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Housing Choice-2014 to 2018 BPS data
US Census Building Permit Survey Data New housing units by Municipality Sources: US Census Builsing Permit Survey and SHI Municipality 2014 NEW UNITS 2015 NEW UNITS 2016 NEW UNITS 2017 NEW UNITS 2018 NEW UNITS Total New Units 2014 to 2018 2010 Year Round Housing Units (from SHI) % increase 2014 to 2018/2010 year round units Abington 15 15 24 50 68 172 6,364 2.7% Acton 87 59 64 19 37 266 8,475 3.1% Acushnet 24 17 20 17 22 100 4,097 2.4% Adams 2 2 2 2 2 10 4,337 0.2% Agawam 37 32 43 33 23 168 12,090 1.4% Alford 2 1 1 1 1 6 231 2.6% Amesbury 19 20 33 16 22 110 7,041 1.6% Amherst 26 25 24 23 159 257 9,621 2.7% Andover 65 47 92 183 49 436 12,324 3.5% Aquinnah 2 2 2 3 3 12 158 7.6% Arlington 119 188 113 129 118 667 19,881 3.4% Ashburnham 11 14 22 16 12 75 2,272 3.3% Ashby 1 2 7 7 4 21 1,150 1.8% Ashfield 4 2 3 - 2 11 793 1.4% Ashland 79 17 52 33 31 212 6,581 3.2% Athol 4 4 4 12 8 32 5,148 0.6% Attleboro 84 94 63 98 61 400 17,978 2.2% Auburn 25 22 33 32 17 129 6,808 1.9% Avon 2 10 4 7 29 52 1,763 2.9% Ayer 32 43 26 19 45 165 3,440 4.8% Barnstable 48 72 79 344 440 983 20,550 4.8% Barre 11 9 16 7 10 53 2,164 2.4% Becket 5 6 5 5 3 24 838 2.9% Bedford 38 108 33 28 29 236 5,322 4.4% Belchertown 39 35 65 39 58 236 5,771 4.1% Bellingham 44 40 43 20 57 204 6,341 3.2% Belmont 13 298 25 6 - 342 10,117 3.4% Berkley 23 14 10 29 21 97 2,169 4.5% Berlin 14 13 15 15 15 72 1,183 6.1% Bernardston 3 1 1 2 - 7 930 0.8% Beverly 9 10 29 98 20 166 16,522 1.0% Billerica 48 43 427 40 27 585 14,442 4.1% Blackstone 3 3 3 3 3 15 3,606 0.4% Blandford 1 1 2 2 2 8 516 1.6% Bolton 16 19 18 28 28 109 1,729 6.3% Boston 2,841 4,955 3,348 5,085 3,602 19,831 269,482 7.4% Bourne 26 42 32 66 35 201 8,584 2.3% Boxborough 4 255 247 3 10 519 2,062 25.2% Boxford 7 5 11 11 3 37 2,730 1.4% Boylston 24 20 21 20 20 105 1,765 5.9% Braintree 55 16 12 2 15 100 14,260 0.7% Brewster 17 15 16 15 16 79 4,803 1.6% Bridgewater 28 26 28 47 51 180 8,288 2.2% Brimfield 4 7 6 9 9 35 1,491 2.3% Brockton 175 67 82 63 63 450 35,514 1.3% Page 1 of 8 US Census Building Permit Survey Data New housing units by Municipality Sources: US Census Builsing Permit Survey and SHI Municipality 2014 NEW UNITS 2015 NEW UNITS 2016 NEW UNITS 2017 NEW UNITS 2018 NEW UNITS Total New Units 2014 to 2018 2010 Year Round Housing Units (from SHI) % increase 2014 to 2018/2010 year round units Brookfield 5 4 5 5 5 24 1,452 1.7% Brookline 13 80 34 19 21 167 26,201 0.6% Buckland 3 - 1 - - 4 866 0.5% Burlington 56 226 329 340 44 995 9,627 10.3% Cambridge 285 535 192 307 674 1,993 46,690 4.3% Canton 116 209 104 120 103 652 8,710 7.5% Carlisle 40 9 6 10 16 81 1,740 4.7% Carver 20 7 18 25 7 77 4,514 1.7% Charlemont - - - 2 2 4 615 0.7% Charlton 32 27 37 40 36 172 4,774 3.6% Chatham 48 44 48 34 42 216 3,460 6.2% Chelmsford 11 60 23 132 145 371 13,741 2.7% Chelsea 385 223 2 48 40 698 12,592 5.5% Cheshire 6 4 4 4 4 22 1,481 1.5% Chester 4 4 - - - 8 585 1.4% Chesterfield 1 5 2 3 3 14 524 2.7% Chicopee 22 25 24 13 19 103 25,074 0.4% Chilmark 12 12 12 12 12 60 418 14.4% Clarksburg 3 2 2 2 2 11 706 1.6% Clinton 28 23 25 24 24 124 6,375 1.9% Cohasset 25 29 29 12 14 109 2,898 3.8% Colrain 3 2 5 5 5 20 731 2.7% Concord 117 54 54 44 50 319 6,852 4.7% Conway 3 1 - 4 3 11 803 1.4% Cummington - 2 4 3 4 13 426 3.1% Dalton 15 13 2 1 1 32 2,860 1.1% Danvers 28 17 19 30 22 116 11,071 1.0% Dartmouth 60 59 73 75 51 318 11,775 2.7% Dedham 12 14 10 37 15 88 10,115 0.9% Deerfield 1 2 2 4 4 13 2,154 0.6% Dennis 63 58 5 54 55 235 7,653 3.1% Dighton 31 53 66 62 28 240 2,568 9.3% Douglas 14 17 40 31 52 154 3,147 4.9% Dover 28 16 25 18 17 104 1,950 5.3% Dracut 49 49 160 102 58 418 11,318 3.7% Dudley 17 14 16 18 11 76 4,360 1.7% Dunstable 12 13 13 12 9 59 1,085 5.4% Duxbury 37 175 50 20 13 295 5,532 5.3% East Bridgewater 28 32 12 12 16 100 4,897 2.0% East Brookfield - - - - - - 888 0.0% East Longmeadow 33 30 32 - - 95 6,072 1.6% Eastham 22 13 5 19 76 135 2,632 5.1% Easthampton 7 11 12 11 11 52 7,567 0.7% Easton 98 24 385 15 16 538 8,105 6.6% Edgartown 49 49 42 60 55 255 1,962 13.0% Page 2 of 8 US Census Building Permit Survey Data New housing units by Municipality Sources: US Census Builsing Permit Survey and SHI Municipality 2014 NEW UNITS 2015 NEW UNITS 2016 NEW UNITS 2017 NEW UNITS 2018 NEW UNITS Total New Units 2014 to 2018 2010 Year Round Housing Units (from SHI) % increase 2014 to 2018/2010 year round units Egremont 4 6 7 7 5 29 596 4.9% Erving - 1 1 2 - 4 778 0.5% Essex 9 17 10 12 13 61 1,477 4.1% Everett 437 164 111 117 13 842 16,691 5.0% Fairhaven 12 9 15 13 1 50 7,003 0.7% Fall River 38 52 55 88 42 275 42,650 0.6% Falmouth 136 65 70 68 115 454 14,870 3.1% Fitchburg 24 20 14 14 14 86 17,058 0.5% Florida - - - - - - 335 0.0% Foxborough 31 46 34 34 330 475 6,853 6.9% Framingham 77 284 213 375 526 1,475 27,443 5.4% Franklin 47 37 33 53 354 524 11,350 4.6% Freetown 29 37 27 16 6 115 3,263 3.5% Gardner 34 27 29 25 22 137 9,064 1.5% Georgetown 15 14 14 16 9 68 3,031 2.2% Gill 4 3 1 3 2 13 591 2.2% Gloucester 65 33 49 46 47 240 13,270 1.8% Goshen 1 - - 1 4 6 440 1.4% Gosnold 1 1 - - - 2 41 4.9% Grafton 62 52 33 42 34 223 7,160 3.1% Granby 10 6 7 14 7 44 2,451 1.8% Granville - 2 2 - - 4 630 0.6% Great Barrington 22 15 7 11 60 115 3,072 3.7% Greenfield 11 72 11 16 7 117 8,325 1.4% Groton 14 19 17 21 10 81 3,930 2.1% Groveland 15 8 12 16 10 61 2,423 2.5% Hadley 4 3 22 20 25 74 2,200 3.4% Halifax 16 14 13 11 10 64 2,971 2.2% Hamilton 5 5 3 7 1 21 2,783 0.8% Hampden 5 - - 9 3 17 1,941 0.9% Hancock 2 2 2 2 2 10 326 3.1% Hanover 12 10 15 24 21 82 4,832 1.7% Hanson 65 44 17 39 13 178 3,572 5.0% Hardwick - 3 - 8 6 17 1,185 1.4% Harvard - 5 3 13 14 35 1,982 1.8% Harwich 43 43 52 55 42 235 6,121 3.8% Hatfield 7 7 7 7 7 35 1,549 2.3% Haverhill 101 105 100 68 83 457 25,557 1.8% Hawley 2 1 - - 2 5 137 3.6% Heath - 2 2 1 1 6 334 1.8% Hingham 72 23 140 214 323 772 8,841 8.7% Hinsdale - - - - 4 4 918 0.4% Holbrook 10 4 6 2 8 30 4,262 0.7% Holden 57 79 35 70 52 293 6,624 4.4% Holland 1 1 - 2 3 7 1,051 0.7% Page 3 of 8 US Census Building Permit Survey Data New housing units by Municipality Sources: US Census Builsing Permit Survey and SHI Municipality 2014 NEW UNITS 2015 NEW UNITS 2016 NEW UNITS 2017 NEW UNITS 2018 NEW UNITS Total New Units 2014 to 2018 2010 Year Round Housing Units (from SHI) % increase 2014 to 2018/2010 year round units Holliston 34 39 64 76 41 254 5,077 5.0% Holyoke 4 6 3 1 15 29 16,320 0.2% Hopedale 1 1 3 1 - 6 2,278 0.3% Hopkinton 104 128 390 106 127 855 5,087 16.8% Hubbardston 29 24 26 25 26 130 1,627 8.0% Hudson 24 23 25 24 23 119 7,962 1.5% Hull 7 9 9 10 11 46 4,964 0.9% Huntington 2 2 4 4 2 14 919 1.5% Ipswich 30 20 41 20 20 131 5,735 2.3% Kingston 69 59 62 65 66 321 4,881 6.6% Lakeville 23 19 58 19 80 199 3,852 5.2% Lancaster 21 19 19 18 13 90 2,544 3.5% Lanesborough 3 3 3 3 3 15 1,365 1.1% Lawrence 33 18 17 18 18 104 27,092 0.4% Lee 10 4 9 6 - 29 2,702 1.1% Leicester 21 19 20 19 3 82 4,231 1.9% Lenox 16 14 16 16 16 78 2,473 3.2% Leominster 46 92 47 69 50 304 17,805 1.7% Leverett 3 1 1 6 1 12 792 1.5% Lexington 99 87 87 86 70 429 11,946 3.6% Leyden 1 - 1 - 1 3 300 1.0% Lincoln 73 5 7 9 124 218 2,153 10.1% Littleton 187 53 37 60 33 370 3,443 10.7% Longmeadow 4 1 3 4 - 12 5,874 0.2% Lowell 101 58 28 39 50 276 41,308 0.7% Ludlow 26 32 42 29 26 155 8,337 1.9% Lunenburg 51 22 29 142 58 302 4,037 7.5% Lynn 59 20 116 97 48 340 35,701 1.0% Lynnfield 26 24 24 19 7 100 4,319 2.3% Malden 12 10 11 7 5 45 25,122 0.2% Manchester-by-the-Sea 11 10 10 7 14 52 2,275 2.3% Mansfield 24 25 108 36 16 209 8,725 2.4% Marblehead 16 5 15 3 9 48 8,528 0.6% Marion 9 4 6 19 24 62 2,014 3.1% Marlborough 29 27 27 30 26 139 16,347 0.9% Marshfield 26 35 34 33 37 165 9,852 1.7% Mashpee 127 100 100 53 76 456 6,473 7.0% Mattapoisett 24 17 18 27 15 101 2,626 3.8% Maynard 36 15 25 10 334 420 4,430 9.5% Medfield 111 74 22 12 33 252 4,220 6.0% Medford 8 12 13 14 19 66 23,968 0.3% Medway 26 31 44 31 34 166 4,603 3.6% Melrose 3 40 92 5 19 159 11,714 1.4% Mendon 20 10 20 24 26 100 2,072 4.8% Merrimac 27 26 23 16 3 95 2,527 3.8% Page 4 of 8 US Census Building Permit Survey Data New housing units by Municipality Sources: US Census Builsing Permit Survey and SHI Municipality 2014 NEW UNITS 2015 NEW UNITS 2016 NEW UNITS 2017 NEW UNITS 2018 NEW UNITS Total New Units 2014 to 2018 2010 Year Round Housing Units (from SHI) % increase 2014 to 2018/2010 year round units Methuen 123 116 85 73 87 484 18,268 2.6% Middleborough 139 201 122 108 137 707 8,921 7.9% Middlefield - 2 2 4 5 13 230 5.7% Middleton 32 27 35 65 23 182 3,011 6.0% Milford 42 49 49 56 57 253 11,379 2.2% Millbury 24 33 55 53 54 219 5,592 3.9% Millis 27 13 18 16 27 101 3,148 3.2% Millville 5 7 - 4 4 20 1,157 1.7% Milton 10 5 24 16 20 75 9,641 0.8% Monroe - - - - - - 64 0.0% Monson 12 11 6 10 11 50 3,406 1.5% Montague 2 7 - 5 2 16 3,926 0.4% Monterey 3 3 3 2 2 13 465 2.8% Montgomery - - 1 1 1 3 337 0.9% Mount Washington - - - - - - 80 0.0% Nahant - - - 3 - 3 1,612 0.2% Nantucket 149 144 200 178 169 840 4,896 17.2% Natick 206 30 35 38 37 346 14,052 2.5% Needham 106 99 154 113 90 562 11,047 5.1% New Ashford 1 1 1 1 1 5 104 4.8% New Bedford 19 24 13 33 54 143 42,816 0.3% New Braintree - - - 1 1 2 386 0.5% New Marlborough - - - - - - 692 0.0% New Salem 4 4 4 5 6 23 433 5.3% Newbury 16 19 16 16 13 80 2,699 3.0% Newburyport 12 24 33 21 67 157 8,015 2.0% Newton 67 27 167 38 47 346 32,346 1.1% Norfolk 43 57 49 64 40 253 3,112 8.1% North Adams 1 - - 1 2 4 6,681 0.1% North Andover 46 243 37 68 11 405 10,902 3.7% North Attleborough 38 28 29 72 36 203 11,553 1.8% North Brookfield - - - - - - 2,014 0.0% North Reading 29 20 26 12 175 262 5,597 4.7% Northampton 39 37 40 111 29 256 12,604 2.0% Northborough 35 18 15 19 20 107 5,297 2.0% Northbridge 47 34 37 29 14 161 6,144 2.6% Northfield 3 - - 1 1 5 1,290 0.4% Norton 21 81 105 15 17 239 6,707 3.6% Norwell 37 23 33 16 14 123 3,652 3.4% Norwood 9 56 41 36 213 355 12,441 2.9% Oak Bluffs 25 25 26 26 27 129 2,138 6.0% Oakham 1 4 4 4 3 16 702 2.3% Orange 5 1 1 - 6 13 3,461 0.4% Orleans 19 21 17 22 20 99 3,290 3.0% Otis 4 2 2 2 4 14 763 1.8% Page 5 of 8 US Census Building Permit Survey Data New housing units by Municipality Sources: US Census Builsing Permit Survey and SHI Municipality 2014 NEW UNITS 2015 NEW UNITS 2016 NEW UNITS 2017 NEW UNITS 2018 NEW UNITS Total New Units 2014 to 2018 2010 Year Round Housing Units (from SHI) % increase 2014 to 2018/2010 year round units Oxford 13 15 15 14 14 71 5,520 1.3% Palmer 3 3 5 6 8 25 5,495 0.5% Paxton 3 12 8 7 8 38 1,590 2.4% Peabody 25 24 20 38 29 136 22,135 0.6% Pelham 1 - 1 2 1 5 564 0.9% Pembroke 24 21 21 27 27 120 6,477 1.9% Pepperell 13 15 19 25 14 86 4,335 2.0% Peru 4 - 1 1 2 8 354 2.3% Petersham - - - - - - 525 0.0% Phillipston 2 2 2 2 2 10 658 1.5% Pittsfield 13 6 1 5 5 30 21,031 0.1% Plainfield - 3 3 3 3 12 283 4.2% Plainville 46 58 29 26 27 186 3,459 5.4% Plymouth 236 241 299 420 399 1,595 22,285 7.2% Plympton 6 4 16 6 1 33 1,039 3.2% Princeton - - 3 7 10 20 1,324 1.5% Provincetown 11 10 11 10 9 51 2,122 2.4% Quincy 119 208 105 121 116 669 42,547 1.6% Randolph 23 15 268 30 22 358 11,980 3.0% Raynham 37 28 35 36 46 182 5,052 3.6% Reading 62 102 60 23 191 438 9,584 4.6% Rehoboth 25 25 53 25 48 176 4,252 4.1% Revere 48 53 33 31 31 196 21,956 0.9% Richmond 2 2 2 4 4 14 706 2.0% Rochester 17 12 20 21 23 93 1,865 5.0% Rockland 31 11 4 4 5 55 7,030 0.8% Rockport 8 11 10 8 10 47 3,460 1.4% Rowe - 1 - - - 1 177 0.6% Rowley 28 3 1 7 20 59 2,226 2.7% Royalston 1 - - 1 3 5 523 1.0% Russell - 1 1 1 1 4 687 0.6% Rutland 39 30 55 50 50 224 2,913 7.7% Salem 6 11 12 5 11 45 18,998 0.2% Salisbury 285 34 50 33 43 445 3,842 11.6% Sandisfield - 1 1 3 2 7 401 1.7% Sandwich 17 17 19 19 18 90 8,183 1.1% Saugus 15 11 24 10 66 126 10,754 1.2% Savoy 1 2 2 2 2 9 318 2.8% Scituate 29 49 35 65 51 229 7,163 3.2% Seekonk 104 113 126 55 31 429 5,272 8.1% Sharon 16 10 16 230 3 275 6,413 4.3% Sheffield 4 5 5 5 3 22 1,507 1.5% Shelburne 3 1 - 1 - 5 893 0.6% Sherborn 3 3 10 10 11 37 1,479 2.5% Shirley 17 18 12 10 10 67 2,417 2.8% Page 6 of 8 US Census Building Permit Survey Data New housing units by Municipality Sources: US Census Builsing Permit Survey and SHI Municipality 2014 NEW UNITS 2015 NEW UNITS 2016 NEW UNITS 2017 NEW UNITS 2018 NEW UNITS Total New Units 2014 to 2018 2010 Year Round Housing Units (from SHI) % increase 2014 to 2018/2010 year round units Shrewsbury 57 4 242 238 297 838 13,919 6.0% Shutesbury - 2 1 5 - 8 758 1.1% Somerset - - - - - - 7,335 0.0% Somerville - 604 182 214 170 1,170 33,632 3.5% South Hadley 15 26 19 12 14 86 7,091 1.2% Southampton 29 13 24 14 18 98 2,310 4.2% Southborough 31 28 9 8 32 108 3,433 3.1% Southbridge 23 5 3 8 9 48 7,517 0.6% Southwick 15 13 13 13 13 67 3,852 1.7% Spencer - 42 12 - 18 72 5,137 1.4% Springfield 43 44 79 4 63 233 61,556 0.4% Sterling 17 29 29 20 12 107 2,918 3.7% Stockbridge 3 - 5 5 3 16 1,051 1.5% Stoneham 22 10 15 333 33 413 9,399 4.4% Stoughton 40 21 77 147 27 312 10,742 2.9% Stow 2 6 11 51 30 100 2,500 4.0% Sturbridge 6 12 12 17 12 59 3,759 1.6% Sudbury 25 28 20 275 65 413 5,921 7.0% Sunderland 4 4 4 4 4 20 1,718 1.2% Sutton 23 34 37 31 28 153 3,324 4.6% Swampscott 195 139 98 85 53 570 5,795 9.8% Swansea 43 54 60 62 64 283 6,290 4.5% Taunton 87 56 70 81 81 375 23,844 1.6% Templeton 3 3 4 3 10 23 3,014 0.8% Tewksbury 201 76 130 43 21 471 10,803 4.4% Tisbury 12 18 22 21 18 91 1,965 4.6% Tolland 2 2 6 5 3 18 222 8.1% Topsfield 6 3 3 13 18 43 2,157 2.0% Townsend 24 20 16 20 11 91 3,356 2.7% Truro 11 21 11 11 22 76 1,090 7.0% Tyngsborough 27 37 16 38 68 186 4,166 4.5% Tyringham - 1 - 1 - 2 149 1.3% Upton 7 27 47 30 33 144 2,820 5.1% Uxbridge 38 28 35 33 45 179 5,284 3.4% Wakefield 19 12 104 27 49 211 10,459 2.0% Wales 7 1 1 1 - 10 772 1.3% Walpole 61 25 26 26 42 180 8,984 2.0% Waltham 51 43 50 45 89 278 24,805 1.1% Ware 5 1 8 8 8 30 4,539 0.7% Wareham 31 26 27 34 54 172 9,880 1.7% Warren 5 3 3 10 3 24 2,202 1.1% Warwick - - - - - - 363 0.0% Washington 3 2 2 2 2 11 235 4.7% Watertown 13 389 314 112 127 955 15,521 6.2% Wayland 39 78 36 13 18 184 4,957 3.7% Page 7 of 8 US Census Building Permit Survey Data New housing units by Municipality Sources: US Census Builsing Permit Survey and SHI Municipality 2014 NEW UNITS 2015 NEW UNITS 2016 NEW UNITS 2017 NEW UNITS 2018 NEW UNITS Total New Units 2014 to 2018 2010 Year Round Housing Units (from SHI) % increase 2014 to 2018/2010 year round units Webster 19 17 19 - - 55 7,788 0.7% Wellesley 66 95 83 60 44 348 9,090 3.8% Wellfleet 22 20 14 12 14 82 1,550 5.3% Wendell 4 4 4 4 4 20 419 4.8% Wenham 6 8 13 9 5 41 1,404 2.9% West Boylston 15 8 77 90 19 209 2,729 7.7% West Bridgewater 17 15 29 15 12 88 2,658 3.3% West Brookfield 3 3 3 3 3 15 1,578 1.0% West Newbury 14 23 10 13 16 76 1,558 4.9% West Springfield 25 12 14 17 19 87 12,629 0.7% West Stockbridge 3 6 4 4 4 21 645 3.3% West Tisbury 19 16 17 18 19 89 1,253 7.1% Westborough 56 41 45 23 24 189 7,304 2.6% Westfield 26 22 23 45 45 161 16,001 1.0% Westford 25 45 30 16 254 370 7,671 4.8% Westhampton 2 2 4 5 7 20 635 3.1% Westminster 42 37 42 48 63 232 2,826 8.2% Weston 31 25 19 22 19 116 3,952 2.9% Westport 26 27 25 29 28 135 6,417 2.1% Westwood 387 23 20 20 120 570 5,389 10.6% Weymouth 75 102 382 428 153 1,140 23,337 4.9% Whately 7 7 11 5 6 36 654 5.5% Whitman 25 24 27 58 24 158 5,513 2.9% Wilbraham 39 20 22 27 27 135 5,442 2.5% Williamsburg 1 5 5 4 3 18 1,165 1.5% Williamstown 42 109 97 94 123 465 2,805 16.6% Wilmington 34 46 37 58 59 234 7,788 3.0% Winchendon 37 31 13 10 22 113 4,088 2.8% Winchester 35 45 62 25 39 206 7,920 2.6% Windsor 3 2 5 2 - 12 387 3.1% Winthrop 49 82 56 71 65 323 8,253 3.9% Woburn 67 43 47 24 55 236 16,237 1.5% Worcester 104 174 84 94 167 623 74,383 0.8% Worthington 4 3 4 1 - 12 553 2.2% Wrentham 46 48 51 39 35 219 3,821 5.7% Yarmouth 30 31 26 89 25 201 12,037 1.7% Massachusetts TOTAL 14,486 17,424 16,288 17,728 17,044 82,970 2,692,186 3.1% Page 8 of 8