ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
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MASSACHUSETTS · ACS 2024 5-YEAR

Highest public-transit shares

Among covered Census places in Massachusetts. Values are estimates; open a place report to see the margin of error and denominator.

1Boston22.6%2Revere21.8%3Chelsea20.9%4Somerville19.3%5Malden18.8%6Brookline18.1%7Sharon18.1%8Cambridge18.0%9Winthrop Town16.9%10Quincy16.3%11Everett16.2%12Hingham15.7%13Melrose12.4%14Medford11.9%15Swampscott11.4%16Arlington11.1%17Norwood9.3%18Belmont9.3%19Braintree Town8.7%20Lynn8.7%21Amherst Town8.4%22Scituate8.1%23Randolph Town7.9%24Milton7.7%25Newton7.7%26Needham7.6%27West Concord7.4%28Hull6.6%29Watertown6.6%30North Scituate6.5%31Weymouth Town6.3%32Winchester6.2%33Wakefield6.2%34Medfield6.0%35Dedham5.6%36Marblehead5.4%37Salem5.3%38Beverly5.3%39Wellesley5.1%40Holbrook5.1%41Lexington4.7%42Brockton4.7%43Waltham4.5%44Reading4.5%45Mansfield Center3.7%46Lawrence3.6%47Abington3.6%48Holyoke3.4%49The Pinehills3.3%50Wilmington3.2%51Worcester3.2%52Lynnfield3.1%53Burlington3.0%54Franklin Town3.0%55Andover3.0%56Ware3.0%57South Yarmouth2.9%58Danvers2.9%59Kingston2.8%60Newburyport2.8%61North Attleborough Town2.8%62Northampton2.8%63Woburn2.7%64New Bedford2.7%65Fitchburg2.7%66Pinehurst2.6%67Springfield2.6%68Foxborough2.5%69Stoneham2.5%70Attleboro2.4%71Framingham2.4%72Saugus2.4%73East Falmouth2.3%74Gloucester2.2%75Westfield2.1%76Pittsfield1.9%77Peabody1.9%78Fall River1.8%79Haverhill1.8%80Gardner1.7%81Lowell1.6%82Athol1.6%83Whitinsville1.6%84Leominster1.5%85Bridgewater Town1.4%86West Yarmouth1.4%87Barnstable Town1.4%88Cochituate1.3%89Maynard1.3%90Chicopee1.3%91Hudson1.3%92Walpole1.2%93Northborough1.1%94Williamstown1.1%95Methuen1.1%96Plymouth1.0%97Amesbury0.9%98Salisbury0.8%99Spencer0.8%100Milford0.7%
Ranking caution

Close estimates can overlap once margins of error are considered. Rank order is descriptive, not proof that adjacent places differ.