snapshot: Massage therapists per 10,000
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Aug. 30, 2012
Massage therapists are licensed by the state. The highest concentrations, as determined by the number of licenses per 10,000 residents, are in summer communities and in western Mass. Top communities include Provincetown, Tisbury, and Monroe.
| Community | Massage therapists per 10,000 residents | Rank | Count |
| ABINGTON | 10 | 252 | 16 |
| ACTON | 18 | 95 | 40 |
| ACUSHNET | 9 | 281 | 9 |
| ADAMS | 6 | 313 | 5 |
| AGAWAM | 8 | 288 | 24 |
| ALFORD | 40 | 15 | 2 |
| AMESBURY | 20 | 76 | 32 |
| AMHERST | 9 | 282 | 33 |
| ANDOVER | 11 | 221 | 37 |
| ARLINGTON | 20 | 69 | 87 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 12 | 209 | 7 |
| ASHBY | 13 | 179 | 4 |
| ASHFIELD | 40 | 16 | 7 |
| ASHLAND | 9 | 273 | 15 |
| ATHOL | 9 | 268 | 11 |
| ATTLEBORO | 6 | 316 | 25 |
| AUBURN | 13 | 182 | 21 |
| AVON | 21 | 65 | 9 |
| AYER | 19 | 85 | 14 |
| BARNSTABLE | 24 | 48 | 109 |
| BARRE | 11 | 223 | 6 |
| BECKET | 39 | 17 | 7 |
| BEDFORD | 14 | 165 | 18 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 15 | 136 | 22 |
| BELLINGHAM | 15 | 134 | 25 |
| BELMONT | 16 | 126 | 39 |
| BERKLEY | 16 | 130 | 10 |
| BERLIN | 10 | 238 | 3 |
| BERNARDSTON | 5 | 320 | 1 |
| BEVERLY | 17 | 102 | 69 |
| BILLERICA | 10 | 254 | 40 |
| BLACKSTONE | 11 | 225 | 10 |
| BOLTON | 14 | 153 | 7 |
| BOSTON | 10 | 246 | 635 |
| BOURNE | 12 | 192 | 24 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 20 | 73 | 10 |
| BOXFORD | 4 | 324 | 3 |
| BOYLSTON | 14 | 161 | 6 |
| BRAINTREE | 11 | 233 | 38 |
| BREWSTER | 27 | 34 | 27 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 10 | 260 | 26 |
| BRIMFIELD | 11 | 224 | 4 |
| BROCKTON | 11 | 216 | 106 |
| BROOKFIELD | 27 | 36 | 9 |
| BROOKLINE | 14 | 149 | 85 |
| BURLINGTON | 10 | 259 | 24 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 16 | 121 | 169 |
| CANTON | 12 | 205 | 25 |
| CARLISLE | 19 | 88 | 9 |
| CARVER | 13 | 178 | 15 |
| CHARLTON | 25 | 46 | 32 |
| CHATHAM | 29 | 31 | 18 |
| CHELMSFORD | 15 | 142 | 50 |
| CHELSEA | 7 | 307 | 23 |
| CHESHIRE | 19 | 89 | 6 |
| CHESTER | 15 | 139 | 2 |
| CHICOPEE | 8 | 291 | 44 |
| CHILMARK | 12 | 207 | 1 |
| CLARKSBURG | 6 | 314 | 1 |
| CLINTON | 9 | 280 | 12 |
| COHASSET | 15 | 146 | 11 |
| COLRAIN | 6 | 311 | 1 |
| CONCORD | 16 | 113 | 29 |
| CONWAY | 21 | 62 | 4 |
| CUMMINGTON | 23 | 55 | 2 |
| DALTON | 22 | 59 | 15 |
| DANVERS | 19 | 80 | 51 |
| DARTMOUTH | 17 | 108 | 58 |
| DEDHAM | 11 | 228 | 27 |
| DEERFIELD | 21 | 60 | 11 |
| DENNIS | 29 | 32 | 41 |
| DIGHTON | 17 | 109 | 12 |
| DOUGLAS | 14 | 156 | 12 |
| DOVER | 4 | 326 | 2 |
| DRACUT | 12 | 208 | 34 |
| DUDLEY | 11 | 235 | 12 |
| DUNSTABLE | 16 | 127 | 5 |
| DUXBURY | 11 | 217 | 17 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 5 | 319 | 7 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 23 | 56 | 5 |
| EASTHAM | 18 | 96 | 9 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 16 | 120 | 26 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 11 | 231 | 17 |
| EASTON | 10 | 267 | 22 |
| EDGARTOWN | 37 | 20 | 15 |
| EGREMONT | 73 | 4 | 9 |
| ESSEX | 26 | 43 | 9 |
| EVERETT | 9 | 283 | 36 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 16 | 115 | 26 |
| FALL RIVER | 8 | 294 | 70 |
| FALMOUTH | 19 | 86 | 59 |
| FITCHBURG | 7 | 297 | 30 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 16 | 122 | 27 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 13 | 184 | 88 |
| FRANKLIN | 11 | 214 | 36 |
| FREETOWN | 14 | 163 | 12 |
| GARDNER | 10 | 242 | 21 |
| GEORGETOWN | 18 | 93 | 15 |
| GLOUCESTER | 24 | 50 | 68 |
| GOSHEN | 19 | 84 | 2 |
| GRAFTON | 16 | 117 | 29 |
| GRANBY | 10 | 266 | 6 |
| GRANVILLE | 6 | 309 | 1 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 62 | 6 | 44 |
| GREENFIELD | 26 | 40 | 46 |
| GROTON | 16 | 123 | 17 |
| GROVELAND | 12 | 189 | 8 |
| HADLEY | 34 | 23 | 18 |
| HALIFAX | 17 | 105 | 13 |
| HAMILTON | 13 | 185 | 10 |
| HAMPDEN | 12 | 202 | 6 |
| HANCOCK | 28 | 33 | 2 |
| HANOVER | 17 | 104 | 24 |
| HANSON | 7 | 304 | 7 |
| HARDWICK | 13 | 169 | 4 |
| HARVARD | 18 | 90 | 12 |
| HARWICH | 36 | 21 | 44 |
| HATFIELD | 12 | 191 | 4 |
| HAVERHILL | 13 | 181 | 79 |
| HINGHAM | 12 | 201 | 26 |
| HINSDALE | 34 | 22 | 7 |
| HOLBROOK | 11 | 222 | 12 |
| HOLDEN | 14 | 159 | 24 |
| HOLLAND | 8 | 290 | 2 |
| HOLLISTON | 15 | 144 | 20 |
| HOLYOKE | 6 | 315 | 23 |
| HOPEDALE | 10 | 247 | 6 |
| HOPKINTON | 13 | 187 | 19 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 11 | 213 | 5 |
| HUDSON | 7 | 300 | 14 |
| HULL | 15 | 147 | 15 |
| HUNTINGTON | 18 | 91 | 4 |
| IPSWICH | 17 | 110 | 22 |
| KINGSTON | 16 | 125 | 20 |
| LAKEVILLE | 11 | 215 | 12 |
| LANCASTER | 11 | 220 | 9 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 6 | 308 | 2 |
| LAWRENCE | 5 | 321 | 35 |
| LEE | 24 | 51 | 14 |
| LEICESTER | 9 | 272 | 10 |
| LENOX | 64 | 5 | 32 |
| LEOMINSTER | 16 | 128 | 64 |
| LEVERETT | 54 | 9 | 10 |
| LEXINGTON | 13 | 186 | 40 |
| LEYDEN | 42 | 12 | 3 |
| LINCOLN | 13 | 188 | 8 |
| LITTLETON | 16 | 129 | 14 |
| LONGMEADOW | 9 | 278 | 14 |
| LOWELL | 7 | 306 | 71 |
| LUDLOW | 9 | 286 | 18 |
| LUNENBURG | 13 | 183 | 13 |
| LYNN | 8 | 296 | 69 |
| LYNNFIELD | 3 | 328 | 4 |
| MALDEN | 14 | 150 | 86 |
| MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 19 | 78 | 10 |
| MANSFIELD | 14 | 160 | 32 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 21 | 64 | 41 |
| MARION | 16 | 118 | 8 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 10 | 257 | 38 |
| MARSHFIELD | 16 | 131 | 39 |
| MASHPEE | 15 | 137 | 21 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 26 | 38 | 16 |
| MAYNARD | 27 | 35 | 27 |
| MEDFIELD | 13 | 172 | 16 |
| MEDFORD | 14 | 162 | 76 |
| MEDWAY | 12 | 200 | 15 |
| MELROSE | 16 | 124 | 43 |
| MENDON | 9 | 285 | 5 |
| MERRIMAC | 33 | 26 | 21 |
| METHUEN | 11 | 227 | 52 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 14 | 154 | 33 |
| MIDDLETON | 13 | 170 | 12 |
| MILFORD | 11 | 226 | 31 |
| MILLBURY | 21 | 61 | 28 |
| MILLIS | 16 | 112 | 13 |
| MILLVILLE | 3 | 329 | 1 |
| MILTON | 7 | 299 | 20 |
| MONROE | 83 | 3 | 1 |
| MONSON | 7 | 303 | 6 |
| MONTAGUE | 14 | 155 | 12 |
| MONTEREY | 21 | 63 | 2 |
| MONTGOMERY | 24 | 49 | 2 |
| NAHANT | 23 | 52 | 8 |
| NANTUCKET | 33 | 25 | 34 |
| NATICK | 19 | 79 | 64 |
| NEEDHAM | 12 | 199 | 34 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 9 | 279 | 84 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 10 | 251 | 1 |
| NEWBURY | 12 | 195 | 8 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 26 | 39 | 46 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 27 | 37 | 4 |
| NEW SALEM | 20 | 70 | 2 |
| NEWTON | 15 | 135 | 129 |
| NORFOLK | 10 | 258 | 11 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 9 | 269 | 13 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 37 | 19 | 106 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 12 | 204 | 33 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 12 | 196 | 34 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 13 | 167 | 19 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 17 | 106 | 27 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 19 | 81 | 9 |
| NORTHFIELD | 23 | 53 | 7 |
| NORTH READING | 11 | 212 | 17 |
| NORTON | 12 | 206 | 22 |
| NORWELL | 13 | 171 | 14 |
| NORWOOD | 10 | 237 | 30 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 4 | 322 | 2 |
| OAKHAM | 26 | 41 | 5 |
| ORANGE | 6 | 310 | 5 |
| ORLEANS | 41 | 14 | 24 |
| OTIS | 31 | 27 | 5 |
| OXFORD | 20 | 75 | 27 |
| PALMER | 7 | 298 | 9 |
| PAXTON | 10 | 241 | 5 |
| PEABODY | 13 | 177 | 67 |
| PEMBROKE | 12 | 198 | 21 |
| PEPPERELL | 15 | 143 | 17 |
| PETERSHAM | 16 | 119 | 2 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 6 | 312 | 1 |
| PITTSFIELD | 22 | 57 | 100 |
| PLAINFIELD | 31 | 28 | 2 |
| PLAINVILLE | 21 | 68 | 17 |
| PLYMOUTH | 17 | 111 | 94 |
| PLYMPTON | 11 | 232 | 3 |
| PRINCETON | 18 | 100 | 6 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 122 | 1 | 36 |
| QUINCY | 20 | 74 | 183 |
| RANDOLPH | 11 | 229 | 35 |
| RAYNHAM | 10 | 240 | 14 |
| READING | 9 | 277 | 22 |
| REHOBOTH | 11 | 219 | 13 |
| REVERE | 11 | 234 | 55 |
| RICHMOND | 34 | 24 | 5 |
| ROCHESTER | 19 | 82 | 10 |
| ROCKLAND | 10 | 245 | 18 |
| ROCKPORT | 20 | 71 | 14 |
| ROWLEY | 17 | 107 | 10 |
| ROYALSTON | 8 | 292 | 1 |
| RUSSELL | 11 | 218 | 2 |
| RUTLAND | 3 | 330 | 2 |
| SALEM | 20 | 77 | 81 |
| SALISBURY | 8 | 287 | 7 |
| SANDWICH | 15 | 148 | 30 |
| SAUGUS | 12 | 203 | 31 |
| SCITUATE | 15 | 133 | 28 |
| SEEKONK | 9 | 270 | 13 |
| SHARON | 10 | 265 | 17 |
| SHEFFIELD | 31 | 29 | 10 |
| SHELBURNE | 58 | 7 | 11 |
| SHERBORN | 10 | 261 | 4 |
| SHIRLEY | 10 | 262 | 7 |
| SHREWSBURY | 9 | 274 | 32 |
| SHUTESBURY | 45 | 11 | 8 |
| SOMERSET | 14 | 152 | 26 |
| SOMERVILLE | 14 | 158 | 105 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 9 | 284 | 5 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 16 | 114 | 16 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 9 | 275 | 15 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 11 | 211 | 20 |
| SOUTHWICK | 11 | 236 | 10 |
| SPENCER | 25 | 45 | 29 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 5 | 318 | 84 |
| STERLING | 18 | 98 | 14 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 41 | 13 | 8 |
| STONEHAM | 14 | 164 | 29 |
| STOUGHTON | 15 | 140 | 40 |
| STOW | 12 | 193 | 8 |
| STURBRIDGE | 18 | 92 | 17 |
| SUDBURY | 8 | 293 | 14 |
| SUNDERLAND | 19 | 83 | 7 |
| SUTTON | 6 | 317 | 5 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 17 | 103 | 24 |
| SWANSEA | 13 | 174 | 21 |
| TAUNTON | 10 | 264 | 54 |
| TEMPLETON | 10 | 253 | 8 |
| TEWKSBURY | 10 | 250 | 29 |
| TISBURY | 89 | 2 | 35 |
| TOLLAND | 21 | 66 | 1 |
| TOPSFIELD | 13 | 175 | 8 |
| TOWNSEND | 7 | 305 | 6 |
| TRURO | 15 | 138 | 3 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 18 | 99 | 20 |
| UPTON | 13 | 173 | 10 |
| UXBRIDGE | 14 | 157 | 19 |
| WAKEFIELD | 14 | 151 | 36 |
| WALES | 11 | 230 | 2 |
| WALPOLE | 12 | 194 | 29 |
| WALTHAM | 10 | 255 | 60 |
| WARE | 7 | 301 | 7 |
| WAREHAM | 15 | 145 | 32 |
| WARREN | 8 | 295 | 4 |
| WARWICK | 26 | 44 | 2 |
| WASHINGTON | 37 | 18 | 2 |
| WATERTOWN | 24 | 47 | 77 |
| WAYLAND | 13 | 176 | 17 |
| WEBSTER | 10 | 248 | 17 |
| WELLESLEY | 10 | 243 | 29 |
| WELLFLEET | 47 | 10 | 13 |
| WENDELL | 12 | 197 | 1 |
| WENHAM | 12 | 190 | 6 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 18 | 101 | 32 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 30 | 30 | 23 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 10 | 249 | 7 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 14 | 166 | 5 |
| WESTFIELD | 10 | 239 | 43 |
| WESTFORD | 8 | 289 | 18 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 19 | 87 | 3 |
| WESTMINSTER | 21 | 67 | 15 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 2 | 331 | 1 |
| WESTON | 4 | 327 | 4 |
| WESTPORT | 15 | 141 | 23 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 13 | 168 | 38 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 23 | 54 | 3 |
| WEST TISBURY | 4 | 325 | 1 |
| WESTWOOD | 9 | 276 | 13 |
| WEYMOUTH | 16 | 116 | 88 |
| WHATELY | 20 | 72 | 3 |
| WHITMAN | 10 | 244 | 15 |
| WILBRAHAM | 7 | 302 | 10 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 56 | 8 | 14 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 15 | 132 | 12 |
| WILMINGTON | 13 | 180 | 29 |
| WINCHENDON | 4 | 323 | 4 |
| WINCHESTER | 9 | 271 | 20 |
| WINDSOR | 22 | 58 | 2 |
| WINTHROP | 11 | 210 | 20 |
| WOBURN | 10 | 263 | 37 |
| WORCESTER | 10 | 256 | 179 |
| WORTHINGTON | 26 | 42 | 3 |
| WRENTHAM | 18 | 94 | 20 |
| YARMOUTH | 18 | 97 | 43 |