Snapshot: Apartments, condos, multis as % of residential parcels
By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Aug. 18, 2011
Communities with the highest percent of condos, apartments, and multi-families as a percent of residential parcels are in urban areas, such as Somerville, with the highest percent. The data is from 2011. (Apartment buildings and multis are counted as one parcel, no matter how many units, but each individual condo is considered a separate parcel.)
| Municipality | Condos apts multis as % of all residential parcels 2011 | Condos apts multis | All residential parcels |
| ABINGTON | 21.9% | 1,045 | 4,777 |
| ACTON | 32.9% | 2,406 | 7,305 |
| ACUSHNET | 5.0% | 177 | 3,527 |
| ADAMS | 20.9% | 583 | 2,787 |
| AGAWAM | 21.4% | 2,093 | 9,774 |
| ALFORD | 1.3% | 4 | 308 |
| AMESBURY | 36.2% | 1,934 | 5,340 |
| AMHERST | 26.8% | 1,512 | 5,652 |
| ANDOVER | 18.2% | 1,896 | 10,408 |
| AQUINNAH | 1.4% | 6 | 416 |
| ARLINGTON | 42.3% | 5,867 | 13,866 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 2.8% | 69 | 2,503 |
| ASHBY | 1.5% | 16 | 1,097 |
| ASHFIELD | 6.1% | 40 | 657 |
| ASHLAND | 34.8% | 1,988 | 5,705 |
| ATHOL | 13.6% | 539 | 3,959 |
| ATTLEBORO | 22.9% | 2,794 | 12,223 |
| AUBURN | 12.0% | 683 | 5,699 |
| AVON | 11.1% | 161 | 1,450 |
| AYER | 34.7% | 795 | 2,291 |
| BARNSTABLE | 9.0% | 2,091 | 23,317 |
| BARRE | 9.8% | 170 | 1,740 |
| BECKET | 0.5% | 8 | 1,744 |
| BEDFORD | 18.5% | 757 | 4,087 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 7.6% | 350 | 4,577 |
| BELLINGHAM | 17.2% | 942 | 5,490 |
| BELMONT | 41.7% | 3,240 | 7,764 |
| BERKLEY | 2.6% | 54 | 2,080 |
| BERLIN | 19.3% | 192 | 997 |
| BERNARDSTON | 4.6% | 37 | 802 |
| BEVERLY | 23.9% | 2,644 | 11,076 |
| BILLERICA | 13.8% | 1,727 | 12,513 |
| BLACKSTONE | 25.8% | 718 | 2,778 |
| BLANDFORD | 1.5% | 8 | 522 |
| BOLTON | 8.2% | 142 | 1,726 |
| BOSTON | 74.5% | 94,332 | 126,606 |
| BOURNE | 13.9% | 1,264 | 9,104 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 41.1% | 821 | 1,996 |
| BOXFORD | 0.2% | 4 | 2,652 |
| BOYLSTON | 14.9% | 238 | 1,595 |
| BRAINTREE | 19.1% | 2,135 | 11,167 |
| BREWSTER | 21.6% | 1,536 | 7,108 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 20.2% | 1,327 | 6,561 |
| BRIMFIELD | 0.8% | 10 | 1,298 |
| BROCKTON | 26.5% | 5,940 | 22,413 |
| BROOKFIELD | 10.2% | 107 | 1,047 |
| BROOKLINE | 70.3% | 11,444 | 16,272 |
| BUCKLAND | 10.1% | 70 | 696 |
| BURLINGTON | 7.3% | 515 | 7,068 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 82.2% | 18,221 | 22,157 |
| CANTON | 23.0% | 1,597 | 6,936 |
| CARLISLE | 2.1% | 35 | 1,684 |
| CARVER | 4.7% | 151 | 3,236 |
| CHARLEMONT | 6.7% | 32 | 479 |
| CHARLTON | 6.0% | 256 | 4,238 |
| CHATHAM | 7.9% | 520 | 6,553 |
| CHELMSFORD | 24.1% | 2,859 | 11,882 |
| CHELSEA | 83.3% | 4,279 | 5,139 |
| CHESHIRE | 4.6% | 58 | 1,259 |
| CHESTER | 5.1% | 27 | 533 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 1.5% | 8 | 527 |
| CHICOPEE | 28.2% | 4,333 | 15,369 |
| CHILMARK | 0.0% | 0 | 1,275 |
| CLARKSBURG | 6.8% | 45 | 661 |
| CLINTON | 41.8% | 1,701 | 4,071 |
| COHASSET | 11.5% | 300 | 2,617 |
| COLRAIN | 6.2% | 41 | 658 |
| CONCORD | 16.1% | 889 | 5,522 |
| CONWAY | 6.2% | 41 | 661 |
| CUMMINGTON | 5.2% | 20 | 381 |
| DALTON | 14.4% | 330 | 2,298 |
| DANVERS | 24.8% | 2,020 | 8,136 |
| DARTMOUTH | 7.1% | 756 | 10,589 |
| DEDHAM | 15.4% | 1,195 | 7,785 |
| DEERFIELD | 16.9% | 289 | 1,707 |
| DENNIS | 14.3% | 1,963 | 13,773 |
| DIGHTON | 7.0% | 162 | 2,311 |
| DOUGLAS | 9.4% | 273 | 2,891 |
| DOVER | 5.6% | 107 | 1,917 |
| DRACUT | 24.2% | 2,368 | 9,788 |
| DUDLEY | 12.9% | 464 | 3,590 |
| DUNSTABLE | 1.0% | 10 | 1,033 |
| DUXBURY | 7.0% | 372 | 5,316 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 14.1% | 608 | 4,314 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 6.9% | 58 | 840 |
| EASTHAM | 7.0% | 393 | 5,594 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 22.6% | 1,165 | 5,147 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 3.4% | 186 | 5,477 |
| EASTON | 22.2% | 1,591 | 7,155 |
| EDGARTOWN | 4.6% | 192 | 4,199 |
| EGREMONT | 2.3% | 18 | 800 |
| ERVING | 11.4% | 67 | 590 |
| ESSEX | 16.8% | 208 | 1,238 |
| EVERETT | 66.8% | 5,555 | 8,312 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 11.2% | 683 | 6,106 |
| FALL RIVER | 50.9% | 9,125 | 17,913 |
| FALMOUTH | 8.2% | 1,639 | 19,978 |
| FITCHBURG | 36.8% | 3,774 | 10,259 |
| FLORIDA | 0.3% | 1 | 352 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 15.2% | 761 | 5,014 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 24.7% | 4,415 | 17,850 |
| FRANKLIN | 20.5% | 1,966 | 9,604 |
| FREETOWN | 2.7% | 82 | 3,040 |
| GARDNER | 28.6% | 1,595 | 5,578 |
| GEORGETOWN | 7.9% | 207 | 2,627 |
| GILL | 8.9% | 45 | 505 |
| GLOUCESTER | 29.2% | 3,042 | 10,435 |
| GOSHEN | 4.2% | 22 | 529 |
| GRAFTON | 27.6% | 1,610 | 5,839 |
| GRANBY | 7.6% | 169 | 2,219 |
| GRANVILLE | 4.2% | 25 | 600 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 16.7% | 433 | 2,595 |
| GREENFIELD | 24.7% | 1,276 | 5,170 |
| GROTON | 10.7% | 375 | 3,498 |
| GROVELAND | 12.6% | 265 | 2,107 |
| HADLEY | 6.4% | 113 | 1,760 |
| HALIFAX | 14.0% | 347 | 2,471 |
| HAMILTON | 3.8% | 94 | 2,461 |
| HAMPDEN | 3.4% | 64 | 1,864 |
| HANCOCK | 51.6% | 333 | 645 |
| HANOVER | 5.5% | 241 | 4,363 |
| HANSON | 6.1% | 205 | 3,343 |
| HARDWICK | 17.0% | 142 | 836 |
| HARVARD | 8.4% | 155 | 1,842 |
| HARWICH | 10.5% | 994 | 9,508 |
| HATFIELD | 11.0% | 123 | 1,123 |
| HAVERHILL | 42.3% | 7,523 | 17,789 |
| HAWLEY | 1.2% | 2 | 163 |
| HEATH | 0.8% | 3 | 379 |
| HINGHAM | 13.4% | 956 | 7,115 |
| HINSDALE | 8.3% | 78 | 941 |
| HOLBROOK | 7.4% | 252 | 3,401 |
| HOLDEN | 13.3% | 865 | 6,487 |
| HOLLAND | 1.6% | 22 | 1,399 |
| HOLLISTON | 10.2% | 487 | 4,767 |
| HOLYOKE | 30.7% | 2,359 | 7,685 |
| HOPEDALE | 27.4% | 558 | 2,039 |
| HOPKINTON | 12.7% | 625 | 4,936 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 11.3% | 176 | 1,557 |
| HUDSON | 29.5% | 1,847 | 6,269 |
| HULL | 21.9% | 1,063 | 4,851 |
| HUNTINGTON | 6.1% | 51 | 836 |
| IPSWICH | 21.4% | 1,039 | 4,847 |
| KINGSTON | 8.0% | 326 | 4,062 |
| LAKEVILLE | 2.7% | 103 | 3,886 |
| LANCASTER | 11.4% | 260 | 2,286 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 6.3% | 82 | 1,297 |
| LAWRENCE | 59.7% | 6,535 | 10,953 |
| LEE | 16.6% | 370 | 2,223 |
| LEICESTER | 11.0% | 387 | 3,521 |
| LENOX | 24.1% | 510 | 2,117 |
| LEOMINSTER | 29.6% | 3,390 | 11,442 |
| LEVERETT | 5.4% | 38 | 704 |
| LEXINGTON | 10.9% | 1,095 | 10,081 |
| LEYDEN | 1.9% | 5 | 264 |
| LINCOLN | 21.5% | 412 | 1,918 |
| LITTLETON | 5.0% | 148 | 2,986 |
| LONGMEADOW | 1.4% | 79 | 5,527 |
| LOWELL | 47.4% | 10,714 | 22,626 |
| LUDLOW | 14.4% | 989 | 6,888 |
| LUNENBURG | 11.3% | 441 | 3,898 |
| LYNN | 40.4% | 7,805 | 19,315 |
| LYNNFIELD | 3.1% | 122 | 3,939 |
| MALDEN | 53.4% | 6,458 | 12,100 |
| MANCHESTER | 16.9% | 325 | 1,924 |
| MANSFIELD | 20.6% | 1,386 | 6,726 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 18.9% | 1,442 | 7,626 |
| MARION | 1.8% | 41 | 2,302 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 32.8% | 3,419 | 10,419 |
| MARSHFIELD | 8.8% | 876 | 9,921 |
| MASHPEE | 27.1% | 2,553 | 9,436 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 4.5% | 136 | 3,046 |
| MAYNARD | 23.4% | 807 | 3,454 |
| MEDFIELD | 9.5% | 366 | 3,857 |
| MEDFORD | 48.8% | 7,502 | 15,367 |
| MEDWAY | 10.6% | 430 | 4,057 |
| MELROSE | 23.9% | 1,986 | 8,301 |
| MENDON | 6.0% | 116 | 1,932 |
| MERRIMAC | 17.9% | 348 | 1,940 |
| METHUEN | 25.4% | 3,654 | 14,373 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 13.8% | 883 | 6,411 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 1.5% | 3 | 197 |
| MIDDLETON | 30.1% | 846 | 2,810 |
| MILFORD | 30.5% | 2,553 | 8,375 |
| MILLBURY | 19.9% | 858 | 4,316 |
| MILLIS | 19.2% | 507 | 2,647 |
| MILLVILLE | 19.4% | 195 | 1,007 |
| MILTON | 10.9% | 871 | 8,025 |
| MONROE | 2.8% | 2 | 72 |
| MONSON | 7.3% | 211 | 2,895 |
| MONTAGUE | 21.4% | 562 | 2,628 |
| MONTEREY | 3.2% | 25 | 775 |
| MONTGOMERY | 0.0% | 0 | 319 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 0.0% | 0 | 150 |
| NAHANT | 12.0% | 158 | 1,315 |
| NANTUCKET | 11.1% | 926 | 8,379 |
| NATICK | 26.6% | 3,075 | 11,578 |
| NEEDHAM | 11.5% | 1,090 | 9,441 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 4.4% | 4 | 91 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 42.3% | 9,098 | 21,498 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 2.9% | 9 | 315 |
| NEWBURY | 10.0% | 264 | 2,648 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 37.2% | 2,550 | 6,849 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 2.7% | 25 | 922 |
| NEW SALEM | 1.6% | 7 | 446 |
| NEWTON | 31.4% | 7,822 | 24,929 |
| NORFOLK | 5.6% | 172 | 3,082 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 28.3% | 1,062 | 3,749 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 32.7% | 2,722 | 8,325 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 28.2% | 2,443 | 8,654 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 22.1% | 1,929 | 8,710 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 17.2% | 835 | 4,854 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 28.6% | 1,345 | 4,708 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 15.1% | 233 | 1,542 |
| NORTHFIELD | 6.2% | 71 | 1,149 |
| NORTH READING | 15.7% | 788 | 5,008 |
| NORTON | 22.6% | 1,291 | 5,711 |
| NORWELL | 4.2% | 144 | 3,445 |
| NORWOOD | 25.5% | 2,004 | 7,844 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 5.2% | 194 | 3,708 |
| OAKHAM | 3.1% | 21 | 676 |
| ORANGE | 11.0% | 274 | 2,488 |
| ORLEANS | 16.5% | 781 | 4,726 |
| OTIS | 0.7% | 11 | 1,595 |
| OXFORD | 18.2% | 813 | 4,478 |
| PALMER | 18.8% | 771 | 4,102 |
| PAXTON | 3.1% | 48 | 1,556 |
| PEABODY | 24.5% | 3,546 | 14,448 |
| PELHAM | 5.5% | 28 | 506 |
| PEMBROKE | 12.0% | 711 | 5,919 |
| PEPPERELL | 13.9% | 501 | 3,603 |
| PERU | 0.5% | 2 | 393 |
| PETERSHAM | 3.6% | 18 | 498 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 2.3% | 18 | 788 |
| PITTSFIELD | 21.3% | 3,079 | 14,424 |
| PLAINFIELD | 3.2% | 9 | 277 |
| PLAINVILLE | 21.6% | 530 | 2,458 |
| PLYMOUTH | 15.2% | 3,215 | 21,153 |
| PLYMPTON | 2.9% | 27 | 927 |
| PRINCETON | 2.3% | 28 | 1,238 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 72.5% | 2,481 | 3,423 |
| QUINCY | 43.5% | 10,591 | 24,363 |
| RANDOLPH | 22.9% | 2,110 | 9,225 |
| RAYNHAM | 12.0% | 487 | 4,045 |
| READING | 16.1% | 1,253 | 7,774 |
| REHOBOTH | 4.9% | 197 | 3,995 |
| REVERE | 62.0% | 7,334 | 11,833 |
| RICHMOND | 3.2% | 25 | 790 |
| ROCHESTER | 7.8% | 144 | 1,835 |
| ROCKLAND | 27.7% | 1,436 | 5,188 |
| ROCKPORT | 24.7% | 818 | 3,313 |
| ROWE | 0.5% | 1 | 213 |
| ROWLEY | 13.1% | 249 | 1,898 |
| ROYALSTON | 2.6% | 14 | 545 |
| RUSSELL | 7.6% | 44 | 580 |
| RUTLAND | 11.3% | 314 | 2,783 |
| SALEM | 57.1% | 6,471 | 11,334 |
| SALISBURY | 31.9% | 1,118 | 3,503 |
| SANDISFIELD | 0.5% | 3 | 612 |
| SANDWICH | 6.1% | 550 | 8,988 |
| SAUGUS | 17.3% | 1,498 | 8,638 |
| SAVOY | 1.2% | 4 | 339 |
| SCITUATE | 8.9% | 655 | 7,372 |
| SEEKONK | 3.6% | 178 | 4,910 |
| SHARON | 8.1% | 461 | 5,715 |
| SHEFFIELD | 3.1% | 43 | 1,399 |
| SHELBURNE | 19.8% | 120 | 607 |
| SHERBORN | 4.1% | 57 | 1,398 |
| SHIRLEY | 20.9% | 402 | 1,919 |
| SHREWSBURY | 18.4% | 2,062 | 11,182 |
| SHUTESBURY | 3.7% | 30 | 819 |
| SOMERSET | 5.8% | 368 | 6,391 |
| SOMERVILLE | 83.8% | 12,523 | 14,951 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 4.7% | 100 | 2,138 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 11.7% | 371 | 3,173 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 34.0% | 1,400 | 4,119 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 24.8% | 1,418 | 5,727 |
| SOUTHWICK | 11.5% | 393 | 3,409 |
| SPENCER | 16.6% | 613 | 3,700 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 28.3% | 10,337 | 36,481 |
| STERLING | 9.0% | 251 | 2,781 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 13.7% | 187 | 1,368 |
| STONEHAM | 28.2% | 1,990 | 7,050 |
| STOUGHTON | 24.2% | 2,086 | 8,619 |
| STOW | 13.5% | 325 | 2,401 |
| STURBRIDGE | 10.7% | 360 | 3,370 |
| SUDBURY | 4.0% | 225 | 5,638 |
| SUNDERLAND | 14.3% | 126 | 880 |
| SUTTON | 9.7% | 306 | 3,161 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 30.5% | 1,511 | 4,949 |
| SWANSEA | 3.2% | 188 | 5,880 |
| TAUNTON | 32.6% | 5,038 | 15,462 |
| TEMPLETON | 9.4% | 255 | 2,709 |
| TEWKSBURY | 24.1% | 2,366 | 9,800 |
| TISBURY | 11.9% | 284 | 2,395 |
| TOLLAND | 0.4% | 2 | 501 |
| TOPSFIELD | 3.7% | 71 | 1,930 |
| TOWNSEND | 10.6% | 333 | 3,145 |
| TRURO | 19.4% | 516 | 2,664 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 20.7% | 821 | 3,957 |
| TYRINGHAM | 3.4% | 9 | 267 |
| UPTON | 8.7% | 210 | 2,412 |
| UXBRIDGE | 27.3% | 1,250 | 4,586 |
| WAKEFIELD | 24.9% | 2,057 | 8,259 |
| WALES | 5.1% | 39 | 767 |
| WALPOLE | 17.5% | 1,347 | 7,694 |
| WALTHAM | 38.5% | 5,442 | 14,138 |
| WARE | 15.0% | 476 | 3,174 |
| WAREHAM | 7.7% | 785 | 10,249 |
| WARREN | 15.5% | 238 | 1,539 |
| WARWICK | 0.8% | 3 | 360 |
| WASHINGTON | 0.0% | 0 | 249 |
| WATERTOWN | 69.4% | 6,615 | 9,530 |
| WAYLAND | 12.6% | 587 | 4,652 |
| WEBSTER | 26.4% | 1,372 | 5,194 |
| WELLESLEY | 7.7% | 606 | 7,918 |
| WELLFLEET | 11.0% | 396 | 3,595 |
| WENDELL | 2.9% | 11 | 375 |
| WENHAM | 7.4% | 88 | 1,195 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 20.4% | 992 | 4,862 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 19.2% | 463 | 2,415 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 8.3% | 183 | 2,199 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 6.8% | 94 | 1,381 |
| WESTFIELD | 17.7% | 2,017 | 11,414 |
| WESTFORD | 15.6% | 1,167 | 7,479 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 2.8% | 19 | 673 |
| WESTMINSTER | 7.0% | 194 | 2,776 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 8.0% | 115 | 1,445 |
| WESTON | 6.1% | 219 | 3,609 |
| WESTPORT | 8.9% | 568 | 6,380 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 19.8% | 1,597 | 8,069 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 3.0% | 22 | 745 |
| WEST TISBURY | 1.7% | 29 | 1,745 |
| WESTWOOD | 1.3% | 58 | 4,548 |
| WEYMOUTH | 23.0% | 3,919 | 17,053 |
| WHATELY | 5.6% | 30 | 537 |
| WHITMAN | 23.4% | 1,012 | 4,325 |
| WILBRAHAM | 8.7% | 442 | 5,054 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 18.8% | 171 | 908 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 15.2% | 338 | 2,223 |
| WILMINGTON | 2.9% | 205 | 7,106 |
| WINCHENDON | 11.7% | 374 | 3,184 |
| WINCHESTER | 22.6% | 1,640 | 7,244 |
| WINDSOR | 0.9% | 4 | 455 |
| WINTHROP | 54.1% | 2,723 | 5,030 |
| WOBURN | 26.7% | 2,904 | 10,894 |
| WORCESTER | 36.9% | 14,671 | 39,765 |
| WORTHINGTON | 1.6% | 8 | 514 |
| WRENTHAM | 8.7% | 310 | 3,554 |
| YARMOUTH | 14.6% | 2,192 | 15,045 |
