Massachusetts Towns & Cities — Cost of Living and Business Climate

TownPopulationHome valueRentIncome

Abington 17,053 $540k $1724 $125k

Acton 24,155 $807k $1986 $158k

Acushnet 10,624 $436k $1170 $90k

Adams 5,427 $197k $927 $49k

Agawam Town 28,539 $312k $1256 $85k

Alford 433 $794k $1750 $121k

Amesbury Town 17,532 $336k $1195 $82k

Amherst 39,924 $359k $1376 $57k

Andover 9,451 $726k $1759 $127k

Aquinnah 666 $1879k — $146k

Arlington 46,350 $934k $2082 $151k

Ashburnham 6,415 $391k $1807 $119k

Ashby 3,211 $391k $1200 $116k

Ashfield 1,893 $401k $1100 $81k

Ashland 18,873 $612k $2452 $128k

Athol 8,801 $249k $1120 $67k

Attleboro 46,762 $448k $1590 $99k

Auburn 16,970 $400k $1467 $117k

Avon 4,774 $510k $1558 $131k

Ayer 3,098 $445k $1240 $75k

Barnstable Town 49,568 $603k $1917 $92k

Barre 673 $348k $1864 $75k

Becket 1,962 $361k $2107 $80k

Bedford 14,727 $899k $2622 $172k

Belchertown 2,355 $347k $970 $77k

Bellingham 5,325 $431k $2009 $97k

Belmont 27,175 $1159k $2527 $183k

Berkley 6,829 $511k — $144k

Berlin 3,378 $617k $2420 $121k

Bernardston 2,164 $332k $1283 $82k

Beverly 42,665 $650k $1771 $106k

Billerica 42,003 $612k $2282 $148k

Blackstone 9,255 $404k $1189 $94k

Blandford 433 $228k — $92k

Bolton 5,737 $796k $1583 $205k

Boston 666,442 $732k $2147 $97k

Bourne 1,806 $736k — $98k

Boxborough 5,496 $707k $1887 $145k

Boxford 2,284 $979k — $188k

Boylston 4,948 $579k $2032 $141k

Braintree Town 38,899 $657k $2024 $122k

Brewster 1,994 $858k $1276 $113k

Bridgewater Town 28,471 $533k $2092 $113k

Brimfield 3,705 $389k $886 $111k

Brockton 105,386 $438k $1641 $80k

Brookfield 828 $370k $1237 $82k

Brookline 63,266 $1247k $2835 $142k

Buckland 2,036 $321k $1111 $83k

Burlington 26,274 $741k $2718 $146k

Cambridge 118,796 $1092k $2787 $131k

Canton 24,748 $711k $2315 $143k

Carlisle 5,239 $1104k $1313 $250k

Carver 11,712 $434k $1827 $91k

Charlemont 1,118 $306k $1023 $53k

Charlton 13,435 $428k $1381 $118k

Chatham 1,600 $1867k $1311 $84k

Chelmsford 36,446 $594k $2062 $141k

Chelsea 39,908 $494k $1956 $72k

Cheshire 674 — $647 —

Chester 681 $257k $1102 $77k

Chesterfield 1,055 $391k $1078 $104k

Chicopee 55,295 $275k $1157 $63k

Chilmark 1,578 $1895k $2750 $169k

Clarksburg 1,667 $240k $1125 $77k

Clinton 7,658 $376k $1415 $80k

Cohasset 8,427 $1319k $2755 $199k

Colrain 1,627 $284k $1102 $81k

Concord 18,223 $1210k $2631 $195k

Conway 1,755 $396k $1800 $97k

Cummington 902 $301k $825 $104k

Dalton 6,256 $296k $872 $79k

Danvers 28,098 $644k $2076 $125k

Dartmouth 33,328 $497k $1462 $100k

Dedham 25,237 $662k $2042 $129k

Deerfield 458 — — $183k

Dennis 2,424 $945k $1199 $110k

Dighton 8,193 $502k $1405 $137k

Douglas 9,207 $471k $1503 $152k

Dover 2,308 $1308k — $250k

Dracut 32,574 $474k $1839 $114k

Dudley 11,929 $393k $1217 $85k

Dunstable 3,408 $674k $1325 $209k

Duxbury 1,994 $1706k — $127k

East Bridgewater 14,456 $510k $1981 $134k

East Brookfield 1,445 $365k $1134 $70k

East Longmeadow 16,425 $377k $1337 $107k

Eastham 5,811 $732k $1747 $73k

Easthampton Town 15,829 $255k $995 $64k

Easton 25,316 $581k $1824 $124k

Edgartown 904 $2000k — $250k

Egremont 1,230 $665k $1349 $101k

Erving 1,703 $272k $1163 $78k

Essex 1,688 $797k $1866 $161k

Everett 50,045 $610k $2076 $85k

Fairhaven 15,903 $447k $1118 $96k

Fall River 94,082 $396k $1155 $57k

Falmouth 3,954 $838k $1173 $68k

Fitchburg 41,798 $336k $1222 $73k

Florida 668 $247k $867 $87k

Foxborough 6,251 $539k $1737 $87k

Framingham 72,399 $627k $2033 $107k

Franklin Town 33,154 $612k $1899 $146k

Freetown 9,285 $518k $1891 $144k

Gardner 21,148 $302k $1109 $68k

Georgetown 8,474 $651k $2223 $152k

Gill 1,740 $340k $1193 $90k

Gloucester 30,075 $601k $1411 $84k

Goshen 915 $352k $869 $99k

Gosnold 31 $700k — —

Grafton 19,902 $525k $1504 $131k

Granby 1,152 $340k — $136k

Granville 1,846 $356k $1292 $84k

Great Barrington 2,331 $525k $1188 $65k

Greenfield Town 17,258 $194k $926 $50k

Groton 1,232 $759k $349 $136k

Groveland 6,777 $611k $1825 $141k

Hadley 5,306 $511k $1402 $119k

Halifax 7,748 $482k $1804 $119k

Hamilton 7,600 $720k $1794 $130k

Hampden 4,946 $358k $1132 $105k

Hancock 752 $376k $1268 $96k

Hanover 14,845 $755k $1845 $190k

Hanson 1,927 $513k — $119k

Hardwick 2,684 $347k $1108 $75k

Harvard 6,927 $834k $1321 $214k

Harwich 13,598 $659k $2017 $97k

Hatfield 1,449 $460k $1172 $111k

Haverhill 67,698 $454k $1668 $88k

Hawley 277 $310k — $88k

Heath 765 $295k — $99k

Hingham 5,130 $1256k $1202 $206k

Hinsdale 1,859 $268k $1109 $78k

Holbrook 11,380 $465k $1094 $115k

Holden 20,064 $471k $1648 $142k

Holland 1,301 $325k $1750 $87k

Holliston 15,094 $650k $1821 $160k

Holyoke 37,813 $274k $1021 $54k

Hopedale 4,360 $425k $1805 $108k

Hopkinton 3,426 $666k $1220 $201k

Hubbardston 4,371 $372k $953 $124k

Hudson 15,719 $473k $1397 $91k

Hull 10,138 $646k $2081 $115k

Huntington 892 $320k $1340 $50k

Ipswich 4,924 $598k $1530 $104k

Kingston 5,910 $590k $1603 $151k

Lakeville 11,944 $566k $1884 $134k

Lancaster 8,606 $519k $2338 $135k

Lanesborough 3,028 $299k $1349 $86k

Lawrence 88,736 $415k $1662 $60k

Lee 1,511 $301k $801 $71k

Leicester 11,113 $413k $1487 $105k

Lenox 1,866 $411k $854 $61k

Leominster 43,909 $380k $1354 $84k

Leverett 1,608 $436k $1389 $105k

Lexington 34,295 $1203k $2891 $238k

Leyden 637 $373k $1917 $106k

Lincoln 6,948 $1208k $3168 $175k

Littleton 10,280 $658k $2016 $150k

Longmeadow 15,696 $454k $1682 $150k

Lowell 118,368 $429k $1625 $79k

Ludlow 20,904 $335k $1223 $85k

Lunenburg 2,057 $495k — $110k

Lynn 101,709 $510k $1722 $75k

Lynnfield 13,064 $918k $2676 $175k

Malden 65,906 $634k $2204 $101k

Manchester-by-the-Sea 5,403 $942k $1811 $206k

Mansfield 23,931 $604k $1803 $125k

Marblehead 20,413 $944k $1764 $182k

Marion 5,310 $654k $1176 $143k

Marlborough 41,647 $513k $1871 $92k

Marshfield 5,161 $675k $1773 $97k

Mashpee 15,384 $562k $1776 $95k

Mattapoisett 6,634 $682k $1597 $130k

Maynard 10,712 $527k $1800 $124k

Medfield 6,849 $815k $2014 $219k

Medford 59,354 $756k $2509 $130k

Medway 13,436 $617k $1575 $174k

Melrose 29,650 $823k $1970 $134k

Mendon 6,325 $616k $1840 $132k

Merrimac 6,748 $553k $1352 $123k

Methuen Town 50,706 $333k $1233 $77k

Middleborough 24,505 $469k $1706 $97k

Middlefield 352 $333k $2625 $104k

Middleton 9,816 $743k $1407 $167k

Milford 27,731 $465k $1889 $93k

Millbury 13,961 $450k $1623 $119k

Millis 8,888 $604k $1696 $156k

Millville 3,160 $445k $1468 $127k

Milton 28,587 $933k $1474 $189k

Monroe 122 $165k — —

Monson 8,136 $348k $871 $97k

Montague 8,482 $282k $1207 $71k

Monterey 954 $603k $1762 $152k

Montgomery 796 $358k — $123k

Mount Washington 193 $714k — $143k

Nahant 3,325 $749k $1777 $113k

Nantucket 10,017 $1465k $2228 $148k

Natick 36,873 $821k $2134 $139k

Needham 32,459 $1189k $2409 $214k

New Ashford 257 $391k $960 $102k

New Bedford 100,998 $357k $1137 $57k

New Braintree 973 $409k $1484 $100k

New Marlborough 1,501 $608k $2750 $117k

New Salem 1,054 $359k $1194 $80k

Newbury 6,777 $841k $1806 $175k

Newburyport 18,652 $834k $1592 $140k

Newton 89,044 $1265k $2370 $190k

Norfolk 11,673 $725k $2019 $201k

North Adams 12,606 $196k $793 $48k

North Andover 31,490 $733k $2223 $141k

North Attleborough 29,364 $352k $1044 $93k

North Brookfield 2,659 $272k $993 $78k

North Reading 15,765 $711k $2259 $148k

Northampton 30,962 $430k $1439 $80k

Northborough 6,392 $561k $1135 $134k

Northbridge 16,458 $449k $1207 $111k

Northfield 1,070 $301k $1089 $68k

Norton 19,240 $501k $1911 $125k

Norwell 11,361 $866k $2215 $189k

Norwood 31,542 $652k $2116 $107k

Oak Bluffs 1,184 — $1077 —

Oakham 1,639 $420k $1174 $102k

Orange 3,737 $231k $963 $48k

Orleans 1,480 $582k $1040 $78k

Otis 1,624 $397k $1318 $109k

Oxford 5,671 $346k $1203 $90k

Palmer Town 12,381 $271k $1075 $78k

Paxton 5,002 $472k $1386 $134k

Peabody 54,695 $596k $1950 $97k

Pelham 1,335 $448k $1205 $114k

Pembroke 18,382 $587k $2464 $146k

Pepperell 1,971 $457k $1139 $77k

Peru 630 $267k — $91k

Petersham 312 $389k $1583 $108k

Phillipston 1,895 $372k $1375 $95k

Pittsfield 43,457 $257k $1134 $71k

Plainfield 616 $309k $1292 $64k

Plainville 9,943 $476k $1977 $104k

Plymouth 7,918 $447k $1830 $82k

Plympton 2,935 $518k $555 $127k

Princeton 3,529 $521k $897 $159k

Provincetown 3,452 $959k $1284 $158k

Quincy 102,114 $619k $2118 $99k

Randolph Town 34,878 $496k $2103 $110k

Raynham 15,505 $524k $1749 $124k

Reading 25,612 $809k $1991 $166k

Rehoboth 13,022 $563k $1195 $138k

Revere 60,012 $597k $2076 $87k

Richmond 1,403 $585k $1593 $106k

Rochester 5,837 $599k $1432 $120k

Rockland 17,701 $473k $1610 $112k

Rockport 4,704 $748k $1777 $86k

Rowe 453 $275k $1313 $70k

Rowley 1,708 $615k $1663 $110k

Royalston 1,460 $346k $1650 $102k

Russell 487 $303k $825 $107k

Rutland 2,019 $407k $1061 $96k

Salem 44,795 $543k $1836 $85k

Salisbury 5,656 $466k $1770 $92k

Sandisfield 994 $360k $1250 $91k

Sandwich 2,890 $584k $1789 $117k

Saugus 28,773 $603k $2241 $102k

Savoy 795 $285k — $61k

Scituate 5,796 $822k $884 $125k

Seekonk 15,694 $483k $1916 $121k

Sharon 6,232 $678k $2576 $184k

Sheffield 3,330 $409k $1837 $92k

Shelburne 1,567 $405k $1080 $83k

Sherborn 4,427 $1027k $2338 $250k

Shirley 1,146 $396k $982 $108k

Shrewsbury 38,876 $592k $2116 $139k

Shutesbury 1,910 $376k $1721 $123k

Somerset 18,298 $419k $1271 $113k

Somerville 81,036 $911k $2517 $133k

South Hadley 17,754 $358k $1325 $94k

Southampton 6,230 $452k — $123k

Southborough 10,493 $821k $2496 $197k

Southbridge Town 17,928 $295k $1256 $66k

Southwick 9,217 $398k $1332 $120k

Spencer 5,661 $341k $1049 $60k

Springfield 154,749 $245k $1144 $53k

Sterling 8,183 $499k $1699 $129k

Stockbridge 2,056 $600k $858 $146k

Stoneham 23,355 $672k $2035 $114k

Stoughton 29,225 $524k $2050 $105k

Stow 7,165 $730k $1782 $186k

Sturbridge 2,443 $418k $2009 $132k

Sudbury 19,306 $989k $1445 $236k

Sunderland 3,641 $458k $1672 $68k

Sutton 9,452 $523k $1190 $147k

Swampscott 15,277 $771k $2303 $134k

Swansea 17,359 $445k $1226 $116k

Taunton 60,433 $423k $1324 $79k

Templeton 8,252 $359k $1207 $101k

Tewksbury 31,273 $574k $2310 $128k

Tisbury 4,893 $994k $690 $74k

Tolland 540 $356k — $106k

Topsfield 2,624 $837k $994 $191k

Townsend 987 $345k $918 $59k

Truro 1,708 $888k — $119k

Tyngsborough 12,550 $553k $1986 $129k

Tyringham 494 $699k $1050 $163k

Upton 3,234 $476k $939 $111k

Uxbridge 14,473 $441k $1555 $125k

Wakefield 27,793 $724k $1958 $134k

Wales 1,929 $296k $1104 $89k

Walpole 6,461 $627k $2184 $154k

Waltham 64,902 $749k $2268 $120k

Ware 6,369 $253k $1039 $45k

Wareham 23,302 $425k $1504 $90k

Warren 1,426 $249k $720 $40k

Warwick 776 $349k $1367 $93k

Washington 526 $371k — $95k

Watertown Town 35,939 $560k $1853 $101k

Wayland 13,914 $978k $1475 $224k

Webster 12,228 $333k $1198 $64k

Wellesley 30,347 $1583k $2886 $250k

Wellfleet 4,404 $855k $1563 $118k

Wendell 850 $290k $1239 $65k

Wenham 4,929 $885k — $195k

West Boylston 7,782 $440k $1261 $105k

West Bridgewater 7,708 $504k $1921 $123k

West Brookfield 1,563 $314k $1128 $77k

West Newbury 4,591 $808k $1675 $180k

West Springfield Town 28,772 $322k $1144 $69k

West Stockbridge 1,250 $536k $1518 $107k

West Tisbury 3,080 $1302k $2350 $183k

Westborough 4,699 $585k $1627 $106k

Westfield 40,378 $325k $1117 $88k

Westford 24,690 $749k $2436 $187k

Westhampton 1,552 $413k $1304 $100k

Westminster 8,374 $422k $1843 $106k

Weston 11,579 $1694k $2085 $250k

Westport 16,484 $522k $1425 $96k

Westwood 16,318 $1042k $2553 $223k

Weymouth Town 58,505 $552k $1941 $103k

Whately 1,499 $432k $977 $117k

Whitman 15,295 $473k $1771 $109k

Wilbraham 3,679 $400k $1153 $92k

Williamsburg 2,694 $403k $1420 $105k

Williamstown 5,070 $439k $1424 $98k

Wilmington 23,336 $681k $2394 $168k

Winchendon 4,331 $276k $1163 $56k

Winchester 23,406 $1215k $2279 $230k

Windsor 1,065 $390k — $116k

Winthrop Town 18,759 $650k $2064 $116k

Woburn 41,939 $674k $2221 $111k

Worcester 207,055 $374k $1487 $70k

Worthington 1,021 $380k $633 $92k

Wrentham 12,297 $655k $1184 $152k

Yarmouth 25,224 $552k $1721 $86k