Ranking · Massachusetts
Richest and poorest places in Massachusetts
7 of Massachusetts's 453 ranked places have a median household income at the survey's top value ($250,000 or more) and share first place; listed by mean household income, Edgartown CDP and Dover CDP come first; Warren has the lowest ($40,365). Ranked: places with 1,000 or more residents in the 2020 Census and an estimate whose coefficient of variation is 40% or less.
Which are the richest places?
Richest places in Massachusetts, first to fifth: Edgartown CDP ($250,000 or more), Dover CDP ($250,000 or more), Weston ($250,000 or more), Dover ($250,000 or more) and Wellesley ($250,000 or more).
| Rank | Place | Median household income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edgartown CDPinside Edgartown | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Dover CDPinside Dover | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Weston | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Dover | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Wellesley | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Carlisle | $250,000 or more |
| 1 | Sherbornwithin the margin | $250,000 or more |
| 8 | Lexingtonwithin the margin | $238,444±$17,708 |
| 9 | Sudburywithin the margin | $236,250±$16,791 |
| 10 | Medfieldwithin the margin | $235,800±$31,636 |
| 11 | Winchesterwithin the margin | $230,198±$20,670 |
| 12 | Waylandwithin the margin | $224,000±$28,027 |
| 13 | Westwoodwithin the margin | $223,125±$33,149 |
| 14 | Hopkintonwithin the margin | $222,801±$21,775 |
| 15 | Medfield CDPinside Medfieldwithin the margin | $218,946±$33,816 |
| 16 | Marshfield Hillsinside Marshfieldwithin the margin | $216,250±$89,785 |
| 17 | Needhamwithin the margin | $214,308±$13,048 |
| 18 | Harvardwithin the margin | $213,996±$23,859 |
| 19 | South Duxburyinside Duxburywithin the margin | $212,734±$25,596 |
| 20 | Dunstablewithin the margin | $208,512±$22,907 |
| 21 | Manchester-by-the-Seawithin the margin | $206,389±$43,757 |
| 22 | Hingham CDPinside Hinghamwithin the margin | $205,769±$56,673 |
| 23 | Boltonwithin the margin | $205,449±$30,733 |
| 24 | Hopkinton CDPinside Hopkintonwithin the margin | $201,094±$107,250 |
| 25 | Boxford | $200,871±$21,211 |
Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) · Check it at data.census.gov
Which are the poorest places?
Poorest places in Massachusetts, first to fifth: Warren CDP ($40,365), Ware CDP ($45,158), North Adams ($47,500), Orange CDP ($48,115) and Adams CDP ($48,775).
| Rank | Place | Median household income |
|---|---|---|
| 453 | Warren CDPinside Warrenwithin the margin | $40,365±$15,880 |
| 452 | Ware CDPinside Warewithin the margin | $45,158±$11,141 |
| 451 | North Adamswithin the margin | $47,500±$7,141 |
| 450 | Orange CDPinside Orangewithin the margin | $48,115±$12,218 |
| 449 | Adams CDPinside Adamswithin the margin | $48,775±$11,296 |
| 448 | Baldwinvilleinside Templetonwithin the margin | $51,917±$19,500 |
| 447 | Springfieldwithin the margin | $52,656±$2,452 |
| 446 | Charlemontwithin the margin | $53,063±$12,312 |
| 445 | Holyokewithin the margin | $53,605±$3,395 |
| 444 | Turners Fallsinside Montaguewithin the margin | $54,772±$5,155 |
| 443 | Greenfieldwithin the margin | $55,614±$7,382 |
| 442 | Winchendon CDPinside Winchendonwithin the margin | $55,809±$19,540 |
| 441 | Orangewithin the margin | $55,824±$9,852 |
| 440 | Fall Riverwithin the margin | $56,673±$3,173 |
| 439 | New Bedfordwithin the margin | $56,981±$3,070 |
| 438 | West Warehaminside Warehamwithin the margin | $58,560±$14,868 |
| 437 | Townsend CDPinside Townsendwithin the margin | $58,571±$23,644 |
| 436 | Adamswithin the margin | $58,929±$6,279 |
| 435 | Spencer CDPinside Spencerwithin the margin | $59,931±$17,393 |
| 434 | Lawrencewithin the margin | $60,433±$2,529 |
| 433 | Lenox CDPinside Lenoxwithin the margin | $61,335±$32,698 |
| 432 | Weweanticinside Warehamwithin the margin | $62,481±$39,006 |
| 431 | Chicopeewithin the margin | $62,615±$6,340 |
| 430 | Webster CDPinside Websterwithin the margin | $63,837±$8,497 |
| 429 | Great Barrington CDPinside Great Barrington | $64,506±$23,742 |
Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) · Check it at data.census.gov
Which places in Massachusetts have the highest income per person?
The survey publishes income per person without a top code, so it gives a figure even for the richest places: Dover CDP has the highest estimate, $155,713 per resident (±$39,680), but it is within the margin of error of Duxbury CDP ($145,328): the survey cannot say which is higher.
| Rank | Place | Per capita income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dover CDPwithin the margin | $155,713±$39,680 |
| 2 | Duxbury CDPwithin the margin | $145,328±$67,639 |
| 3 | Westonwithin the margin | $136,646±$16,040 |
| 4 | Doverwithin the margin | $133,756±$19,800 |
| 5 | Hingham CDPwithin the margin | $122,943±$18,683 |
| 6 | Lexingtonwithin the margin | $114,758±$6,064 |
| 7 | Sherbornwithin the margin | $114,737±$15,730 |
| 8 | Cohassetwithin the margin | $113,599±$13,188 |
| 9 | Carlislewithin the margin | $113,288±$16,369 |
| 10 | Wellesley | $111,798±$7,479 |
Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) · Check it at data.census.gov
How is this ranking made?
Each place's median household income is read from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey. A place enters the ranking if it had 1,000 or more residents in the 2020 Census and its estimate has a coefficient of variation of 40% or less. Ties in the published figure share a rank. This is a measurement of one figure, not a judgment of a place.
Towns and townships are ranked beside cities, villages and census-designated places, and a census-designated place can lie inside a township, so one area can appear twice, once as each.
Source: PlainCities ranking method applied to the American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) · How ranks are computed
How these figures are made: methodology and release checks · reading a margin of error · every state · corrections