Snapshot: Percent age 24 and younger
By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | March 10, 2011
Amherst, Wenham and Wellesley have the highest percent of people who are 24 or younger. In Amherst, about two-thirds of the population is in that range – not surprisingly because of the colleges there. Data estimates are from the American Community Survey 05-09.
| Community | Percent 24 and younger | Rank | Total 24 and younger |
| Abington | 30% | 193 | 4,844 |
| Acton | 35% | 52 | 7,093 |
| Acushnet | 31% | 139 | 3,218 |
| Adams | 30% | 179 | 2,526 |
| Agawam | 29% | 222 | 8,141 |
| Alford | 14% | 349 | 57 |
| Amesbury | 31% | 166 | 5,000 |
| Amherst | 67% | 1 | 24,186 |
| Andover | 35% | 36 | 11,705 |
| Aquinnah | 28% | 248 | 127 |
| Arlington | 25% | 302 | 10,044 |
| Ashburnham | 32% | 119 | 1,899 |
| Ashby | 35% | 33 | 1,068 |
| Ashfield | 27% | 270 | 449 |
| Ashland | 29% | 213 | 4,343 |
| Athol | 31% | 157 | 3,619 |
| Attleboro | 30% | 192 | 12,809 |
| Auburn | 29% | 207 | 4,802 |
| Avon | 29% | 219 | 1,253 |
| Ayer | 29% | 227 | 2,149 |
| Barnstable | 27% | 267 | 12,630 |
| Barre | 30% | 196 | 1,654 |
| Becket | 21% | 333 | 350 |
| Bedford | 31% | 167 | 3,965 |
| Belchertown | 33% | 92 | 4,618 |
| Bellingham | 32% | 102 | 5,027 |
| Belmont | 28% | 253 | 6,345 |
| Berkley | 33% | 97 | 2,094 |
| Berlin | 26% | 289 | 722 |
| Bernardston | 28% | 235 | 650 |
| Beverly | 29% | 205 | 11,588 |
| Billerica | 31% | 146 | 12,104 |
| Blackstone | 33% | 100 | 3,006 |
| Blandford | 30% | 178 | 366 |
| Bolton | 35% | 41 | 1,570 |
| Boston | 31% | 162 | 189,735 |
| Bourne | 33% | 91 | 6,316 |
| Boxborough | 35% | 55 | 1,737 |
| Boxford | 35% | 38 | 2,866 |
| Boylston | 31% | 140 | 1,361 |
| Braintree | 30% | 182 | 10,352 |
| Brewster | 23% | 320 | 2,278 |
| Bridgewater | 37% | 22 | 9,903 |
| Brimfield | 30% | 190 | 1,127 |
| Brockton | 35% | 46 | 31,883 |
| Brookfield | 23% | 322 | 771 |
| Brookline | 29% | 212 | 16,264 |
| Buckland | 27% | 274 | 567 |
| Burlington | 29% | 223 | 7,033 |
| Cambridge | 28% | 234 | 29,726 |
| Canton | 30% | 180 | 6,549 |
| Carlisle | 35% | 40 | 1,684 |
| Carver | 31% | 151 | 3,656 |
| Charlemont | 23% | 323 | 250 |
| Charlton | 34% | 56 | 4,287 |
| Chatham | 19% | 343 | 1,255 |
| Chelmsford | 30% | 204 | 9,807 |
| Chelsea | 34% | 57 | 12,169 |
| Cheshire | 25% | 304 | 808 |
| Chester | 23% | 317 | 287 |
| Chesterfield | 27% | 276 | 296 |
| Chicopee | 32% | 110 | 17,810 |
| Chilmark | 30% | 187 | 308 |
| Clarksburg | 27% | 265 | 509 |
| Clinton | 30% | 186 | 4,240 |
| Cohasset | 35% | 35 | 2,561 |
| Colrain | 30% | 183 | 546 |
| Concord | 29% | 224 | 4,988 |
| Conway | 30% | 202 | 560 |
| Cummington | 37% | 21 | 423 |
| Dalton | 31% | 161 | 2,020 |
| Danvers | 28% | 259 | 7,283 |
| Dartmouth | 33% | 96 | 11,097 |
| Dedham | 29% | 218 | 6,976 |
| Deerfield | 31% | 156 | 1,450 |
| Dennis | 22% | 328 | 3,345 |
| Dighton | 30% | 198 | 1,974 |
| Douglas | 34% | 75 | 2,690 |
| Dover | 35% | 32 | 1,997 |
| Dracut | 30% | 173 | 8,746 |
| Dudley | 33% | 85 | 3,637 |
| Dunstable | 35% | 42 | 1,146 |
| Duxbury | 35% | 45 | 4,950 |
| East Bridgewater | 33% | 94 | 4,530 |
| East Brookfield | 31% | 160 | 644 |
| Eastham | 21% | 332 | 1,151 |
| Easthampton | 29% | 208 | 4,715 |
| East Longmeadow | 28% | 251 | 4,240 |
| Easton | 38% | 13 | 8,551 |
| Edgartown | 28% | 238 | 1,131 |
| Egremont | 21% | 334 | 269 |
| Erving | 29% | 226 | 526 |
| Essex | 31% | 165 | 1,005 |
| Everett | 31% | 150 | 11,554 |
| Fairhaven | 26% | 279 | 4,254 |
| Fall River | 31% | 152 | 27,884 |
| Falmouth | 24% | 314 | 7,719 |
| Fitchburg | 37% | 15 | 15,103 |
| Florida | 36% | 25 | 299 |
| Foxborough | 32% | 122 | 5,165 |
| Framingham | 30% | 189 | 19,734 |
| Franklin | 36% | 26 | 11,112 |
| Freetown | 33% | 84 | 2,981 |
| Gardner | 29% | 215 | 6,018 |
| Georgetown | 32% | 109 | 2,705 |
| Gill | 28% | 257 | 408 |
| Gloucester | 26% | 287 | 7,883 |
| Goshen | 30% | 195 | 337 |
| Gosnold | 15% | 348 | 23 |
| Grafton | 33% | 78 | 5,779 |
| Granby | 30% | 199 | 1,833 |
| Granville | 30% | 181 | 499 |
| Great Barrington | 25% | 305 | 1,807 |
| Greenfield | 28% | 252 | 4,904 |
| Groton | 37% | 16 | 3,921 |
| Groveland | 36% | 27 | 2,480 |
| Hadley | 25% | 300 | 1,162 |
| Halifax | 32% | 116 | 2,444 |
| Hamilton | 34% | 68 | 2,775 |
| Hampden | 26% | 286 | 1,389 |
| Hancock | 34% | 61 | 252 |
| Hanover | 35% | 51 | 4,796 |
| Hanson | 34% | 74 | 3,352 |
| Hardwick | 31% | 149 | 827 |
| Harvard | 31% | 135 | 1,924 |
| Harwich | 20% | 340 | 2,468 |
| Hatfield | 23% | 324 | 722 |
| Haverhill | 31% | 164 | 18,435 |
| Hawley | 21% | 337 | 79 |
| Heath | 22% | 326 | 110 |
| Hingham | 32% | 114 | 7,010 |
| Hinsdale | 29% | 209 | 633 |
| Holbrook | 27% | 261 | 2,912 |
| Holden | 31% | 142 | 5,415 |
| Holland | 31% | 170 | 776 |
| Holliston | 33% | 95 | 4,549 |
| Holyoke | 34% | 66 | 13,592 |
| Hopedale | 29% | 216 | 1,801 |
| Hopkinton | 37% | 19 | 5,237 |
| Hubbardston | 31% | 145 | 1,375 |
| Hudson | 26% | 290 | 4,975 |
| Hull | 26% | 291 | 2,842 |
| Huntington | 29% | 225 | 567 |
| Ipswich | 26% | 285 | 3,460 |
| Kingston | 32% | 130 | 3,849 |
| Lakeville | 34% | 65 | 3,537 |
| Lancaster | 33% | 93 | 2,301 |
| Lanesborough | 30% | 201 | 850 |
| Lawrence | 41% | 4 | 28,408 |
| Lee | 31% | 148 | 1,795 |
| Leicester | 32% | 106 | 3,559 |
| Lenox | 30% | 203 | 1,496 |
| Leominster | 31% | 154 | 12,834 |
| Leverett | 28% | 255 | 525 |
| Lexington | 31% | 138 | 9,482 |
| Leyden | 22% | 325 | 166 |
| Lincoln | 38% | 11 | 3,125 |
| Littleton | 30% | 176 | 2,617 |
| Longmeadow | 34% | 58 | 5,361 |
| Lowell | 35% | 48 | 35,377 |
| Ludlow | 28% | 249 | 6,140 |
| Lunenburg | 28% | 242 | 2,816 |
| Lynn | 34% | 63 | 29,429 |
| Lynnfield | 31% | 137 | 3,587 |
| Malden | 28% | 230 | 15,615 |
| Manchester-by-the-Sea | 32% | 132 | 1,614 |
| Mansfield | 37% | 24 | 8,428 |
| Marblehead | 30% | 188 | 5,940 |
| Marion | 29% | 221 | 1,480 |
| Marlborough | 26% | 282 | 9,821 |
| Marshfield | 30% | 194 | 7,323 |
| Mashpee | 28% | 256 | 3,894 |
| Mattapoisett | 26% | 281 | 1,692 |
| Maynard | 28% | 243 | 2,854 |
| Medfield | 37% | 20 | 4,507 |
| Medford | 27% | 275 | 14,803 |
| Medway | 36% | 29 | 4,482 |
| Melrose | 28% | 250 | 7,295 |
| Mendon | 35% | 54 | 1,941 |
| Merrimac | 32% | 107 | 2,080 |
| Methuen | 33% | 88 | 14,330 |
| Middleborough | 39% | 6 | 8,032 |
| Middlefield | 24% | 311 | 92 |
| Middleton | 31% | 153 | 2,771 |
| Milford | 31% | 163 | 8,382 |
| Millbury | 26% | 280 | 3,548 |
| Millis | 31% | 168 | 2,403 |
| Millville | 34% | 70 | 1,002 |
| Milton | 34% | 76 | 8,712 |
| Monroe | 38% | 10 | 55 |
| Monson | 30% | 172 | 2,720 |
| Montague | 28% | 245 | 2,294 |
| Monterey | 18% | 344 | 149 |
| Montgomery | 22% | 327 | 121 |
| Mount Washington | 21% | 330 | 29 |
| Nahant | 26% | 288 | 933 |
| Nantucket | 30% | 185 | 3,270 |
| Natick | 29% | 217 | 9,164 |
| Needham | 32% | 127 | 8,920 |
| New Ashford | 16% | 346 | 40 |
| New Bedford | 32% | 113 | 28,866 |
| New Braintree | 33% | 80 | 363 |
| Newbury | 32% | 131 | 2,137 |
| Newburyport | 24% | 308 | 4,181 |
| New Marlborough | 26% | 295 | 394 |
| New Salem | 21% | 335 | 178 |
| Newton | 37% | 17 | 30,786 |
| Norfolk | 28% | 231 | 3,075 |
| North Adams | 38% | 14 | 5,147 |
| Northampton | 37% | 23 | 10,442 |
| North Andover | 34% | 72 | 9,244 |
| North Attleborough | 33% | 98 | 8,976 |
| Northborough | 35% | 37 | 5,154 |
| Northbridge | 33% | 87 | 4,765 |
| North Brookfield | 32% | 128 | 1,594 |
| Northfield | 27% | 278 | 786 |
| North Reading | 31% | 143 | 4,113 |
| Norton | 37% | 18 | 7,072 |
| Norwell | 33% | 89 | 3,385 |
| Norwood | 27% | 260 | 7,709 |
| Oak Bluffs | 31% | 136 | 1,207 |
| Oakham | 34% | 69 | 651 |
| Orange | 28% | 240 | 2,148 |
| Orleans | 13% | 350 | 811 |
| Otis | 16% | 347 | 197 |
| Oxford | 31% | 171 | 4,167 |
| Palmer | 28% | 236 | 3,626 |
| Paxton | 38% | 9 | 1,822 |
| Peabody | 28% | 232 | 14,398 |
| Pelham | 27% | 262 | 367 |
| Pembroke | 33% | 79 | 6,104 |
| Pepperell | 35% | 50 | 3,899 |
| Peru | 29% | 210 | 271 |
| Petersham | 20% | 339 | 252 |
| Phillipston | 34% | 67 | 629 |
| Pittsfield | 29% | 214 | 12,388 |
| Plainfield | 21% | 336 | 134 |
| Plainville | 32% | 129 | 2,556 |
| Plymouth | 30% | 200 | 16,449 |
| Plympton | 32% | 123 | 874 |
| Princeton | 32% | 117 | 1,125 |
| Quincy | 25% | 301 | 22,235 |
| Randolph | 28% | 244 | 8,446 |
| Raynham | 32% | 101 | 4,336 |
| Reading | 32% | 108 | 7,421 |
| Rehoboth | 30% | 174 | 3,423 |
| Revere | 26% | 292 | 12,791 |
| Richmond | 24% | 313 | 435 |
| Rochester | 32% | 103 | 1,663 |
| Rockland | 32% | 111 | 5,664 |
| Rockport | 23% | 318 | 1,741 |
| Rowe | 20% | 341 | 81 |
| Rowley | 29% | 211 | 1,664 |
| Royalston | 23% | 316 | 311 |
| Russell | 31% | 158 | 548 |
| Rutland | 41% | 5 | 3,144 |
| Salem | 29% | 206 | 11,975 |
| Salisbury | 27% | 277 | 2,237 |
| Sandisfield | 26% | 294 | 200 |
| Sandwich | 32% | 105 | 6,433 |
| Saugus | 28% | 258 | 7,388 |
| Savoy | 28% | 229 | 217 |
| Scituate | 31% | 141 | 5,639 |
| Seekonk | 31% | 147 | 4,177 |
| Sharon | 34% | 71 | 5,858 |
| Sheffield | 23% | 319 | 753 |
| Shelburne | 25% | 299 | 519 |
| Sherborn | 35% | 44 | 1,470 |
| Shirley | 24% | 306 | 1,880 |
| Shrewsbury | 33% | 83 | 11,119 |
| Shutesbury | 27% | 264 | 527 |
| Somerset | 26% | 293 | 4,712 |
| Somerville | 28% | 246 | 21,098 |
| Southampton | 30% | 175 | 1,761 |
| Southborough | 35% | 53 | 3,315 |
| Southbridge | 34% | 64 | 5,940 |
| South Hadley | 34% | 62 | 5,796 |
| Southwick | 28% | 237 | 2,720 |
| Spencer | 28% | 233 | 3,383 |
| Springfield | 39% | 7 | 58,250 |
| Sterling | 31% | 159 | 2,353 |
| Stockbridge | 23% | 321 | 341 |
| Stoneham | 26% | 284 | 5,525 |
| Stoughton | 32% | 112 | 8,563 |
| Stow | 33% | 81 | 2,119 |
| Sturbridge | 32% | 126 | 2,782 |
| Sudbury | 38% | 12 | 6,446 |
| Sunderland | 38% | 8 | 1,432 |
| Sutton | 33% | 90 | 2,985 |
| Swampscott | 28% | 241 | 3,929 |
| Swansea | 27% | 273 | 4,320 |
| Taunton | 31% | 169 | 16,804 |
| Templeton | 32% | 124 | 2,493 |
| Tewksbury | 30% | 197 | 8,572 |
| Tisbury | 28% | 239 | 1,097 |
| Tolland | 22% | 329 | 94 |
| Topsfield | 34% | 60 | 2,088 |
| Townsend | 35% | 43 | 3,301 |
| Truro | 19% | 342 | 372 |
| Tyngsborough | 34% | 59 | 3,948 |
| Tyringham | 23% | 315 | 99 |
| Upton | 34% | 73 | 2,218 |
| Uxbridge | 32% | 120 | 4,021 |
| Wakefield | 28% | 247 | 6,835 |
| Wales | 27% | 272 | 573 |
| Walpole | 32% | 115 | 7,355 |
| Waltham | 33% | 86 | 19,798 |
| Ware | 30% | 184 | 2,950 |
| Wareham | 28% | 228 | 5,971 |
| Warren | 33% | 82 | 1,744 |
| Warwick | 27% | 269 | 176 |
| Washington | 25% | 298 | 149 |
| Watertown | 24% | 310 | 7,796 |
| Wayland | 32% | 134 | 4,116 |
| Webster | 27% | 266 | 4,547 |
| Wellesley | 45% | 3 | 12,227 |
| Wellfleet | 17% | 345 | 524 |
| Wendell | 20% | 338 | 193 |
| Wenham | 50% | 2 | 2,301 |
| Westborough | 32% | 118 | 5,821 |
| West Boylston | 24% | 309 | 1,958 |
| West Bridgewater | 29% | 220 | 1,901 |
| West Brookfield | 25% | 296 | 984 |
| Westfield | 36% | 28 | 14,640 |
| Westford | 35% | 34 | 7,731 |
| Westhampton | 30% | 177 | 550 |
| Westminster | 32% | 121 | 2,354 |
| West Newbury | 35% | 49 | 1,498 |
| Weston | 36% | 31 | 4,126 |
| Westport | 26% | 283 | 3,990 |
| West Springfield | 30% | 191 | 8,421 |
| West Stockbridge | 27% | 268 | 399 |
| West Tisbury | 25% | 303 | 563 |
| Westwood | 32% | 104 | 4,497 |
| Weymouth | 27% | 263 | 14,496 |
| Whately | 24% | 312 | 375 |
| Whitman | 32% | 125 | 4,444 |
| Wilbraham | 33% | 99 | 4,612 |
| Williamsburg | 24% | 307 | 602 |
| Williamstown | 36% | 30 | 2,860 |
| Wilmington | 31% | 144 | 6,794 |
| Winchendon | 35% | 47 | 3,569 |
| Winchester | 32% | 133 | 6,632 |
| Windsor | 31% | 155 | 332 |
| Winthrop | 25% | 297 | 4,633 |
| Woburn | 27% | 271 | 10,254 |
| Worcester | 35% | 39 | 61,827 |
| Worthington | 28% | 254 | 330 |
| Wrentham | 33% | 77 | 3,691 |
| Yarmouth | 21% | 331 | 5,083 |
