Massachusetts Gazetteer
The Housing Affordability Index base is 100 and represents a balance point where a resident with a median household income can normally qualify to purchase a median price home. Values above 100 indicate increased affordability, while values below 100 indicate decreased affordability.
| Name | County | Housing Affordability Index | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Siasconset Census Designated Place | Nantucket | 30 |
| 2. | Wareham Center Census Designated Place | Plymouth | 46 |
| 3. | Provincetown Census Designated Place | Barnstable | 46 |
| 4. | Falmouth Census Designated Place | Barnstable | 48 |
| 5. | Marion Center Census Designated Place | Plymouth | 52 |
| 6. | Edgartown Census Designated Place | Dukes | 55 |
| 7. | Onset Census Designated Place | Plymouth | 56 |
| 8. | Shirley Census Designated Place | Middlesex | 58 |
| 9. | Vineyard Haven Census Designated Place | Dukes | 60 |
| 10. | Harwich Port Census Designated Place | Barnstable | 60 |
| 11. | Brookline Census Designated Place | Norfolk | 62 |
| 12. | Housatonic Census Designated Place | Berkshire | 62 |
| 13. | City of Gloucester | Essex | 62 |
| 14. | Oak Bluffs Census Designated Place | Dukes | 63 |
| 15. | Chatham Census Designated Place | Barnstable | 64 |
| 16. | City of Chelsea | Suffolk | 64 |
| 17. | City of Boston | Suffolk | 64 |
| 18. | Bourne Census Designated Place | Barnstable | 64 |
| 19. | City of Everett | Middlesex | 64 |
| 20. | Nantucket Census Designated Place | Nantucket | 64 |
