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 Bureaus 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 |
