Massachusetts places ranked by rent burden

220 places in Massachusetts have a reliable estimate of rent burden (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Highest figures: Eastham (83.8%), Carlisle (77.0%), North Reading (75.6%).

Lowest figure: Reading (27.8%).

The figure for Massachusetts as a whole is 51.8% (±0.5 points).

Figures last updated on .

Figure for Massachusetts as a whole
51.8% (±0.5 points)
Places ranked
220

Massachusetts places ranked by rent burden

Renters paying 30% or more of income, estimate (90% margin of error), 2020–2024
RankPlaceCountyRenters paying 30% or more of income
1EasthamBarnstable County83.8% (±20.2 points)
2CarlisleMiddlesex County77.0% (±23.2 points)
3North ReadingMiddlesex County75.6% (±12.5 points)
4YarmouthBarnstable County75.1% (±13.0 points)
5TisburyDukes County74.9% (±34.9 points)
6HarvardWorcester County72.5% (±27.4 points)
7 (tie)SunderlandFranklin County72.2% (±11.6 points)
7 (tie)TyngsboroughMiddlesex County72.2% (±28.7 points)
9RockportEssex County71.1% (±16.6 points)
10LynnfieldEssex County69.2% (±17.4 points)
11WestonMiddlesex County69.1% (±23.8 points)
12HansonPlymouth County69.0% (±28.5 points)
13StoughtonNorfolk County68.4% (±7.5 points)
14LancasterWorcester County68.3% (±25.5 points)
15 (tie)Amherst TownHampshire County68.1% (±9.1 points)
15 (tie)MarshfieldPlymouth County68.1% (±12.9 points)
17 (tie)NorwellPlymouth County67.1% (±27.0 points)
17 (tie)RaynhamBristol County67.1% (±14.9 points)
19AmesburyEssex County66.7% (±10.3 points)
20HamiltonEssex County65.8% (±19.0 points)
21AcushnetBristol County65.4% (±17.6 points)
22BlackstoneWorcester County65.1% (±19.1 points)
23HanoverPlymouth County64.9% (±20.6 points)
24 (tie)LincolnMiddlesex County64.6% (±16.9 points)
24 (tie)MontagueFranklin County64.6% (±11.3 points)
26Barnstable TownBarnstable County64.5% (±10.0 points)
27HopkintonMiddlesex County64.4% (±17.8 points)
28WareHampshire County64.3% (±16.0 points)
29North AdamsBerkshire County63.7% (±11.5 points)
30GreenfieldFranklin County63.3% (±7.0 points)
31MedfieldNorfolk County63.1% (±19.5 points)
32 (tie)BellinghamNorfolk County62.8% (±13.9 points)
32 (tie)BourneBarnstable County62.8% (±11.8 points)
34 (tie)AdamsBerkshire County62.1% (±11.8 points)
34 (tie)Randolph TownNorfolk County62.1% (±11.1 points)
36WhitmanPlymouth County61.9% (±12.6 points)
37SalisburyEssex County61.8% (±11.1 points)
38WinchendonWorcester County61.7% (±14.7 points)
39BrewsterBarnstable County61.2% (±28.8 points)
40WilliamsburgHampshire County61.0% (±29.9 points)
41 (tie)EastonBristol County60.9% (±13.1 points)
41 (tie)Great BarringtonBerkshire County60.9% (±17.9 points)
41 (tie)WestwoodNorfolk County60.9% (±15.1 points)
41 (tie)WilmingtonMiddlesex County60.9% (±19.6 points)
45East BridgewaterPlymouth County60.8% (±21.1 points)
46LawrenceEssex County60.6% (±3.7 points)
47HinghamPlymouth County60.4% (±12.6 points)
48HaverhillEssex County60.3% (±5.2 points)
49West Springfield TownHampden County60.1% (±10.1 points)
50WestminsterWorcester County60.0% (±26.9 points)
51LynnEssex County59.9% (±4.7 points)
52ChelseaSuffolk County59.4% (±5.5 points)
53DennisBarnstable County59.2% (±13.7 points)
54HardwickWorcester County59.0% (±18.9 points)
55 (tie)MarlboroughMiddlesex County58.9% (±6.8 points)
55 (tie)TewksburyMiddlesex County58.9% (±12.7 points)
57ChathamBarnstable County58.6% (±22.2 points)
58 (tie)PeabodyEssex County58.3% (±6.9 points)
58 (tie)SomersetBristol County58.3% (±16.8 points)
60SwanseaBristol County58.2% (±17.8 points)
61 (tie)BucklandFranklin County58.0% (±26.9 points)
61 (tie)LongmeadowHampden County58.0% (±19.3 points)
63RevereSuffolk County57.9% (±5.7 points)
64 (tie)DuxburyPlymouth County57.8% (±27.8 points)
64 (tie)OxfordWorcester County57.8% (±18.0 points)
66 (tie)RowleyEssex County57.7% (±26.1 points)
66 (tie)SpringfieldHampden County57.7% (±3.3 points)
68NorthamptonHampshire County57.6% (±6.9 points)
69 (tie)AtholWorcester County57.5% (±13.7 points)
69 (tie)DracutMiddlesex County57.5% (±11.2 points)
69 (tie)LakevillePlymouth County57.5% (±19.8 points)
72 (tie)BelchertownHampshire County57.4% (±22.5 points)
72 (tie)ProvincetownBarnstable County57.4% (±25.0 points)
74LeeBerkshire County57.3% (±22.9 points)
75MiddleboroughPlymouth County57.2% (±11.7 points)
76ShirleyMiddlesex County57.1% (±22.4 points)
77SwampscottEssex County57.0% (±15.4 points)
78TauntonBristol County56.8% (±5.9 points)
79 (tie)HarwichBarnstable County56.7% (±17.7 points)
79 (tie)MilfordWorcester County56.7% (±9.6 points)
81MillisNorfolk County56.5% (±17.2 points)
82 (tie)DedhamNorfolk County56.4% (±10.2 points)
82 (tie)EverettMiddlesex County56.4% (±5.3 points)
84CharlemontFranklin County56.2% (±20.8 points)
85 (tie)BoxboroughMiddlesex County55.9% (±20.4 points)
85 (tie)NeedhamNorfolk County55.9% (±11.0 points)
87 (tie)LittletonMiddlesex County55.8% (±16.3 points)
87 (tie)Southbridge TownWorcester County55.8% (±7.6 points)
89Weymouth TownNorfolk County55.5% (±6.9 points)
90 (tie)BeverlyEssex County55.4% (±7.8 points)
90 (tie)WoburnMiddlesex County55.4% (±7.5 points)
92AshlandMiddlesex County55.2% (±15.8 points)
93GloucesterEssex County55.1% (±8.2 points)
94CarverPlymouth County55.0% (±24.0 points)
95SalemEssex County54.9% (±5.9 points)
96SeekonkBristol County54.8% (±19.8 points)
97NantucketNantucket County54.6% (±21.3 points)
98BrocktonPlymouth County54.5% (±4.3 points)
99NorwoodNorfolk County54.3% (±6.9 points)
100 (tie)Bridgewater TownPlymouth County54.2% (±12.6 points)
100 (tie)FalmouthBarnstable County54.2% (±9.1 points)
100 (tie)WorcesterWorcester County54.2% (±2.8 points)
103 (tie)DartmouthBristol County54.0% (±9.5 points)
103 (tie)FoxboroughNorfolk County54.0% (±13.7 points)
105PlainvilleNorfolk County53.8% (±14.9 points)
106GeorgetownEssex County53.7% (±21.3 points)
107Winthrop TownSuffolk County53.6% (±8.4 points)
108 (tie)HollistonMiddlesex County53.5% (±21.9 points)
108 (tie)NahantEssex County53.5% (±17.3 points)
110FraminghamMiddlesex County53.4% (±5.1 points)
111AvonNorfolk County53.2% (±20.4 points)
112 (tie)ConcordMiddlesex County53.1% (±12.8 points)
112 (tie)WilbrahamHampden County53.1% (±20.2 points)
114 (tie)North AndoverEssex County53.0% (±10.0 points)
114 (tie)SaugusEssex County53.0% (±11.3 points)
114 (tie)WestfordMiddlesex County53.0% (±10.4 points)
117 (tie)Palmer TownHampden County52.9% (±11.8 points)
117 (tie)WestportBristol County52.9% (±17.6 points)
119 (tie)Braintree TownNorfolk County52.8% (±8.2 points)
119 (tie)HullPlymouth County52.8% (±14.5 points)
119 (tie)OrleansBarnstable County52.8% (±21.9 points)
119 (tie)PittsfieldBerkshire County52.8% (±6.2 points)
119 (tie)ScituatePlymouth County52.8% (±15.1 points)
124New BedfordBristol County52.7% (±3.1 points)
125 (tie)BerlinWorcester County52.6% (±18.3 points)
125 (tie)CohassetNorfolk County52.6% (±19.7 points)
127Fall RiverBristol County52.5% (±3.6 points)
128 (tie)LowellMiddlesex County52.4% (±3.6 points)
128 (tie)North BrookfieldWorcester County52.4% (±23.6 points)
130CantonNorfolk County52.3% (±9.3 points)
131ChicopeeHampden County52.0% (±5.7 points)
132PlymouthPlymouth County51.9% (±7.4 points)
133 (tie)ChelmsfordMiddlesex County51.7% (±8.9 points)
133 (tie)HolyokeHampden County51.7% (±6.0 points)
133 (tie)RocklandPlymouth County51.7% (±14.9 points)
136IpswichEssex County51.5% (±11.2 points)
137 (tie)AuburnWorcester County51.4% (±11.5 points)
137 (tie)East LongmeadowHampden County51.4% (±15.8 points)
137 (tie)WarehamPlymouth County51.4% (±14.4 points)
140 (tie)BostonSuffolk County51.2% (±1.2 points)
140 (tie)MaldenMiddlesex County51.2% (±4.9 points)
140 (tie)NorthbridgeWorcester County51.2% (±14.9 points)
143FairhavenBristol County51.1% (±13.8 points)
144SouthwickHampden County50.9% (±22.6 points)
145AbingtonPlymouth County50.8% (±13.5 points)
146LudlowHampden County50.7% (±11.8 points)
147SpencerWorcester County50.6% (±14.8 points)
148TownsendMiddlesex County50.5% (±19.6 points)
149BurlingtonMiddlesex County50.4% (±8.1 points)
150MelroseMiddlesex County50.3% (±7.6 points)
151LexingtonMiddlesex County50.1% (±8.2 points)
152NorthboroughWorcester County50.0% (±16.7 points)
153 (tie)FitchburgWorcester County49.8% (±6.2 points)
153 (tie)GardnerWorcester County49.8% (±9.3 points)
155MarbleheadEssex County49.5% (±10.1 points)
156SharonNorfolk County49.0% (±16.8 points)
157 (tie)LeominsterWorcester County48.9% (±6.1 points)
157 (tie)MonsonHampden County48.9% (±21.1 points)
159 (tie)DanversEssex County48.8% (±8.4 points)
159 (tie)WilliamstownBerkshire County48.8% (±18.6 points)
161QuincyNorfolk County48.7% (±3.6 points)
162South HadleyHampshire County48.6% (±13.2 points)
163MethuenEssex County48.4% (±7.3 points)
164 (tie)AttleboroBristol County47.9% (±6.8 points)
164 (tie)Franklin TownNorfolk County47.9% (±8.0 points)
166HolbrookNorfolk County47.8% (±21.8 points)
167ActonMiddlesex County47.7% (±10.0 points)
168DudleyWorcester County47.4% (±12.7 points)
169BrooklineNorfolk County46.8% (±3.9 points)
170NortonBristol County46.6% (±14.4 points)
171WestfieldHampden County46.5% (±7.4 points)
172NewburyportEssex County46.4% (±11.0 points)
173LunenburgWorcester County45.8% (±17.6 points)
174WebsterWorcester County45.7% (±8.4 points)
175 (tie)BelmontMiddlesex County45.6% (±6.6 points)
175 (tie)MiltonNorfolk County45.6% (±22.1 points)
177EasthamptonHampshire County45.5% (±10.4 points)
178 (tie)AyerMiddlesex County45.1% (±14.7 points)
178 (tie)GraftonWorcester County45.1% (±13.1 points)
180PepperellMiddlesex County45.0% (±14.4 points)
181 (tie)CambridgeMiddlesex County44.9% (±2.0 points)
181 (tie)MaynardMiddlesex County44.9% (±11.7 points)
183SudburyMiddlesex County44.8% (±15.4 points)
184MashpeeBarnstable County44.7% (±13.5 points)
185WalthamMiddlesex County44.6% (±5.2 points)
186ShrewsburyWorcester County44.2% (±7.6 points)
187WellesleyNorfolk County44.1% (±10.9 points)
188GrotonMiddlesex County43.8% (±18.5 points)
189WakefieldMiddlesex County43.7% (±8.9 points)
190MillburyWorcester County43.5% (±14.1 points)
191NewtonMiddlesex County43.3% (±4.6 points)
192WaylandMiddlesex County42.8% (±19.1 points)
193WatertownMiddlesex County42.7% (±5.2 points)
194North Attleborough TownBristol County42.6% (±8.5 points)
195HoldenWorcester County42.4% (±12.8 points)
196BillericaMiddlesex County42.3% (±10.4 points)
197PembrokePlymouth County42.1% (±18.3 points)
198 (tie)BedfordMiddlesex County42.0% (±11.1 points)
198 (tie)SturbridgeWorcester County42.0% (±18.9 points)
200StonehamMiddlesex County41.9% (±8.7 points)
201NatickMiddlesex County41.8% (±7.6 points)
202CharltonWorcester County41.3% (±14.0 points)
203 (tie)BernardstonFranklin County41.2% (±19.4 points)
203 (tie)DaltonBerkshire County41.2% (±18.6 points)
205 (tie)MedfordMiddlesex County41.0% (±4.3 points)
205 (tie)OrangeFranklin County41.0% (±13.0 points)
207 (tie)HudsonMiddlesex County40.9% (±10.1 points)
207 (tie)WestboroughWorcester County40.9% (±8.5 points)
209WrenthamNorfolk County40.6% (±16.5 points)
210ClintonWorcester County40.3% (±8.0 points)
211Agawam TownHampden County39.9% (±8.6 points)
212AndoverEssex County39.7% (±8.6 points)
213WinchesterMiddlesex County39.3% (±11.2 points)
214ShelburneFranklin County39.2% (±16.0 points)
215MansfieldBristol County38.2% (±9.3 points)
216WalpoleNorfolk County37.8% (±10.2 points)
217SomervilleMiddlesex County36.2% (±3.0 points)
218ArlingtonMiddlesex County34.9% (±4.7 points)
219West BoylstonWorcester County29.9% (±14.5 points)
220ReadingMiddlesex County27.8% (±8.7 points)

Unincorporated communities ranked by rent burden

Renters paying 30% or more of income, estimate (90% margin of error), 2020–2024
RankPlaceCountyRenters paying 30% or more of income
1Monument BeachBarnstable County100.0% (±30.7 points)
2PocassetBarnstable County86.9% (±19.1 points)
3Northwest HarwichBarnstable County85.7% (±30.8 points)
4South YarmouthBarnstable County81.9% (±19.6 points)
5Vineyard HavenDukes County79.5% (±36.7 points)
6North ScituatePlymouth County77.8% (±25.9 points)
7The PinehillsPlymouth County75.5% (±30.6 points)
8Bellingham (community)Norfolk County74.7% (±16.3 points)
9Raynham CenterBristol County74.5% (±21.2 points)
10West YarmouthBarnstable County73.8% (±14.9 points)
11North WestportBristol County73.3% (±29.0 points)
12Rockport (community)Essex County72.7% (±19.1 points)
13South DennisBarnstable County72.4% (±32.9 points)
14East FalmouthBarnstable County71.7% (±17.3 points)
15North LakevillePlymouth County70.6% (±24.4 points)
16Lynnfield (community)Essex County69.2% (±17.4 points)
17SagamoreBarnstable County68.1% (±31.3 points)
18Monson CenterHampden County65.9% (±29.2 points)
19Sharon (community)Norfolk County65.7% (±23.9 points)
20Marshfield (community)Plymouth County65.6% (±15.7 points)
21Ware (community)Hampshire County64.5% (±16.7 points)
22 (tie)Acushnet CenterBristol County64.4% (±24.8 points)
22 (tie)Winchendon (community)Worcester County64.4% (±16.2 points)
24Adams (community)Berkshire County64.3% (±13.0 points)
25Ocean Bluff-Brant RockPlymouth County62.8% (±28.7 points)
26Hanscom AFBMiddlesex County62.0% (±25.9 points)
27Great Barrington (community)Berkshire County61.0% (±24.4 points)
28 (tie)Turners FallsFranklin County60.9% (±14.1 points)
28 (tie)Wilmington (community)Middlesex County60.9% (±19.6 points)
30Provincetown (community)Barnstable County60.0% (±26.0 points)
31Salisbury (community)Essex County59.8% (±12.8 points)
32Athol (community)Worcester County59.2% (±14.3 points)
33West DennisBarnstable County59.1% (±26.4 points)
34Somerset (community)Bristol County58.3% (±16.8 points)
35Longmeadow (community)Hampden County58.0% (±19.3 points)
36Bliss CornerBristol County57.7% (±18.7 points)
37Hopkinton (community)Middlesex County57.6% (±25.3 points)
38Falmouth (community)Barnstable County57.5% (±16.1 points)
39Dennis PortBarnstable County57.2% (±23.0 points)
40Swampscott (community)Essex County57.0% (±15.4 points)
41Milford (community)Worcester County56.7% (±9.7 points)
42Pepperell (community)Middlesex County56.6% (±19.7 points)
43 (tie)Dedham (community)Norfolk County56.4% (±10.2 points)
43 (tie)Shelburne FallsFranklin County56.4% (±15.5 points)
45Middleborough CenterPlymouth County56.1% (±12.0 points)
46Needham (community)Norfolk County55.9% (±11.0 points)
47Nantucket (community)Nantucket County55.5% (±20.2 points)
48Orange (community)Franklin County54.7% (±19.5 points)
49Norwood (community)Norfolk County54.3% (±6.9 points)
50Spencer (community)Worcester County53.7% (±16.3 points)
51Nahant (community)Essex County53.5% (±17.3 points)
52 (tie)North PlymouthPlymouth County53.1% (±17.6 points)
52 (tie)Williamstown (community)Berkshire County53.1% (±22.6 points)
54Saugus (community)Essex County53.0% (±11.3 points)
55 (tie)Hull (community)Plymouth County52.8% (±14.5 points)
55 (tie)North Brookfield (community)Worcester County52.8% (±25.8 points)
57Plymouth (community)Plymouth County52.4% (±12.4 points)
58Oxford (community)Worcester County51.9% (±25.4 points)
59Hingham (community)Plymouth County51.8% (±18.8 points)
60Smith MillsBristol County51.5% (±24.1 points)
61 (tie)Abington (community)Plymouth County50.8% (±13.5 points)
61 (tie)Foxborough (community)Norfolk County50.8% (±16.4 points)
63Clinton (community)Worcester County50.7% (±10.0 points)
64Burlington (community)Middlesex County50.4% (±8.1 points)
65 (tie)Lexington (community)Middlesex County50.1% (±8.2 points)
65 (tie)WhitinsvilleWorcester County50.1% (±21.0 points)
67Marblehead (community)Essex County49.5% (±10.1 points)
68Millis-ClicquotNorfolk County49.3% (±20.7 points)
69Danvers (community)Essex County48.8% (±8.4 points)
70West ConcordMiddlesex County48.7% (±14.4 points)
71 (tie)Holbrook (community)Norfolk County47.8% (±21.8 points)
71 (tie)Medfield (community)Norfolk County47.8% (±19.9 points)
73Mansfield CenterBristol County47.5% (±15.3 points)
74Ayer (community)Middlesex County47.0% (±23.0 points)
75Brookline (community)Norfolk County46.8% (±3.9 points)
76Scituate (community)Plymouth County46.4% (±21.6 points)
77Webster (community)Worcester County46.1% (±8.5 points)
78 (tie)Belmont (community)Middlesex County45.6% (±6.6 points)
78 (tie)Milton (community)Norfolk County45.6% (±22.1 points)
80Maynard (community)Middlesex County44.9% (±11.7 points)
81Wellesley (community)Norfolk County44.1% (±10.9 points)
82Wakefield (community)Middlesex County43.7% (±8.9 points)
83Stoneham (community)Middlesex County41.9% (±8.7 points)
84Andover (community)Essex County41.0% (±12.3 points)
85Hudson (community)Middlesex County40.4% (±10.0 points)
86Ipswich (community)Essex County39.6% (±15.0 points)
87Winchester (community)Middlesex County39.3% (±11.2 points)
88 (tie)Arlington (community)Middlesex County34.9% (±4.7 points)
88 (tie)Walpole (community)Norfolk County34.9% (±17.2 points)
90Westborough (community)Worcester County30.1% (±9.4 points)
91Reading (community)Middlesex County27.8% (±8.7 points)

Unincorporated communities inside a town or township are ranked only against each other, because the town’s figures include them.

How this ranking is built

A place is included when its own page for this figure is published as reliable: a coefficient of variation of 30% or less and enough surveyed homes.

220 places qualify; the rest are on their own pages with their margins, but not ranked here.

The ranking orders the estimates alone: where two places’ margins of error overlap, their ranks may not truly differ, and places at the same published figure share a rank.

A median published as a bound (“$3,500 or more”) is placed at the bound; its true place may be higher.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates).

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Massachusetts

Which place in Massachusetts has the highest rent burden?

Eastham has the highest, 83.8% (±20.2 points) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Which place in Massachusetts has the lowest rent burden?

Reading has the lowest, 27.8% (±8.7 points).

What is the rent burden in Massachusetts?

The figure for Massachusetts as a whole is 51.8% (±0.5 points).

Sources

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

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