Snapshot: 3 generations in a household, per 1,000 households
By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Feb. 16, 2012
The map shows the communities with the most households with three generations under one roof. The numbers are per 1,000 households and the Census data is from 2010. Lawrence, Brockton, and Randolph are among the communities with the most per 1,000 households.
| Community | Households with 3 generations or more, per 1,000 households, 2010 | Rank | Number households with three or more generations |
| ABINGTON | 46.1 | 39 | 280 |
| ACTON | 24.4 | 226 | 200 |
| ACUSHNET | 47.8 | 34 | 188 |
| ADAMS | 15.4 | 316 | 60 |
| AGAWAM | 29.8 | 172 | 348 |
| ALFORD | 22.4 | 254 | 5 |
| AMESBURY | 24.1 | 234 | 160 |
| AMHERST | 15.2 | 321 | 141 |
| ANDOVER | 25.1 | 223 | 298 |
| AQUINNAH | 20.7 | 274 | 3 |
| ARLINGTON | 15.6 | 315 | 295 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 36.3 | 99 | 78 |
| ASHBY | 36.2 | 101 | 40 |
| ASHFIELD | 23.7 | 240 | 18 |
| ASHLAND | 25.5 | 218 | 163 |
| ATHOL | 36.7 | 90 | 171 |
| ATTLEBORO | 41.0 | 64 | 693 |
| AUBURN | 35.0 | 112 | 229 |
| AVON | 48.0 | 33 | 82 |
| AYER | 29.5 | 177 | 92 |
| BARNSTABLE | 28.5 | 185 | 547 |
| BARRE | 35.1 | 111 | 71 |
| BECKET | 31.5 | 149 | 24 |
| BEDFORD | 25.5 | 217 | 131 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 23.8 | 238 | 133 |
| BELLINGHAM | 42.9 | 56 | 264 |
| BELMONT | 19.8 | 281 | 191 |
| BERKLEY | 65.4 | 4 | 138 |
| BERLIN | 35.6 | 106 | 40 |
| BERNARDSTON | 16.9 | 306 | 15 |
| BEVERLY | 25.2 | 222 | 399 |
| BILLERICA | 57.3 | 12 | 804 |
| BLACKSTONE | 40.8 | 65 | 139 |
| BLANDFORD | 40.7 | 67 | 20 |
| BOLTON | 24.0 | 236 | 40 |
| BOSTON | 35.0 | 113 | 8836 |
| BOURNE | 25.6 | 216 | 201 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 23.6 | 243 | 46 |
| BOXFORD | 31.6 | 143 | 85 |
| BOYLSTON | 27.7 | 198 | 47 |
| BRAINTREE | 43.3 | 54 | 595 |
| BREWSTER | 16.2 | 310 | 71 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 43.8 | 51 | 350 |
| BRIMFIELD | 28.0 | 193 | 40 |
| BROCKTON | 76.0 | 2 | 2530 |
| BROOKFIELD | 37.1 | 87 | 51 |
| BROOKLINE | 11.3 | 335 | 284 |
| BUCKLAND | 24.3 | 231 | 20 |
| BURLINGTON | 50.6 | 23 | 469 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 13.4 | 326 | 592 |
| CANTON | 32.9 | 132 | 276 |
| CARLISLE | 26.0 | 211 | 44 |
| CARVER | 48.6 | 28 | 209 |
| CHARLEMONT | 30.3 | 166 | 17 |
| CHARLTON | 45.8 | 40 | 211 |
| CHATHAM | 12.3 | 330 | 38 |
| CHELMSFORD | 31.3 | 150 | 417 |
| CHELSEA | 61.4 | 6 | 727 |
| CHESHIRE | 10.7 | 340 | 15 |
| CHESTER | 25.8 | 212 | 14 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 17.6 | 301 | 9 |
| CHICOPEE | 33.8 | 125 | 802 |
| CHILMARK | 7.5 | 347 | 3 |
| CLARKSBURG | 37.0 | 88 | 25 |
| CLINTON | 29.2 | 179 | 170 |
| COHASSET | 18.7 | 289 | 51 |
| COLRAIN | 30.7 | 160 | 21 |
| CONCORD | 12.2 | 331 | 79 |
| CONWAY | 18.2 | 295 | 14 |
| CUMMINGTON | 17.3 | 302 | 7 |
| DALTON | 24.1 | 233 | 66 |
| DANVERS | 31.1 | 153 | 330 |
| DARTMOUTH | 42.4 | 57 | 477 |
| DEDHAM | 32.4 | 137 | 313 |
| DEERFIELD | 18.5 | 292 | 38 |
| DENNIS | 19.2 | 283 | 133 |
| DIGHTON | 56.6 | 13 | 140 |
| DOUGLAS | 36.7 | 91 | 110 |
| DOVER | 21.4 | 268 | 40 |
| DRACUT | 53.1 | 21 | 582 |
| DUDLEY | 35.7 | 104 | 145 |
| DUNSTABLE | 40.5 | 70 | 43 |
| DUXBURY | 23.4 | 246 | 125 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 64.8 | 5 | 308 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 41.1 | 63 | 34 |
| EASTHAM | 16.8 | 307 | 40 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 24.4 | 228 | 176 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 38.5 | 78 | 225 |
| EASTON | 32.8 | 134 | 258 |
| EDGARTOWN | 17.3 | 303 | 31 |
| EGREMONT | 16.0 | 312 | 9 |
| ERVING | 25.5 | 221 | 19 |
| ESSEX | 27.8 | 196 | 39 |
| EVERETT | 50.2 | 26 | 781 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 35.2 | 109 | 235 |
| FALL RIVER | 31.6 | 145 | 1215 |
| FALMOUTH | 25.7 | 213 | 362 |
| FITCHBURG | 40.5 | 69 | 614 |
| FLORIDA | 9.7 | 343 | 3 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 30.3 | 168 | 197 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 29.8 | 171 | 781 |
| FRANKLIN | 29.8 | 173 | 328 |
| FREETOWN | 55.3 | 16 | 175 |
| GARDNER | 23.1 | 249 | 190 |
| GEORGETOWN | 30.3 | 166 | 89 |
| GILL | 28.2 | 190 | 16 |
| GLOUCESTER | 28.0 | 194 | 349 |
| GOSHEN | 26.4 | 209 | 11 |
| GOSNOLD | 25.6 | 214 | 1 |
| GRAFTON | 27.0 | 204 | 186 |
| GRANBY | 32.0 | 139 | 76 |
| GRANVILLE | 32.9 | 133 | 20 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 24.3 | 230 | 70 |
| GREENFIELD | 20.0 | 277 | 157 |
| GROTON | 22.1 | 261 | 83 |
| GROVELAND | 44.8 | 45 | 105 |
| HADLEY | 19.9 | 279 | 42 |
| HALIFAX | 41.6 | 60 | 119 |
| HAMILTON | 27.9 | 195 | 75 |
| HAMPDEN | 40.0 | 71 | 76 |
| HANCOCK | 36.8 | 89 | 11 |
| HANOVER | 44.2 | 49 | 208 |
| HANSON | 56.2 | 14 | 195 |
| HARDWICK | 28.3 | 187 | 31 |
| HARVARD | 21.7 | 264 | 41 |
| HARWICH | 19.9 | 280 | 112 |
| HATFIELD | 16.9 | 305 | 25 |
| HAVERHILL | 37.8 | 83 | 914 |
| HAWLEY | 39.1 | 75 | 5 |
| HEATH | 29.8 | 174 | 9 |
| HINGHAM | 18.7 | 290 | 158 |
| HINSDALE | 34.6 | 117 | 30 |
| HOLBROOK | 59.7 | 9 | 245 |
| HOLDEN | 29.6 | 176 | 189 |
| HOLLAND | 23.1 | 248 | 23 |
| HOLLISTON | 25.5 | 220 | 126 |
| HOLYOKE | 47.5 | 36 | 729 |
| HOPEDALE | 23.2 | 247 | 51 |
| HOPKINTON | 27.2 | 203 | 135 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 32.6 | 135 | 51 |
| HUDSON | 36.7 | 92 | 276 |
| HULL | 31.5 | 147 | 146 |
| HUNTINGTON | 34.6 | 117 | 30 |
| IPSWICH | 20.5 | 276 | 112 |
| KINGSTON | 38.4 | 79 | 179 |
| LAKEVILLE | 44.8 | 44 | 167 |
| LANCASTER | 38.2 | 80 | 92 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 31.0 | 156 | 40 |
| LAWRENCE | 98.3 | 1 | 2476 |
| LEE | 21.9 | 263 | 56 |
| LEICESTER | 45.3 | 43 | 182 |
| LENOX | 14.5 | 323 | 33 |
| LEOMINSTER | 31.6 | 144 | 530 |
| LEVERETT | 15.7 | 314 | 12 |
| LEXINGTON | 28.6 | 183 | 330 |
| LEYDEN | 20.8 | 273 | 6 |
| LINCOLN | 19.1 | 286 | 46 |
| LITTLETON | 27.3 | 202 | 90 |
| LONGMEADOW | 17.9 | 298 | 103 |
| LOWELL | 58.5 | 10 | 2252 |
| LUDLOW | 33.9 | 124 | 274 |
| LUNENBURG | 38.1 | 81 | 146 |
| LYNN | 60.8 | 7 | 2024 |
| LYNNFIELD | 34.0 | 122 | 142 |
| MALDEN | 48.2 | 31 | 1140 |
| MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 16.3 | 308 | 35 |
| MANSFIELD | 28.2 | 189 | 237 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 12.9 | 329 | 105 |
| MARION | 21.6 | 266 | 41 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 30.9 | 159 | 475 |
| MARSHFIELD | 33.7 | 126 | 321 |
| MASHPEE | 27.5 | 201 | 168 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 24.4 | 229 | 61 |
| MAYNARD | 22.2 | 260 | 94 |
| MEDFIELD | 16.3 | 309 | 67 |
| MEDFORD | 32.5 | 136 | 742 |
| MEDWAY | 33.6 | 127 | 149 |
| MELROSE | 22.0 | 262 | 247 |
| MENDON | 34.1 | 121 | 69 |
| MERRIMAC | 38.9 | 76 | 94 |
| METHUEN | 54.1 | 19 | 948 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 47.7 | 35 | 404 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 9.2 | 345 | 2 |
| MIDDLETON | 45.5 | 42 | 132 |
| MILFORD | 35.3 | 108 | 384 |
| MILLBURY | 37.6 | 84 | 199 |
| MILLIS | 31.0 | 155 | 94 |
| MILLVILLE | 43.9 | 50 | 48 |
| MILTON | 38.0 | 82 | 352 |
| MONROE | 0.0 | 351 | 0 |
| MONSON | 28.1 | 191 | 92 |
| MONTAGUE | 21.1 | 272 | 78 |
| MONTEREY | 9.4 | 344 | 4 |
| MONTGOMERY | 36.4 | 97 | 12 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 13.5 | 325 | 1 |
| NAHANT | 18.2 | 295 | 28 |
| NANTUCKET | 12.1 | 332 | 51 |
| NATICK | 22.3 | 259 | 299 |
| NEEDHAM | 19.1 | 284 | 198 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 10.5 | 342 | 1 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 37.2 | 86 | 1443 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 40.5 | 68 | 15 |
| NEWBURY | 30.5 | 163 | 79 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 17.7 | 300 | 135 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 15.9 | 313 | 10 |
| NEW SALEM | 29.7 | 175 | 12 |
| NEWTON | 20.6 | 275 | 643 |
| NORFOLK | 23.6 | 242 | 72 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 18.7 | 288 | 110 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 15.3 | 320 | 183 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 25.6 | 215 | 269 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 31.1 | 154 | 340 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 29.4 | 178 | 150 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 31.9 | 141 | 188 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 48.3 | 29 | 90 |
| NORTHFIELD | 21.2 | 270 | 26 |
| NORTH READING | 33.3 | 130 | 181 |
| NORTON | 37.6 | 85 | 241 |
| NORWELL | 31.2 | 151 | 111 |
| NORWOOD | 26.5 | 208 | 316 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 22.6 | 252 | 45 |
| OAKHAM | 24.8 | 224 | 17 |
| ORANGE | 36.3 | 100 | 115 |
| ORLEANS | 16.9 | 304 | 50 |
| OTIS | 26.8 | 206 | 19 |
| OXFORD | 44.6 | 47 | 235 |
| PALMER | 27.7 | 199 | 141 |
| PAXTON | 30.4 | 164 | 47 |
| PEABODY | 41.4 | 61 | 882 |
| PELHAM | 9.1 | 346 | 5 |
| PEMBROKE | 42.2 | 59 | 266 |
| PEPPERELL | 40.7 | 66 | 171 |
| PERU | 17.9 | 299 | 6 |
| PETERSHAM | 22.3 | 257 | 11 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 30.0 | 169 | 19 |
| PITTSFIELD | 23.8 | 239 | 467 |
| PLAINFIELD | 22.3 | 258 | 6 |
| PLAINVILLE | 30.6 | 161 | 101 |
| PLYMOUTH | 33.5 | 128 | 713 |
| PLYMPTON | 55.7 | 15 | 56 |
| PRINCETON | 24.2 | 232 | 31 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 7.4 | 348 | 13 |
| QUINCY | 34.2 | 119 | 1390 |
| RANDOLPH | 75.7 | 3 | 874 |
| RAYNHAM | 53.5 | 20 | 261 |
| READING | 28.7 | 182 | 267 |
| REHOBOTH | 50.5 | 25 | 207 |
| REVERE | 51.6 | 22 | 1055 |
| RICHMOND | 10.7 | 341 | 7 |
| ROCHESTER | 44.7 | 46 | 81 |
| ROCKLAND | 43.8 | 52 | 293 |
| ROCKPORT | 22.4 | 255 | 72 |
| ROWE | 12.0 | 333 | 2 |
| ROWLEY | 28.3 | 188 | 61 |
| ROYALSTON | 34.1 | 120 | 17 |
| RUSSELL | 36.6 | 93 | 24 |
| RUTLAND | 36.5 | 94 | 102 |
| SALEM | 30.5 | 162 | 544 |
| SALISBURY | 44.2 | 48 | 152 |
| SANDISFIELD | 39.8 | 73 | 15 |
| SANDWICH | 26.9 | 205 | 209 |
| SAUGUS | 50.6 | 24 | 522 |
| SAVOY | 13.4 | 327 | 4 |
| SCITUATE | 30.9 | 158 | 212 |
| SEEKONK | 42.4 | 58 | 215 |
| SHARON | 29.9 | 170 | 186 |
| SHEFFIELD | 19.0 | 287 | 27 |
| SHELBURNE | 23.6 | 245 | 20 |
| SHERBORN | 11.1 | 336 | 16 |
| SHIRLEY | 34.9 | 114 | 79 |
| SHREWSBURY | 31.6 | 146 | 424 |
| SHUTESBURY | 18.2 | 294 | 13 |
| SOMERSET | 50.1 | 27 | 355 |
| SOMERVILLE | 22.4 | 253 | 720 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 28.0 | 192 | 63 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 24.6 | 225 | 82 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 35.7 | 105 | 245 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 23.8 | 237 | 162 |
| SOUTHWICK | 36.4 | 96 | 135 |
| SPENCER | 33.3 | 129 | 158 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 58.2 | 11 | 3303 |
| STERLING | 34.9 | 115 | 98 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 18.5 | 293 | 17 |
| STONEHAM | 28.6 | 184 | 257 |
| STOUGHTON | 54.8 | 18 | 564 |
| STOW | 18.1 | 297 | 44 |
| STURBRIDGE | 23.0 | 251 | 83 |
| SUDBURY | 21.5 | 267 | 124 |
| SUNDERLAND | 10.9 | 338 | 18 |
| SUTTON | 33.9 | 123 | 109 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 21.2 | 271 | 117 |
| SWANSEA | 47.0 | 38 | 286 |
| TAUNTON | 43.6 | 53 | 974 |
| TEMPLETON | 31.9 | 140 | 92 |
| TEWKSBURY | 54.8 | 17 | 575 |
| TISBURY | 16.1 | 311 | 29 |
| TOLLAND | 35.5 | 107 | 7 |
| TOPSFIELD | 36.4 | 97 | 76 |
| TOWNSEND | 39.8 | 72 | 129 |
| TRURO | 13.2 | 328 | 13 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 45.8 | 41 | 183 |
| TYRINGHAM | 7.2 | 349 | 1 |
| UPTON | 21.2 | 269 | 58 |
| UXBRIDGE | 34.8 | 116 | 176 |
| WAKEFIELD | 30.9 | 157 | 309 |
| WALES | 39.4 | 74 | 29 |
| WALPOLE | 31.5 | 148 | 275 |
| WALTHAM | 26.6 | 207 | 630 |
| WARE | 32.0 | 138 | 132 |
| WAREHAM | 43.2 | 55 | 392 |
| WARREN | 36.1 | 102 | 73 |
| WARWICK | 30.4 | 165 | 10 |
| WASHINGTON | 31.1 | 152 | 7 |
| WATERTOWN | 20.0 | 278 | 294 |
| WAYLAND | 19.3 | 282 | 93 |
| WEBSTER | 27.8 | 197 | 197 |
| WELLESLEY | 15.3 | 319 | 133 |
| WELLFLEET | 11.0 | 337 | 15 |
| WENDELL | 15.3 | 317 | 6 |
| WENHAM | 19.1 | 285 | 26 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 26.0 | 210 | 180 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 27.5 | 200 | 72 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 47.1 | 37 | 121 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 23.0 | 250 | 34 |
| WESTFIELD | 29.1 | 181 | 446 |
| WESTFORD | 33.1 | 131 | 248 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 24.1 | 235 | 15 |
| WESTMINSTER | 31.7 | 142 | 86 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 18.6 | 291 | 28 |
| WESTON | 23.6 | 244 | 89 |
| WESTPORT | 48.3 | 30 | 297 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 29.1 | 180 | 353 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 15.2 | 322 | 9 |
| WEST TISBURY | 10.9 | 339 | 13 |
| WESTWOOD | 23.6 | 241 | 124 |
| WEYMOUTH | 35.7 | 103 | 801 |
| WHATELY | 22.4 | 256 | 14 |
| WHITMAN | 48.1 | 32 | 255 |
| WILBRAHAM | 28.4 | 186 | 151 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 11.6 | 334 | 13 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 14.2 | 324 | 36 |
| WILMINGTON | 59.7 | 8 | 450 |
| WINCHENDON | 36.5 | 95 | 139 |
| WINCHESTER | 25.5 | 219 | 195 |
| WINDSOR | 5.4 | 350 | 2 |
| WINTHROP | 24.4 | 227 | 190 |
| WOBURN | 38.5 | 77 | 597 |
| WORCESTER | 41.1 | 62 | 2822 |
| WORTHINGTON | 15.3 | 318 | 8 |
| WRENTHAM | 35.1 | 110 | 130 |
| YARMOUTH | 21.6 | 265 | 243 |