Highest People Below The Poverty Rate In Massachusetts By City

Annual income below the poverty line

Rank City People Below The Poverty Rate
1 North Amherst, Massachusetts 42.2%
2 Holyoke, Massachusetts 31.3%
3 Lawrence, Massachusetts 28.6%
4 Amherst Center, Massachusetts 28.3%
5 Springfield, Massachusetts 27.0%
6 Chelsea, Massachusetts 23.3%
7 Ware, Massachusetts 22.7%
8 New Bedford, Massachusetts 21.7%
9 Fall River, Massachusetts 21.4%
10 Boston, Massachusetts 21.4%
11 Lynn, Massachusetts 19.2%
12 Fitchburg, Massachusetts 19.0%
13 Worcester, Massachusetts 19.0%
14 Lowell, Massachusetts 17.6%
15 Bridgewater, Massachusetts 17.3%
16 North Adams, Massachusetts 17.2%
17 Greenfield Town, Massachusetts 17.2%
18 Southbridge Town, Massachusetts 16.2%
19 Revere, Massachusetts 16.2%
20 Pittsfield, Massachusetts 15.9%
21 Brockton, Massachusetts 15.6%
22 Cambridge, Massachusetts 15.1%
23 Middleborough Center, Massachusetts 15.0%
24 Webster, Massachusetts 14.9%
25 Somerville, Massachusetts 14.9%
26 Athol, Massachusetts 14.4%
27 Northampton, Massachusetts 14.1%
28 Malden, Massachusetts 14.1%
29 Chicopee, Massachusetts 13.8%
30 Clinton, Massachusetts 13.6%
31 Taunton, Massachusetts 12.5%
32 West Yarmouth, Massachusetts 12.5%
33 Salem, Massachusetts 12.3%
34 Haverhill, Massachusetts 12.1%
35 Gardner, Massachusetts 11.6%
36 Everett, Massachusetts 11.6%
37 Brookline, Massachusetts 11.5%
38 Palmer Town, Massachusetts 11.5%
39 Adams, Massachusetts 11.3%
40 West Springfield Town, Massachusetts 11.3%
41 Milford, Massachusetts 10.8%
42 Quincy, Massachusetts 10.4%
43 Waltham, Massachusetts 10.2%
44 Spencer, Massachusetts 9.9%
45 Leominster, Massachusetts 9.8%
46 Nantucket, Massachusetts 9.2%
47 Plymouth, Massachusetts 9.1%
48 South Yarmouth, Massachusetts 9.1%
49 Framingham, Massachusetts 9.1%
50 Westfield, Massachusetts 9.0%
51 Beverly, Massachusetts 8.8%
52 Medford, Massachusetts 8.8%
53 Gloucester, Massachusetts 8.7%
54 Winthrop Town, Massachusetts 8.6%
55 Barnstable Town, Massachusetts 8.5%
56 Randolph, Massachusetts 8.4%
57 Mansfield Center, Massachusetts 8.3%
58 Whitinsville, Massachusetts 7.9%
59 Agawam Town, Massachusetts 7.9%
60 Bliss Corner, Massachusetts 7.8%
61 Methuen Town, Massachusetts 7.7%
62 Weymouth Town, Massachusetts 7.4%
63 Kingston, Massachusetts 7.1%
64 Andover, Massachusetts 6.8%
65 Foxborough, Massachusetts 6.8%
66 Walpole, Massachusetts 6.7%
67 Newton, Massachusetts 6.6%
68 Attleboro, Massachusetts 6.4%
69 Marlborough, Massachusetts 6.4%
70 Hull, Massachusetts 6.3%
71 Watertown Town, Massachusetts 6.3%
72 Peabody, Massachusetts 6.2%
73 Norwood, Massachusetts 6.0%
74 East Falmouth, Massachusetts 5.9%
75 Holbrook, Massachusetts 5.9%
76 North Scituate, Massachusetts 5.7%
77 Easthampton Town, Massachusetts 5.7%
78 Medfield, Massachusetts 5.7%
79 Newburyport, Massachusetts 5.7%
80 Woburn, Massachusetts 5.7%
81 Danvers, Massachusetts 5.7%
82 Sharon, Massachusetts 5.6%
83 Braintree Town, Massachusetts 5.5%
84 Hudson, Massachusetts 5.5%
85 Marblehead, Massachusetts 5.4%
86 Belmont, Massachusetts 5.2%
87 Swampscott, Massachusetts 5.2%
88 Saugus, Massachusetts 5.0%
89 Melrose, Massachusetts 4.9%
90 Dedham, Massachusetts 4.7%
91 Stoneham, Massachusetts 4.6%
92 Abington, Massachusetts 4.4%
93 Arlington, Massachusetts 4.4%
94 Somerset, Massachusetts 4.2%
95 Milton, Massachusetts 4.1%
96 Lexington, Massachusetts 4.0%
97 Amesbury Town, Massachusetts 3.9%
98 Needham, Massachusetts 3.8%
99 Wellesley, Massachusetts 3.8%
100 Wakefield, Massachusetts 3.7%
101 Pinehurst, Massachusetts 3.7%
102 Franklin Town, Massachusetts 3.6%
103 Lynnfield, Massachusetts 3.6%
104 Winchester, Massachusetts 3.5%
105 Scituate, Massachusetts 3.5%
106 Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts 3.4%
107 Longmeadow, Massachusetts 3.4%
108 Burlington, Massachusetts 3.2%
109 Maynard, Massachusetts 3.0%
110 West Concord, Massachusetts 2.8%
111 Cochituate, Massachusetts 2.6%
112 Hingham, Massachusetts 2.1%
113 Northborough, Massachusetts 2.1%
114 Reading, Massachusetts 1.9%
115 Oxford, Massachusetts 1.9%
116 Wilmington, Massachusetts 1.8%

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