 5885 |
FRAMINGHAM | 14.7% | 61 | 2866 | 19462 |
FRANKLIN | 15.0% | 59 | 1610 | 10744 |
FREETOWN | 0.3% | 277 | 13 | 3971 |
GARDNER | 8.1% | 126 | 548 | 6778 |
GEORGETOWN | 4.4% | 185 | 136 | 3057 |
GILL | 1.9% | 234 | 16 | 845 |
GLOUCESTER | 9.6% | 113 | 1267 | 13263 |
GOSHEN | 1.2% | 255 | 12 | 969 |
GRAFTON | 18.0% | 33 | 1242 | 6902 |
GRANBY | 3.7% | 194 | 112 | 2993 |
GRANVILLE | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 932 |
GREAT BARRINGTON | 4.5% | 182 | 172 | 3817 |
GREENFIELD | 5.2% | 170 | 341 | 6534 |
GROTON | 4.8% | 177 | 208 | 4367 |
GROVELAND | 7.0% | 139 | 174 | 2477 |
HADLEY | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 2856 |
HALIFAX | 11.1% | 96 | 335 | 3030 |
HAMILTON | 1.5% | 245 | 43 | 2783 |
HAMPDEN | 2.3% | 224 | 52 | 2284 |
HANCOCK | 32.8% | 6 | 306 | 933 |
HANOVER | 3.0% | 211 | 153 | 5062 |
HANSON | 3.4% | 202 | 134 | 3981 |
HARDWICK | 0.7% | 269 | 10 | 1410 |
HARVARD | 5.1% | 172 | 121 | 2368 |
HARWICH | 7.3% | 136 | 828 | 11301 |
HATFIELD | 1.7% | 240 | 35 | 2005 |
HAVERHILL | 24.0% | 14 | 4890 | 20346 |
HAWLEY | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 284 |
HEATH | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 928 |
HINGHAM | 9.9% | 111 | 794 | 8057 |
HINSDALE | 2.6% | 221 | 38 | 1458 |
HOLBROOK | 1.5% | 245 | 72 | 4769 |
HOLDEN | 9.3% | 114 | 740 | 7940 |
HOLLAND | 0.3% | 277 | 6 | 2185 |
HOLLISTON | 6.0% | 156 | 338 | 5637 |
HOLYOKE | 4.6% | 181 | 444 | 9720 |
HOPEDALE | 17.9% | 35 | 429 | 2398 |
HOPKINTON | 8.8% | 117 | 523 | 5973 |
HUBBARDSTON | 5.4% | 168 | 126 | 2348 |
HUDSON | 18.5% | 29 | 1301 | 7018 |
HULL | 15.4% | 54 | 823 | 5346 |
HUNTINGTON | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1339 |
IPSWICH | 13.5% | 70 | 781 | 5780 |
KINGSTON | 3.6% | 197 | 184 | 5045 |
LAKEVILLE | 1.8% | 237 | 84 | 4791 |
LANCASTER | 4.9% | 176 | 143 | 2901 |
LANESBOROUGH | 1.6% | 241 | 31 | 1940 |
LAWRENCE | 11.2% | 95 | 1438 | 12855 |
LEE | 6.5% | 149 | 187 | 2879 |
LEICESTER | 3.1% | 208 | 153 | 4932 |
LENOX | 16.3% | 45 | 425 | 2604 |
LEOMINSTER | 13.6% | 69 | 1875 | 13777 |
LEVERETT | 0.2% | 279 | 2 | 1095 |
LEXINGTON | 8.4% | 123 | 941 | 11215 |
LEYDEN | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 628 |
LINCOLN | 18.3% | 32 | 401 | 2186 |
LITTLETON | 2.1% | 227 | 83 | 3943 |
LONGMEADOW | 0.9% | 266 | 53 | 5725 |
LOWELL | 20.8% | 21 | 5330 | 25669 |
LUDLOW | 5.1% | 172 | 441 | 8651 |
LUNENBURG | 8.9% | 116 | 435 | 4866 |
LYNN | 12.4% | 83 | 2628 | 21189 |
LYNNFIELD | 2.0% | 231 | 84 | 4286 |
MALDEN | 15.6% | 51 | 2027 | 13026 |
MANCHESTER | 8.1% | 126 | 182 | 2252 |
MANSFIELD | 12.5% | 80 | 949 | 7565 |
MARBLEHEAD | 11.3% | 93 | 961 | 8495 |
MARION | 0.2% | 279 | 5 | 3113 |
MARLBOROUGH | 18.7% | 27 | 2303 | 12319 |
MARSHFIELD | 6.9% | 143 | 793 | 11571 |
MASHPEE | 22.3% | 18 | 2485 | 11152 |
MATTAPOISETT | 1.0% | 262 | 44 | 4354 |
MAYNARD | 12.7% | 78 | 480 | 3780 |
MEDFIELD | 6.4% | 150 | 275 | 4278 |
MEDFORD | 16.7% | 40 | 2839 | 16957 |
MEDWAY | 5.7% | 161 | 269 | 4713 |
MELROSE | 10.7% | 99 | 956 | 8937 |
MENDON | 2.1% | 227 | 54 | 2612 |
MERRIMAC | 9.8% | 112 | 219 | 2245 |
METHUEN | 13.8% | 66 | 2269 | 16415 |
MIDDLEBOROUGH | 4.3% | 187 | 386 | 8991 |
MIDDLEFIELD | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 494 |
MIDDLETON | 22.5% | 17 | 773 | 3442 |
MILFORD | 16.0% | 47 | 1551 | 9722 |
MILLBURY | 7.6% | 131 | 405 | 5310 |
MILLIS | 12.6% | 79 | 405 | 3203 |
MILLVILLE | 8.7% | 120 | 110 | 1266 |
MILTON | 2.7% | 216 | 224 | 8402 |
MONROE | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 170 |
MONSON | 1.5% | 245 | 58 | 3850 |
MONTAGUE | 2.3% | 224 | 98 | 4230 |
MONTEREY | 1.2% | 255 | 15 | 1235 |
MONTGOMERY | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 504 |
MOUNT WASHINGTON | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 257 |
NAHANT | 5.7% | 161 | 78 | 1373 |
NANTUCKET | 4.7% | 179 | 520 | 11040 |
NATICK | 18.4% | 31 | 2441 | 13248 |
NEEDHAM | 7.8% | 129 | 784 | 10077 |
NEW BEDFORD | 4.3% | 187 | 1097 | 25408 |
NEW BRAINTREE | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 674 |
NEWBURY | 3.7% | 194 | 121 | 3241 |
NEWBURYPORT | 25.4% | 13 | 2028 | 7979 |
NEW MARLBOROUGH | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1784 |
NEW SALEM | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 701 |
NEWTON | 16.7% | 40 | 4506 | 26964 |
NORFOLK | 4.3% | 187 | 164 | 3806 |
NORTH ADAMS | 1.1% | 260 | 57 | 5016 |
NORTHAMPTON | 13.7% | 68 | 1459 | 10666 |
NORTH ANDOVER | 19.6% | 23 | 1951 | 9946 |
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 11.6% | 91 | 1191 | 10299 |
NORTHBOROUGH | 12.2% | 85 | 687 | 5623 |
NORTHBRIDGE | 13.5% | 70 | 769 | 5696 |
NORTH BROOKFIELD | 1.8% | 237 | 40 | 2223 |
NORTHFIELD | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 2277 |
NORTH READING | 13.1% | 75 | 740 | 5636 |
NORTON | 16.7% | 40 | 1108 | 6616 |
NORWELL | 3.2% | 207 | 136 | 4304 |
NORWOOD | 10.8% | 98 | 942 | 8753 |
OAK BLUFFS | 1.6% | 241 | 79 | 4790 |
OAKHAM | 0.2% | 279 | 2 | 953 |
ORANGE | 1.5% | 245 | 53 | 3441 |
ORLEANS | 12.3% | 84 | 724 | 5880 |
OTIS | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 2827 |
PALMER | 3.7% | 194 | 207 | 5618 |
PAXTON | 1.1% | 260 | 21 | 1834 |
PEABODY | 14.3% | 63 | 2266 | 15871 |
PELHAM | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 671 |
PEMBROKE | 7.0% | 139 | 467 | 6627 |
PEPPERELL | 6.3% | 152 | 275 | 4376 |
PERU | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 746 |
PETERSHAM | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 851 |
PHILLIPSTON | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1279 |
PITTSFIELD | 3.3% | 205 | 583 | 17777 |
PLAINVILLE | 12.5% | 80 | 385 | 3068 |
PLYMPTON | 1.2% | 255 | 16 | 1295 |
PRINCETON | 0.4% | 272 | 7 | 1639 |
PROVINCETOWN | 51.5% | 3 | 2166 | 4202 |
QUINCY | 22.7% | 16 | 5906 | 26060 |
RANDOLPH | 15.3% | 55 | 1530 | 10032 |
RAYNHAM | 7.7% | 130 | 397 | 5136 |
READING | 10.5% | 104 | 867 | 8271 |
REHOBOTH | 1.3% | 253 | 68 | 5368 |
REVERE | 18.5% | 29 | 2617 | 14165 |
RICHMOND | 1.0% | 262 | 12 | 1180 |
ROCHESTER | 3.3% | 205 | 89 | 2710 |
ROCKLAND | 15.3% | 55 | 901 | 5884 |
ROCKPORT | 12.1% | 88 | 499 | 4132 |
ROWE | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 580 |
ROWLEY | 7.1% | 137 | 183 | 2571 |
RUSSELL | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 771 |
RUTLAND | 6.3% | 152 | 254 | 4016 |
SALEM | 31.1% | 8 | 3985 | 12811 |
SALISBURY | 15.1% | 58 | 704 | 4670 |
SANDISFIELD | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1226 |
SANDWICH | 4.5% | 182 | 480 | 10641 |
SAUGUS | 8.2% | 124 | 822 | 10012 |
SAVOY | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 572 |
SCITUATE | 5.8% | 158 | 507 | 8786 |
SEEKONK | 0.8% | 268 | 50 | 6154 |
SHARON | 5.5% | 167 | 346 | 6283 |
SHEFFIELD | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 2546 |
SHELBURNE | 1.9% | 234 | 20 | 1033 |
SHERBORN | 2.3% | 224 | 41 | 1769 |
SHIRLEY | 10.7% | 99 | 275 | 2565 |
SHREWSBURY | 13.4% | 72 | 1654 | 12328 |
SHUTESBURY | 0.2% | 279 | 2 | 1139 |
SOMERSET | 0.4% | 272 | 29 | 6952 |
SOMERVILLE | 26.3% | 12 | 4259 | 16207 |
SOUTHAMPTON | 2.8% | 214 | 78 | 2822 |
SOUTHBOROUGH | 7.4% | 134 | 274 | 3697 |
SOUTHBRIDGE | 3.1% | 208 | 173 | 5533 |
SOUTH HADLEY | 14.0% | 64 | 994 | 7090 |
SOUTHWICK | 4.8% | 177 | 206 | 4275 |
SPENCER | 1.6% | 241 | 80 | 5000 |
SPRINGFIELD | 4.5% | 182 | 1888 | 42306 |
STERLING | 3.8% | 192 | 133 | 3544 |
STONEHAM | 18.8% | 26 | 1426 | 7585 |
STOUGHTON | 15.7% | 50 | 1647 | 10515 |
STOW | 10.1% | 105 | 283 | 2810 |
STURBRIDGE | 5.6% | 163 | 248 | 4443 |
SUDBURY | 3.5% | 201 | 225 | 6420 |
SUNDERLAND | 3.6% | 197 | 49 | 1376 |
SUTTON | 4.7% | 179 | 201 | 4317 |
SWAMPSCOTT | 18.7% | 27 | 995 | 5335 |
SWANSEA | 0.4% | 272 | 28 | 7289 |
TAUNTON | 10.7% | 99 | 2031 | 18950 |
TEMPLETON | 3.1% | 208 | 126 | 4021 |
TEWKSBURY | 17.5% | 37 | 1947 | 11127 |
TOLLAND | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 915 |
TOPSFIELD | 1.6% | 241 | 37 | 2317 |
TOWNSEND | 7.0% | 139 | 272 | 3873 |
TRURO | 13.3% | 73 | 447 | 3351 |
TYNGSBOROUGH | 14.8% | 60 | 704 | 4758 |
TYRINGHAM | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 500 |
UPTON | 3.6% | 197 | 107 | 2992 |
UXBRIDGE | 16.0% | 47 | 900 | 5639 |
WAKEFIELD | 12.2% | 85 | 1108 | 9073 |
WALES | 0.2% | 279 | 2 | 1125 |
WALPOLE | 11.9% | 90 | 1063 | 8917 |
WALTHAM | 19.7% | 22 | 3069 | 15609 |
WARE | 0.4% | 272 | 19 | 4411 |
WAREHAM | 3.8% | 192 | 532 | 14016 |
WARREN | 1.4% | 250 | 35 | 2432 |
WARWICK | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 697 |
WATERTOWN | 32.6% | 7 | 3310 | 10164 |
WAYLAND | 11.3% | 93 | 577 | 5098 |
WEBSTER | 5.4% | 168 | 358 | 6630 |
WELLESLEY | 5.2% | 170 | 436 | 8417 |
WELLFLEET | 7.4% | 134 | 322 | 4357 |
WENHAM | 2.7% | 216 | 38 | 1384 |
WESTBOROUGH | 13.1% | 75 | 744 | 5665 |
WEST BOYLSTON | 14.0% | 64 | 401 | 2873 |
WEST BRIDGEWATER | 2.7% | 216 | 79 | 2899 |
WEST BROOKFIELD | 1.0% | 262 | 23 | 2355 |
WESTFIELD | 5.6% | 163 | 757 | 13444 |
WESTFORD | 13.3% | 73 | 1151 | 8667 |
WESTHAMPTON | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1218 |
WESTMINSTER | 3.0% | 211 | 108 | 3638 |
WEST NEWBURY | 3.0% | 211 | 54 | 1783 |
WESTON | 5.1% | 172 | 198 | 3908 |
WESTPORT | 1.8% | 237 | 153 | 8443 |
WEST SPRINGFIELD | 7.1% | 137 | 665 | 9431 |
WESTWOOD | 0.1% | 285 | 4 | 4918 |
WEYMOUTH | 16.0% | 47 | 3009 | 18814 |
WHATELY | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 1093 |
WHITMAN | 8.7% | 120 | 425 | 4869 |
WILBRAHAM | 6.9% | 143 | 391 | 5707 |
WILLIAMSBURG | 3.6% | 197 | 46 | 1279 |
WILLIAMSTOWN | 6.7% | 146 | 189 | 2805 |
WILMINGTON | 1.4% | 250 | 114 | 8269 |
WINCHENDON | 1.3% | 253 | 62 | 4679 |
WINCHESTER | 16.1% | 46 | 1244 | 7741 |
WINTHROP | 21.4% | 20 | 1165 | 5452 |
WOBURN | 12.5% | 80 | 1558 | 12456 |
WORTHINGTON | 0.0% | 288 | 0 | 793 |
WRENTHAM | 5.1% | 172 | 220 | 4334 |
YARMOUTH | 9.2% | 115 | 1597 | 17315 |