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 |