Homes affordable to families

Towns ranked by share of owner-occupied housing units affordable to four-person households earning 80 percent of the Boston metropolitan area's median income.

Rank	Community	% affordable	Affordable owner-occupied houses	Total owner-occupied houses
1	Avon	50.7%	889	1,754
2	Wilmington	47.0%	3,561	7,583
3	Tewksbury	46.4%	4,871	10,497
4	Holbrook	46.1%	1,960	4,248
5	Randolph	46.1%	5,375	11,654
6	Billerica	45.2%	6,258	13,830
7	Whitman	45.2%	2,394	5,292
8	Dracut	45.2%	5,071	11,216
9	West Bridgewater	44.3%	1,153	2,602
10	Burlington	44.0%	3,875	8,802
11	Groveland	42.0%	916	2,181
12	Maynard	40.8%	1,811	4,441
13	Methuen	40.5%	7,114	17,553
14	East Bridgewater	40.2%	1,879	4,673
15	Halifax	39.8%	1,131	2,841
16	Stoughton	39.7%	4,259	10,717
17	Abington	38.9%	2,313	5,941
18	Hanson	38.7%	1,275	3,297
19	Dedham	38.2%	3,679	9,639
20	Raynham	38.2%	1,798	4,711
21	Braintree	37.3%	4,958	13,280
22	Hudson	37.3%	2,840	7,621
23	Middleborough	37.2%	2,870	7,724
24	Pembroke	36.5%	2,330	6,378
25	Rockland	36.3%	2,451	6,748
26	Carver	36.2%	1,532	4,237
27	Chelmsford	36.0%	4,811	13,358
28	Saugus	36.0%	3,708	10,299
29	Norton	35.4%	2,262	6,395
30	Millis	34.2%	1,080	3,155
31	Ashland	33.7%	2,132	6,325
32	Milford	33.2%	3,653	11,002
33	Brockton	32.8%	11,491	35,081
34	Woburn	32.4%	5183	15992
35	Weymouth	32.2%	7,444	23,087
36	Littleton	32.0%	1,042	3,255
37	Walpole	31.9%	2,815	8,815
38	Plymouth	31.7%	7,133	22,492
39	Georgetown	30.4%	899	2,953
40	Easton	29.8%	2,369	7,950
41	Danvers	29.7%	3,060	10,302
42	Plainville	29.2%	943	3,225
43	Peabody	28.4%	5,501	19,338
44	Foxborough	28.3%	1,828	6,462
45	Holliston	28.3%	1,415	5,004
46	Marshfield	28.0%	2,844	10,152
47	Haverhill	27.6%	6,694	24,271
48	Natick	27.5%	3,773	13,717
49	Bridgewater	27.4%	2,182	7,968
50	Franklin	27.0%	2,981	11,022
51	Marlborough	26.2%	4,157	15,858
52	Kingston	26.0%	1,228	4,724
53	Taunton	26.0%	6,044	23,277
54	Medway	25.8%	1,162	4,508
55	Wrentham	25.8%	969	3760
56	Wakefield	25.7%	2,604	10,140
57	Middleton	25.5%	659	2,580
58	Norwood	25.2%	3,037	12,048
59	Sharon	25.2%	1,542	6,125
60	Stoneham	24.9%	2,333	9,363
61	Salisbury	24.7%	1,065	4,311
62	Merrimac	24.6%	599	2,432
63	Westford	24.0%	1,776	7,406
64	Mansfield	23.7%	2,009	8,481
65	Framingham	23.0%	6,175	26,871
66	Melrose	22.9%	2,580	11,279
67	Norfolk	22.4%	675	3,007
68	Hanover	22.4%	1,057	4,721
69	North Reading	22.1%	1,114	5,037
70	Amesbury	22.0%	1,493	6,784
71	Lynn	21.6%	7,531	34,946
72	Hamilton	20.5%	594	2,892
73	Stow	20.4%	469	2,301
74	Rowley	19.9%	420	2,107
75	Newbury	19.3%	559	2,899
76	Lowell	19.2%	7,586	39,592
77	Hopkinton	18.8%	930	4,936
78	Waltham	18.8%	4,583	24,423
79	Newburyport	18.8%	1,537	8,197
80	Beverly	18.6%	3,054	16,388
81	Reading	18.4%	1,679	9,131
82	Canton	18.0%	1,520	8,436
83	Ipswich	17.1%	991	5,810
84	Medford	16.5%	3,751	22,763
85	Quincy	16.4%	6,636	40,379
86	Gloucester	16.1%	2,298	14,305
87	Revere	16.0%	3,263	20,398
88	Malden	15.7%	3,732	23,811
89	Plympton	15.6%	143	917
90	West Newbury	15.4%	226	1,467
91	Milton	15.3%	1,424	9,313
92	Scituate	14.4%	1,140	7,902
93	North Andover	14.1%	1,447	10,292
94	Topsfield	12.8%	278	2,172
95	Norwell	12.6%	449	3,555
96	Essex	12.6%	188	1,490
97	Andover	12.0%	1,446	12,090
98	Wenham	11.8%	163	1,376
99	Everett	11.8%	1,886	15,958
100	Lynnfield	11.1%	477	4,310
101	Hull	11.0%	604	5,494
102	Westwood	10.8%	576	5,343
103	Swampscott	10.5%	624	5,971
104	Nahant	10.3%	177	1,719
105	Berlin	10.0%	249	2,483
106	Arlington	10.0%	1,948	19,526
107	Salem	9.8%	1,795	18,240
108	Medfield	9.4%	392	4,153
109	Bedford	9.2%	474	5,126
110	Lawrence	9.1%	2,337	25,700
111	Lexington	8.4%	983	11,641
112	Winchester	8.1%	653	8,031
113	Acton	8.0%	666	8,288
114	Wayland	7.8%	381	4,877
115	Watertown	7.7%	1,170	15,120
116	Hingham	7.6%	591	7,729
117	Needham	7.5%	837	11,090
118	Winthrop	7.3%	592	8,073
119	Rockport	7.1%	302	4,247
120	Duxbury	6.9%	377	5,471
121	Southborough	6.9%	620	9,044
122	Boxford	5.9%	159	2,707
123	Sudbury	5.5%	319	5,849
124	Cohasset	5.3%	152	2,878
125	Bolton	4.8%	207	4,324
126	Boxborough	4.3%	86	2,022
127	Harvard	4.1%	247	6,028
128	Marblehead	3.8%	337	8,972
129	Chelsea	3.5%	438	12,380
130	Concord	3.5%	220	6,318
131	Somerville	2.6%	855	32,778
132	Weston	2.4%	96	4,003
133	Newton	1.9%	619	33,201
134	Wellesley	1.9%	168	9,040
135	Carlisle	1.6%	28	1,719
136	Dover	1.5%	30	1,941
137	Belmont	1.4%	140	10,016
138	Lincoln	1.1%	32	2,948
139	Sherborn	0.8%	12	1,497
140	Cambridge	0.2%	85	44,923
141	Manchester	0.2%	4	2,363
142	Brookline	0.0%	0	26,447

SOURCE: Housing Affordability Initiative at MIT's Center for Real Estate