Snapshot: Subsidized 40b housing, 2011
By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Sept. 15, 2011
The Department of Housing and Community Development tracks the percent of subsidized housing -- so-called 40b housing -- that is in each community. Aquinnah and Holyoke had the highest percents in the state, above 20 percent. The data comes from Information provided by individual communities and is subject to change.
| Community | Percent 40b | Rank | Number subsidized units (40b) |
| ABINGTON | 7.4% | 94 | 471 |
| ACTON | 6.1% | 135 | 519 |
| ACUSHNET | 2.4% | 264 | 97 |
| ADAMS | 7.5% | 93 | 324 |
| AGAWAM | 3.9% | 203 | 472 |
| ALFORD | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| AMESBURY | 7.0% | 107 | 495 |
| AMHERST | 10.6% | 30 | 1023 |
| ANDOVER | 8.5% | 65 | 1044 |
| AQUINNAH | 25.9% | 1 | 41 |
| ARLINGTON | 5.5% | 152 | 1102 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 1.4% | 287 | 32 |
| ASHBY | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| ASHFIELD | 0.3% | 311 | 2 |
| ASHLAND | 3.7% | 215 | 243 |
| ATHOL | 5.0% | 168 | 255 |
| ATTLEBORO | 6.7% | 118 | 1198 |
| AUBURN | 3.1% | 237 | 212 |
| AVON | 4.2% | 193 | 74 |
| AYER | 8.5% | 65 | 293 |
| BARNSTABLE | 6.6% | 120 | 1357 |
| BARRE | 3.8% | 210 | 82 |
| BECKET | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| BEDFORD | 16.1% | 6 | 857 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 6.4% | 127 | 370 |
| BELLINGHAM | 8.4% | 69 | 532 |
| BELMONT | 3.2% | 235 | 328 |
| BERKLEY | 0.7% | 300 | 15 |
| BERLIN | 8.5% | 65 | 101 |
| BERNARDSTON | 2.6% | 257 | 24 |
| BEVERLY | 11.3% | 22 | 1859 |
| BILLERICA | 8.2% | 72 | 1186 |
| BLACKSTONE | 3.4% | 228 | 123 |
| BLANDFORD | 0.4% | 309 | 2 |
| BOLTON | 3.6% | 216 | 63 |
| BOSTON | 18.0% | 3 | 48503 |
| BOURNE | 6.6% | 120 | 568 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 1.2% | 289 | 24 |
| BOXFORD | 0.8% | 297 | 23 |
| BOYLSTON | 1.5% | 283 | 26 |
| BRAINTREE | 7.9% | 78 | 1125 |
| BREWSTER | 5.2% | 163 | 252 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 2.6% | 257 | 214 |
| BRIMFIELD | 6.0% | 137 | 89 |
| BROCKTON | 12.6% | 14 | 4486 |
| BROOKFIELD | 2.8% | 248 | 40 |
| BROOKLINE | 8.1% | 75 | 2122 |
| BUCKLAND | 0.6% | 303 | 5 |
| BURLINGTON | 10.2% | 37 | 981 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 15.2% | 7 | 7117 |
| CANTON | 9.9% | 40 | 860 |
| CARLISLE | 2.6% | 257 | 46 |
| CARVER | 2.8% | 248 | 126 |
| CHARLEMONT | 1.0% | 292 | 6 |
| CHARLTON | 1.1% | 290 | 52 |
| CHATHAM | 5.0% | 168 | 174 |
| CHELMSFORD | 7.0% | 107 | 966 |
| CHELSEA | 17.4% | 4 | 2187 |
| CHESHIRE | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| CHESTER | 8.5% | 65 | 50 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 5.2% | 163 | 27 |
| CHICOPEE | 10.2% | 37 | 2561 |
| CHILMARK | 0.7% | 300 | 3 |
| CLARKSBURG | 1.1% | 290 | 8 |
| CLINTON | 8.8% | 64 | 560 |
| COHASSET | 3.1% | 237 | 91 |
| COLRAIN | 0.5% | 306 | 4 |
| CONCORD | 10.4% | 35 | 713 |
| CONWAY | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| CUMMINGTON | 3.8% | 210 | 16 |
| DALTON | 5.6% | 148 | 160 |
| DANVERS | 9.0% | 59 | 999 |
| DARTMOUTH | 7.9% | 78 | 934 |
| DEDHAM | 10.8% | 28 | 1097 |
| DEERFIELD | 1.5% | 283 | 32 |
| DENNIS | 4.4% | 184 | 337 |
| DIGHTON | 5.8% | 140 | 150 |
| DOUGLAS | 4.4% | 184 | 140 |
| DOVER | 0.9% | 293 | 18 |
| DRACUT | 5.3% | 156 | 595 |
| DUDLEY | 2.3% | 268 | 99 |
| DUNSTABLE | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| DUXBURY | 7.3% | 96 | 405 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 3.4% | 228 | 167 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| EASTHAM | 1.9% | 275 | 49 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 6.3% | 131 | 476 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 7.1% | 101 | 431 |
| EASTON | 3.1% | 237 | 248 |
| EDGARTOWN | 4.3% | 191 | 84 |
| EGREMONT | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| ERVING | 0.3% | 311 | 2 |
| ESSEX | 2.7% | 254 | 40 |
| EVERETT | 7.8% | 82 | 1304 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 7.1% | 101 | 495 |
| FALL RIVER | 11.2% | 24 | 4762 |
| FALMOUTH | 6.5% | 124 | 962 |
| FITCHBURG | 9.8% | 41 | 1666 |
| FLORIDA | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 8.1% | 75 | 555 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 10.6% | 30 | 2901 |
| FRANKLIN | 9.4% | 51 | 1072 |
| FREETOWN | 2.7% | 254 | 88 |
| GARDNER | 13.7% | 11 | 1243 |
| GEORGETOWN | 11.9% | 19 | 362 |
| GILL | 4.2% | 193 | 25 |
| GLOUCESTER | 6.9% | 110 | 921 |
| GOSHEN | 1.8% | 278 | 8 |
| GOSNOLD | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| GRAFTON | 4.4% | 184 | 318 |
| GRANBY | 2.8% | 248 | 68 |
| GRANVILLE | 1.6% | 281 | 10 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 7.1% | 101 | 219 |
| GREENFIELD | 14.0% | 8 | 1165 |
| GROTON | 5.0% | 168 | 197 |
| GROVELAND | 3.1% | 237 | 75 |
| HADLEY | 11.8% | 20 | 259 |
| HALIFAX | 0.9% | 293 | 28 |
| HAMILTON | 3.0% | 243 | 84 |
| HAMPDEN | 3.1% | 237 | 60 |
| HANCOCK | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| HANOVER | 9.1% | 56 | 438 |
| HANSON | 4.0% | 197 | 143 |
| HARDWICK | 2.8% | 248 | 33 |
| HARVARD | 5.4% | 155 | 108 |
| HARWICH | 5.3% | 156 | 327 |
| HATFIELD | 3.0% | 243 | 47 |
| HAVERHILL | 8.2% | 72 | 2084 |
| HAWLEY | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| HEATH | 0.6% | 303 | 2 |
| HINGHAM | 5.9% | 139 | 522 |
| HINSDALE | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| HOLBROOK | 10.3% | 36 | 439 |
| HOLDEN | 2.9% | 247 | 193 |
| HOLLAND | 2.8% | 248 | 29 |
| HOLLISTON | 4.0% | 197 | 202 |
| HOLYOKE | 20.7% | 2 | 3380 |
| HOPEDALE | 4.9% | 172 | 111 |
| HOPKINTON | 3.3% | 232 | 168 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 3.3% | 232 | 53 |
| HUDSON | 9.2% | 53 | 733 |
| HULL | 2.0% | 273 | 100 |
| HUNTINGTON | 6.6% | 120 | 61 |
| IPSWICH | 7.8% | 82 | 445 |
| KINGSTON | 3.5% | 220 | 170 |
| LAKEVILLE | 3.9% | 203 | 150 |
| LANCASTER | 4.1% | 195 | 104 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 1.5% | 283 | 20 |
| LAWRENCE | 14.0% | 8 | 3788 |
| LEE | 6.5% | 124 | 176 |
| LEICESTER | 3.5% | 220 | 148 |
| LENOX | 7.2% | 98 | 179 |
| LEOMINSTER | 8.0% | 77 | 1418 |
| LEVERETT | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| LEXINGTON | 11.1% | 25 | 1326 |
| LEYDEN | 0.7% | 300 | 2 |
| LINCOLN | 10.5% | 33 | 227 |
| LITTLETON | 7.8% | 82 | 269 |
| LONGMEADOW | 4.5% | 181 | 267 |
| LOWELL | 12.6% | 14 | 5212 |
| LUDLOW | 2.2% | 271 | 182 |
| LUNENBURG | 3.3% | 232 | 132 |
| LYNN | 12.4% | 16 | 4423 |
| LYNNFIELD | 7.2% | 98 | 313 |
| MALDEN | 10.5% | 33 | 2638 |
| MANCHESTER | 4.8% | 174 | 110 |
| MANSFIELD | 10.7% | 29 | 934 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 3.9% | 203 | 332 |
| MARION | 4.5% | 181 | 90 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 9.7% | 43 | 1592 |
| MARSHFIELD | 5.5% | 152 | 538 |
| MASHPEE | 3.5% | 220 | 224 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 2.7% | 254 | 70 |
| MAYNARD | 8.2% | 72 | 365 |
| MEDFIELD | 4.4% | 184 | 185 |
| MEDFORD | 6.8% | 114 | 1640 |
| MEDWAY | 4.9% | 172 | 227 |
| MELROSE | 7.6% | 89 | 894 |
| MENDON | 2.4% | 264 | 49 |
| MERRIMAC | 5.8% | 140 | 146 |
| METHUEN | 9.0% | 59 | 1638 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 4.6% | 179 | 413 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 7.8% | 82 | 18 |
| MIDDLETON | 3.1% | 237 | 94 |
| MILFORD | 6.4% | 127 | 724 |
| MILLBURY | 4.0% | 197 | 221 |
| MILLIS | 3.6% | 216 | 113 |
| MILLVILLE | 1.7% | 280 | 20 |
| MILTON | 4.5% | 181 | 435 |
| MONROE | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| MONSON | 5.0% | 168 | 169 |
| MONTAGUE | 10.1% | 39 | 395 |
| MONTEREY | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| NAHANT | 3.0% | 243 | 48 |
| NANTUCKET | 2.5% | 261 | 122 |
| NATICK | 9.7% | 43 | 1367 |
| NEEDHAM | 7.6% | 89 | 836 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 12.1% | 18 | 5164 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| NEWBURY | 3.5% | 220 | 94 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 7.8% | 82 | 629 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| NEW SALEM | 0.2% | 316 | 1 |
| NEWTON | 7.6% | 89 | 2444 |
| NORFOLK | 3.6% | 216 | 111 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 13.1% | 12 | 873 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 11.5% | 21 | 1452 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 6.4% | 127 | 694 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 2.5% | 261 | 293 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 11.3% | 22 | 598 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 6.2% | 133 | 378 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 7.1% | 101 | 142 |
| NORTHFIELD | 2.3% | 268 | 30 |
| NORTH READING | 9.6% | 47 | 536 |
| NORTON | 6.2% | 133 | 413 |
| NORWELL | 3.8% | 210 | 139 |
| NORWOOD | 5.8% | 140 | 719 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 6.8% | 114 | 146 |
| OAKHAM | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| ORANGE | 10.9% | 27 | 377 |
| ORLEANS | 8.9% | 62 | 294 |
| OTIS | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| OXFORD | 7.3% | 96 | 402 |
| PALMER | 6.9% | 110 | 378 |
| PAXTON | 0.8% | 297 | 12 |
| PEABODY | 9.1% | 56 | 2016 |
| PELHAM | 0.5% | 306 | 3 |
| PEMBROKE | 9.7% | 43 | 630 |
| PEPPERELL | 2.8% | 248 | 122 |
| PERU | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| PETERSHAM | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 0.9% | 293 | 6 |
| PITTSFIELD | 9.6% | 47 | 2023 |
| PLAINFIELD | 5.3% | 156 | 15 |
| PLAINVILLE | 5.5% | 152 | 189 |
| PLYMOUTH | 3.9% | 203 | 861 |
| PLYMPTON | 4.1% | 195 | 43 |
| PRINCETON | 1.5% | 283 | 20 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 6.0% | 137 | 127 |
| QUINCY | 9.6% | 47 | 4093 |
| RANDOLPH | 10.6% | 30 | 1265 |
| RAYNHAM | 9.6% | 47 | 487 |
| READING | 7.1% | 101 | 684 |
| REHOBOTH | 0.8% | 297 | 36 |
| REVERE | 9.7% | 43 | 2122 |
| RICHMOND | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| ROCHESTER | 0.4% | 309 | 8 |
| ROCKLAND | 5.8% | 140 | 408 |
| ROCKPORT | 3.9% | 203 | 136 |
| ROWE | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| ROWLEY | 4.0% | 197 | 88 |
| ROYALSTON | 0.6% | 303 | 3 |
| RUSSELL | 2.6% | 257 | 18 |
| RUTLAND | 3.2% | 235 | 93 |
| SALEM | 12.4% | 16 | 2350 |
| SALISBURY | 7.8% | 82 | 299 |
| SANDISFIELD | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| SANDWICH | 3.8% | 210 | 309 |
| SAUGUS | 6.9% | 110 | 742 |
| SAVOY | 4.4% | 184 | 14 |
| SCITUATE | 4.4% | 184 | 314 |
| SEEKONK | 1.6% | 281 | 83 |
| SHARON | 7.2% | 98 | 462 |
| SHEFFIELD | 2.0% | 273 | 30 |
| SHELBURNE | 5.7% | 145 | 51 |
| SHERBORN | 2.3% | 268 | 34 |
| SHIRLEY | 2.5% | 261 | 60 |
| SHREWSBURY | 6.1% | 135 | 856 |
| SHUTESBURY | 0.3% | 311 | 2 |
| SOMERSET | 3.5% | 220 | 258 |
| SOMERVILLE | 9.3% | 52 | 3118 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 1.9% | 275 | 44 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 3.4% | 228 | 117 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 6.6% | 120 | 496 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 5.3% | 156 | 379 |
| SOUTHWICK | 5.1% | 166 | 195 |
| SPENCER | 4.7% | 176 | 240 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 16.4% | 5 | 10098 |
| STERLING | 5.6% | 148 | 163 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 11.1% | 25 | 117 |
| STONEHAM | 5.3% | 156 | 502 |
| STOUGHTON | 13.9% | 10 | 1489 |
| STOW | 5.7% | 145 | 143 |
| STURBRIDGE | 5.6% | 148 | 211 |
| SUDBURY | 4.7% | 176 | 281 |
| SUNDERLAND | 0.3% | 311 | 6 |
| SUTTON | 1.4% | 287 | 45 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 3.6% | 216 | 211 |
| SWANSEA | 3.9% | 203 | 245 |
| TAUNTON | 7.4% | 94 | 1771 |
| TEMPLETON | 6.8% | 114 | 205 |
| TEWKSBURY | 9.0% | 59 | 967 |
| TISBURY | 5.6% | 148 | 110 |
| TOLLAND | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| TOPSFIELD | 5.7% | 145 | 124 |
| TOWNSEND | 3.8% | 210 | 126 |
| TRURO | 0.9% | 293 | 10 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 6.7% | 118 | 278 |
| TYRINGHAM | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| UPTON | 6.3% | 131 | 178 |
| UXBRIDGE | 4.6% | 179 | 245 |
| WAKEFIELD | 5.8% | 140 | 602 |
| WALES | 7.9% | 78 | 61 |
| WALPOLE | 5.3% | 156 | 475 |
| WALTHAM | 7.1% | 101 | 1764 |
| WARE | 9.8% | 41 | 446 |
| WAREHAM | 7.6% | 89 | 754 |
| WARREN | 5.1% | 166 | 112 |
| WARWICK | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| WASHINGTON | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| WATERTOWN | 6.4% | 127 | 998 |
| WAYLAND | 4.4% | 184 | 216 |
| WEBSTER | 8.9% | 62 | 692 |
| WELLESLEY | 5.3% | 156 | 482 |
| WELLFLEET | 2.4% | 264 | 37 |
| WENDELL | 0.5% | 306 | 2 |
| WENHAM | 8.3% | 71 | 116 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 9.2% | 53 | 671 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 6.9% | 110 | 189 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 2.4% | 264 | 63 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 3.9% | 203 | 62 |
| WESTFIELD | 6.8% | 114 | 1095 |
| WESTFORD | 4.8% | 174 | 371 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| WESTMINSTER | 3.0% | 243 | 86 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 2.1% | 272 | 32 |
| WESTON | 3.5% | 220 | 137 |
| WESTPORT | 3.5% | 220 | 224 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 3.5% | 220 | 442 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| WEST TISBURY | 1.8% | 278 | 23 |
| WESTWOOD | 9.2% | 53 | 497 |
| WEYMOUTH | 7.9% | 78 | 1833 |
| WHATELY | 0.3% | 311 | 2 |
| WHITMAN | 4.0% | 197 | 218 |
| WILBRAHAM | 4.7% | 176 | 255 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 6.5% | 124 | 76 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 5.2% | 163 | 147 |
| WILMINGTON | 9.1% | 56 | 711 |
| WINCHENDON | 8.4% | 69 | 345 |
| WINCHESTER | 1.9% | 275 | 148 |
| WINDSOR | 0.0% | 317 | 0 |
| WINTHROP | 7.8% | 82 | 642 |
| WOBURN | 7.0% | 107 | 1137 |
| WORCESTER | 12.9% | 13 | 9591 |
| WORTHINGTON | 4.0% | 197 | 22 |
| WRENTHAM | 4.3% | 191 | 164 |
| YARMOUTH | 3.4% | 228 | 407 |