Highest Homeownership in Massachusetts

Top 100 cities ranked by highest homeownership

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Composite rankings combining multiple weighted metrics — 5 topics across U.S. Census, FBI, NOAA and CDC data.

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Highest Homeownership — Massachusetts

1 Pinehurst 97.7%

2 Yarmouth Port 92.8%

3 Longmeadow 91.9%

4 East Harwich 89.3%

5 North Scituate 89.0%

6 East Falmouth 88.9%

7 Cochituate 88.3%

8 Sharon 87.4%

9 Wilmington 86.9%

10 Lynnfield 86.5%

11 Milton 84.7%

12 Somerset 84.4%

13 Needham 84.3%

14 Scituate 84.2%

15 Oxford 84.2%

16 Northborough 84.1%

17 Wellesley 84.0%

18 Winchester 83.4%

19 Holbrook 83.4%

20 Reading 83.1%

21 Marblehead 82.8%

22 Medfield 82.5%

23 Kingston 82.2%

24 Walpole 81.7%

25 Nantucket 81.5%

26 Hull 81.1%

27 Lexington 81.0%

28 Franklin Town 78.4%

29 South Yarmouth 77.9%

30 Braintree Town 77.1%

31 Maynard 77.0%

32 Hingham 76.4%

33 Newburyport 76.2%

34 West Yarmouth 75.3%

35 Bridgewater Town 75.0%

36 Barnstable Town 74.9%

37 Burlington 74.6%

38 Abington 74.2%

39 Swampscott 74.1%

40 Saugus 73.9%

41 Agawam Town 73.7%

42 Methuen Town 72.7%

43 Dedham 72.7%

44 North Attleborough Town 71.2%

45 Stoneham 71.1%

46 Newton 71.0%

47 Wakefield 70.4%

48 Hudson 70.1%

49 Palmer Town 70.0%

50 Andover 69.8%

51 Randolph Town 69.5%

52 Salisbury 69.2%

53 Danvers 68.9%

54 Amesbury Town 68.3%

55 Westfield 68.0%

56 Weymouth Town 67.8%

57 Melrose 67.8%

58 Attleboro 66.1%

59 Peabody 65.6%

60 Bliss Corner 65.6%

61 Milford 65.3%

62 Belmont 64.2%

63 Athol 63.8%

64 Gloucester 63.3%

65 West Concord 63.0%

66 Taunton 62.9%

67 Leominster 62.9%

68 Pittsfield 61.7%

69 Mansfield Center 61.4%

70 Haverhill 61.3%

71 Arlington 60.6%

72 Beverly 60.1%

73 Easthampton Town 59.9%

74 West Springfield Town 58.5%

75 Northampton 57.7%

76 Woburn 57.6%

77 Chicopee 57.2%

78 Brockton 57.0%

79 Gardner 56.7%

80 Ware 56.6%

81 Fitchburg 56.4%

82 Marlborough 56.2%

83 Winthrop Town 55.6%

84 Whitinsville 55.3%

85 Framingham 54.8%

86 Adams 54.8%

87 Greenfield 54.6%

88 North Adams 53.2%

89 Medford 53.1%

90 Foxborough 52.3%

91 Norwood 51.8%

92 Salem 51.4%

93 Lynn 50.4%

94 Middleborough Center 50.4%

95 Revere 50.1%

96 Plymouth 49.6%

97 Springfield 49.5%

98 Clinton 49.2%

99 Waltham 48.8%

100 Watertown Town 48.8%

Explore the top 100 cities ranked by highest homeownership in Massachusetts.

City rankings help residents, researchers, and policymakers understand how communities compare across important quality-of-life measures.

Data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI Crime Statistics, and NOAA climate records.

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