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Most affordable housing, Massachusetts cities

Name: Most affordable housing, Massachusetts cities, 2024
Creator: CensusEasy
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Massachusetts cities with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). This list covers the 123 cities in Massachusetts that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 123 is 5.3. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Middleborough Center, MA, up 40 places to #23.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01Longmeadow, MAMA15,6963.0−7%

02Palmer, MAMA12,3673.5–

03▲2Pittsfield, MAMA42,9093.6−1%

04▲3Agawam, MAMA28,7833.6–

05▲4Sharon, MAMA6,2323.7+10%

06▼3Athol, MAMA8,8013.7+3%

07▲3Westfield, MAMA40,5463.7−8%

08Somerset, MAMA18,2983.7−4%

09▲35Medfield, MAMA6,8493.7−7%

10▲10Oxford, MAMA5,6713.9+8%

11▲8Kingston, MAMA5,9103.9+5%

12▲23Holbrook, MAMA11,3804.0+10%

13▲3Wilmington, MAMA23,3364.0+21%

14▼2Adams, MAMA5,4274.0+5%

15▲27Walpole, MAMA6,4614.1−3%

16▼12North Adams, MAMA12,3684.1+4%

17▼11Northborough, MAMA6,3924.2+34%

18▼3Franklin, MAMA33,9554.2–

19▼8Maynard, MAMA10,7124.3+9%

20▲4Pinehurst, MAMA6,8454.3+35%

21▲1North Attleborough, MAMA31,5064.3–

22▼8Abington, MAMA17,0534.3+19%

23▲40Middleborough Center, MAMA8,1554.4+4%

24▼11Chicopee, MAMA55,3104.4+12%

25Methuen, MAMA54,5844.4–

26▲5Southbridge, MAMA18,1054.4–

27▲23Bellingham, MAMA5,3254.5+37%

28▼11Gardner, MAMA21,4834.5+12%

29▲27Williamstown, MAMA5,0704.5−24%

30▲2Attleboro, MAMA47,4474.5+16%

31▼2Randolph, MAMA34,9484.5–

32▲1Leominster, MAMA44,1944.5+20%

33▼6Fitchburg, MAMA42,1364.6+3%

34▲5West Springfield, MAMA28,8294.6–

35▼9Springfield, MAMA154,7024.7+14%

36▲1Whitinsville, MAMA7,1154.7−2%

37▲4North Westport, MAMA5,2894.7+11%

38▼17Cochituate, MAMA6,4714.7+23%

39▼5Clinton, MAMA7,6584.7+16%

40▼4Greenfield, MAMA17,6914.7+12%

41▼23Bridgewater, MAMA29,3094.7–

42▲6Reading, MAMA25,6124.9+25%

43▼20Mansfield Center, MAMA7,2224.9+30%

44▲29West Concord, MAMA5,8764.9+23%

45▲10Milton, MAMA28,5874.9+19%

46▼21Milford, MAMA27,7315.0+17%

47Amesbury, MAMA17,5885.0–

48▲5Salisbury, MAMA5,6565.0+12%

49▲23Lexington, MAMA34,2955.0+21%

50▲15Burlington, MAMA26,2745.1+48%

51▲6Holyoke, MAMA38,0235.1+2%

52▲9Dedham, MAMA25,2375.1+34%

53▼4Danvers, MAMA28,0985.1+19%

54Haverhill, MAMA68,3615.1+35%

55▲32Marblehead, MAMA20,4135.2+9%

56Easthampton, MAMA15,8515.2–

57▼14Webster, MAMA12,2285.2+11%

58▼30Hudson, MAMA15,7195.2+40%

59▲8Lynnfield, MAMA13,0645.2+19%

60▲35Winchester, MAMA23,4065.3+19%

61▼9Taunton, MAMA62,5225.3+24%

62▼4Worcester, MAMA213,8625.3+21%

63▼4Northampton, MAMA31,0475.4+26%

64Braintree, MAMA38,9575.4–

65▼18Weymouth, MAMA59,7595.4–

66▲22Wakefield, MAMA27,7935.4+25%

67▼16Lowell, MAMA119,9715.5+23%

68▼22Brockton, MAMA106,1345.5+32%

69▲24Plymouth, MAMA7,9185.5+22%

70▼8Yarmouth Port, MAMA5,9615.5+10%

71▲6Needham, MAMA32,4595.5+31%

72▼32Marlborough, MAMA42,7725.6+38%

73▲31Winthrop, MAMA18,6475.6–

74▼44Hull, MAMA10,1385.6+38%

75▼37Ware, MAMA6,3695.6+31%

76▲10The Pinehills, MAMA5,2825.6–

77▼32Spencer, MAMA5,6615.7+33%

78▲4East Harwich, MAMA5,6545.7+16%

79▲5Andover, MAMA9,4515.7+4%

80▼10Swampscott, MAMA15,2775.7+28%

81▲8Medford, MAMA59,8345.8+24%

82▼7Framingham, MAMA73,0215.8+36%

83▼3North Scituate, MAMA6,4925.9+49%

84▼8Stoneham, MAMA23,3555.9+33%

85▼14Bliss Corner, MAMA5,4055.9+7%

86▼17Saugus, MAMA28,7735.9+49%

87▲5Newburyport, MAMA19,1486.0+35%

88▼3Woburn, MAMA43,9626.1+51%

89▼15Norwood, MAMA31,5426.1+47%

90▲7Hingham, MAMA5,1306.1+31%

91Beverly, MAMA43,3636.1+37%

92▼9Melrose, MAMA29,5976.1+39%

93▼12Peabody, MAMA55,9536.2+39%

94▲12Arlington, MAMA46,3506.2+27%

95▲7Foxborough, MAMA6,2516.2+39%

96Watertown, MAMA35,7106.2–

97▲8Waltham, MAMA65,0376.2+26%

98▼2Quincy, MAMA103,1736.3+41%

99▼31New Bedford, MAMA101,8346.3+24%

100▲7Malden, MAMA66,3706.3+33%

101▲11Belmont, MAMA27,1756.3+11%

102▼4Wellesley, MAMA30,3476.3+45%

103▼2Salem, MAMA45,3816.4+29%

104▼25Barnstable, MAMA50,1016.6–

105▼27South Yarmouth, MAMA11,5526.6+16%

106▼40Scituate, MAMA5,7966.6+66%

107▲3Newton, MAMA90,7416.6+37%

108▼5Lynn, MAMA104,2366.8+41%

109▼1Chelsea, MAMA40,1306.8+24%

110▼11Revere, MAMA60,1416.9+33%

111Lawrence, MAMA89,3206.9+19%

112▲3Somerville, MAMA84,2116.9+36%

113▼53Marshfield, MAMA5,1617.0+79%

114▼20Fall River, MAMA95,2987.0+22%

115▼6Everett, MAMA53,5727.2+43%

116▼16Gloucester, MAMA30,6277.2+31%

117▼3Amherst, MAMA40,9207.2–

118▼5East Falmouth, MAMA6,2457.3+48%

119▼29West Yarmouth, MAMA6,1947.5+43%

120▼4Boston, MAMA672,9737.5+37%

121▼4Cambridge, MAMA122,5888.4+8%

122▼4Brookline, MAMA63,2668.8+6%

123▼4Nantucket, MAMA10,0179.9+30%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES