Snapshot: Percent of men 15 and older never married in Massachusetts, 05-09

Snapshot: Percent men, 15 and older, never married

By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Jan. 27, 2011

Where are the single men? The communities with the highest percent of unmarried males, 15 and older, are concentrated in a mix of college towns, urban centers, and the Cape. Among the top towns: Amherst, Provincetown, Boston, Somerville, and Cambridge. Data is from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, done between 2005-2009.

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Community	Percent men, 15 and over, never married	Rank	Margin of error
Abington	30	154	4.4
Acton	24	286	3.3
Acushnet	28	210	3.9
Adams	31	145	5
Agawam	29	202	3.1
Alford	24	287	7.7
Amesbury	36	72	3.7
Amherst	73	1	2.5
Andover	29	174	2.5
Aquinnah	45	23	14.8
Arlington	34	86	2.8
Ashburnham	27	242	6.1
Ashby	30	158	5.8
Ashfield	30	164	6.6
Ashland	28	231	3.3
Athol	30	161	4.4
Attleboro	33	108	2.5
Auburn	28	231	2.6
Avon	36	67	7.2
Ayer	36	69	8.9
Barnstable	29	186	2.4
Barre	32	118	6.6
Becket	18	350	6.5
Bedford	19	342	3.9
Belchertown	25	272	4.5
Bellingham	31	143	4.3
Belmont	31	130	2.9
Berkley	23	311	3.8
Berlin	23	309	7.3
Bernardston	37	62	6.8
Beverly	36	67	2.5
Billerica	32	127	2.2
Blackstone	34	93	5.3
Blandford	24	287	5.8
Bolton	26	262	7.3
Boston	59	4	0.8
Bourne	37	60	4
Boxborough	28	222	5.6
Boxford	25	271	4.8
Boylston	29	182	6.1
Braintree	31	133	2.9
Brewster	24	293	4.4
Bridgewater	46	16	6
Brimfield	28	228	7.6
Brockton	42	32	1.8
Brookfield	20	332	6
Brookline	41	36	3.2
Buckland	26	259	7.2
Burlington	28	206	3.2
Cambridge	56	6	1.8
Canton	26	256	3.7
Carlisle	21	330	4.8
Carver	29	172	4.4
Charlemont	29	182	7.2
Charlton	27	236	4.4
Chatham	23	303	6.1
Chelmsford	28	228	2.4
Chelsea	47	15	3.8
Cheshire	34	93	9.3
Chester	25	277	5.8
Chesterfield	22	315	6.3
Chicopee	39	47	2.7
Chilmark	20	331	8.4
Clarksburg	28	217	7.2
Clinton	39	44	4.6
Cohasset	21	329	4.6
Colrain	33	101	5.2
Concord	38	50	3.3
Conway	25	266	6.4
Cummington	47	13	16.6
Dalton	32	123	5.8
Danvers	33	101	3.3
Dartmouth	38	55	7.2
Dedham	35	79	3.3
Deerfield	29	174	8.4
Dennis	25	272	3.4
Dighton	30	151	7.4
Douglas	23	311	5.4
Dover	17	351	4.2
Dracut	28	206	3
Dudley	34	84	5.7
Dunstable	19	345	4.1
Duxbury	20	333	4.4
East Bridgewater	32	125	4.8
East Brookfield	34	90	7.3
Eastham	28	225	7.1
Easthampton	33	106	3.9
East Longmeadow	24	295	3.4
Easton	39	42	3.2
Edgartown	39	44	11.9
Egremont	25	277	6.4
Erving	34	97	6.3
Essex	25	272	7.7
Everett	41	37	3.1
Fairhaven	34	93	3.6
Fall River	40	40	1.6
Falmouth	26	259	3.1
Fitchburg	42	32	3.2
Florida	33	101	9.3
Foxborough	29	174	3.7
Framingham	34	98	2.2
Franklin	29	194	3.2
Freetown	29	191	4
Gardner	39	42	3.5
Georgetown	28	217	4.3
Gill	32	125	6.7
Gloucester	27	246	3
Goshen	25	282	9.2
Gosnold	33	113	21.3
Grafton	30	168	4.2
Granby	22	316	5.5
Granville	26	264	5.4
Great Barrington	34	86	7.4
Greenfield	37	63	3.8
Groton	29	202	5.5
Groveland	29	191	6.3
Hadley	31	130	6.1
Halifax	34	89	6
Hamilton	30	151	7.7
Hampden	28	222	5.6
Hancock	27	246	10.1
Hanover	27	236	4.5
Hanson	30	168	4.3
Hardwick	38	58	7.5
Harvard	32	124	4.6
Harwich	23	311	3.7
Hatfield	30	161	8.9
Haverhill	36	69	2.6
Hawley	18	347	9.5
Heath	21	326	9.6
Hingham	25	266	3.8
Hinsdale	29	186	6.3
Holbrook	38	49	4.9
Holden	27	242	2.6
Holland	42	30	7
Holliston	27	241	4.2
Holyoke	45	18	2.7
Hopedale	35	77	7.8
Hopkinton	23	303	3.1
Hubbardston	33	108	7.6
Hudson	31	139	4.2
Hull	31	145	5.7
Huntington	20	337	5.7
Ipswich	29	202	4.3
Kingston	28	217	6
Lakeville	29	186	4.6
Lancaster	50	9	5.2
Lanesborough	29	174	8.5
Lawrence	46	17	2.3
Lee	31	133	7.1
Leicester	31	145	4.1
Lenox	31	135	6.4
Leominster	33	99	2.9
Leverett	34	91	10.6
Lexington	23	300	2.2
Leyden	18	348	7.6
Lincoln	18	349	5.6
Littleton	22	316	4.4
Longmeadow	27	238	3.6
Lowell	45	18	2.2
Ludlow	37	64	2.7
Lunenburg	25	280	3.7
Lynn	44	24	1.8
Lynnfield	28	210	4.3
Malden	44	25	2.6
Manchester-by-the-Sea	28	231	5.5
Mansfield	29	194	2.8
Marblehead	23	309	3
Marion	30	151	7.1
Marlborough	35	75	3.7
Marshfield	29	182	3
Mashpee	30	170	4.4
Mattapoisett	24	290	5.4
Maynard	28	221	4.7
Medfield	27	246	3.4
Medford	40	41	2.6
Medway	25	281	3.8
Melrose	29	186	3.7
Mendon	19	342	4.5
Merrimac	24	290	5.7
Methuen	33	113	2.7
Middleborough	44	28	15.4
Middlefield	19	344	9.5
Middleton	44	26	4.5
Milford	33	113	3.5
Millbury	31	145	4.4
Millis	27	250	5
Millville	28	217	5.8
Milton	31	150	3.2
Monroe	63	2	24.6
Monson	35	83	6.1
Montague	37	59	6
Monterey	53	7	39
Montgomery	24	294	8.7
Mount Washington	25	277	14.4
Nahant	27	240	6.8
Nantucket	38	56	5
Natick	30	158	3
Needham	25	266	2.8
New Ashford	28	228	12.8
New Bedford	41	39	2.1
New Braintree	29	194	7.1
Newbury	31	135	5
Newburyport	29	198	3.5
New Marlborough	30	170	8.3
New Salem	22	321	6.7
Newton	38	48	2.4
Norfolk	44	29	7.5
North Adams	47	14	3.5
Northampton	39	46	3.7
North Andover	30	164	3
North Attleborough	30	156	3.3
Northborough	27	250	3.8
Northbridge	31	143	4
North Brookfield	22	321	5.4
Northfield	21	325	6.5
North Reading	28	210	4.5
Norton	35	82	4
Norwell	25	272	3.2
Norwood	38	50	3
Oak Bluffs	23	308	10.6
Oakham	29	202	5.8
Orange	29	198	5.5
Orleans	23	300	6.1
Otis	19	345	6.9
Oxford	28	206	4.3
Palmer	31	139	4.1
Paxton	33	104	5.9
Peabody	33	105	2.2
Pelham	23	303	4.8
Pembroke	22	323	2.9
Pepperell	27	242	3.9
Peru	32	121	6.6
Petersham	31	139	5.6
Phillipston	30	164	5
Pittsfield	36	74	2.7
Plainfield	30	155	9.4
Plainville	26	256	5.6
Plymouth	32	118	2.1
Plympton	26	254	5
Princeton	21	328	5.9
Provincetown	59	3	7.3
Quincy	42	35	2.3
Randolph	34	93	3.1
Raynham	23	300	4.5
Reading	24	292	2.8
Rehoboth	25	272	4.4
Revere	38	54	2.8
Richmond	24	295	6
Rochester	24	298	6.6
Rockland	38	50	5.3
Rockport	24	285	6
Rowe	21	327	7.8
Rowley	33	108	6.9
Royalston	31	135	6
Russell	29	198	5.9
Rutland	33	100	4.8
Salem	38	53	3.1
Salisbury	35	79	6
Sandisfield	20	340	6.6
Sandwich	27	238	4.5
Saugus	31	139	3
Savoy	31	128	8.7
Scituate	25	284	3.1
Seekonk	25	266	3.7
Sharon	25	266	3
Sheffield	30	158	8.4
Shelburne	29	174	6.8
Sherborn	24	298	5.4
Shirley	45	21	6.6
Shrewsbury	28	213	2.4
Shutesbury	34	88	5.6
Somerset	26	262	3.6
Somerville	58	5	2
Southampton	22	320	5.5
Southborough	20	335	4.3
Southbridge	33	108	4
South Hadley	29	191	3.6
Southwick	29	186	5.3
Spencer	33	106	4.7
Springfield	48	11	1.7
Sterling	24	287	4.6
Stockbridge	23	311	12.4
Stoneham	34	84	3.9
Stoughton	31	135	3.8
Stow	26	254	6.3
Sturbridge	29	172	5.6
Sudbury	23	306	2.8
Sunderland	47	12	7.1
Sutton	27	242	5
Swampscott	27	235	4.5
Swansea	27	249	3.6
Taunton	32	120	3
Templeton	26	253	4.7
Tewksbury	29	194	3
Tisbury	36	73	11.1
Tolland	26	256	9.2
Topsfield	20	335	5.7
Townsend	35	79	5.5
Truro	38	56	10.3
Tyngsborough	28	213	4
Tyringham	31	128	12.4
Upton	28	206	4.7
Uxbridge	28	216	4.7
Wakefield	32	121	3.2
Wales	29	198	7.1
Walpole	31	130	3.3
Waltham	51	8	3.3
Ware	24	295	5.2
Wareham	32	117	3.1
Warren	42	32	7.7
Warwick	28	213	9.2
Washington	29	174	7.7
Watertown	44	26	4.3
Wayland	22	316	3.5
Webster	32	116	3.2
Wellesley	35	77	5.9
Wellfleet	20	337	9.8
Wendell	37	64	7.7
Wenham	41	38	8.5
Westborough	31	145	3.7
West Boylston	49	10	4.9
West Bridgewater	28	225	4.2
West Brookfield	25	265	8
Westfield	37	60	2.8
Westford	25	283	2.6
Westhampton	21	324	7.7
Westminster	30	156	6
West Newbury	29	174	6.5
Weston	26	259	6.3
Westport	27	252	4.1
West Springfield	36	69	3
West Stockbridge	30	161	8.2
West Tisbury	28	225	9.5
Westwood	20	337	3.3
Weymouth	34	91	2.3
Whately	35	75	8.1
Whitman	33	108	3.8
Wilbraham	23	306	3.5
Williamsburg	19	341	5.2
Williamstown	45	20	9.2
Wilmington	28	222	2.9
Winchendon	29	182	7
Winchester	22	319	3
Windsor	28	231	8.5
Winthrop	42	31	4.7
Woburn	37	66	2.3
Worcester	45	22	1.4
Worthington	20	333	5.7
Wrentham	30	164	4.6
Yarmouth	29	174	4.1

SOURCE: American Community Survey, 05-09