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Building Permit Survey_2012_2016_by Town
Town 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 to 2016 Total 2010 Year Round Housing Units % increase Abington 12 18 15 15 24 84 6,364 1.32% Acton 59 93 87 59 64 362 8,475 4.27% Acushnet 10 19 24 17 20 90 4,097 2.20% Adams 5 2 2 2 2 13 4,337 0.30% Agawam 16 18 37 32 43 146 12,090 1.21% Alford 1 3 2 1 1 8 231 3.46% Amesbury 23 25 19 20 33 120 7,041 1.70% Amherst 36 24 26 25 24 135 9,621 1.40% Andover 56 68 65 47 92 328 12,324 2.66% Aquinnah 1 2 2 2 2 9 158 5.70% Arlington 89 100 119 188 113 609 19,881 3.06% Ashburnham 6 10 11 14 22 63 2,272 2.77% Ashby 2 3 1 2 7 15 1,150 1.30% Ashfield 2 4 4 2 3 15 793 1.89% Ashland 25 34 79 17 52 207 6,581 3.15% Athol 0 0 4 4 4 12 5,148 0.23% Attleboro 52 56 84 94 63 349 17,978 1.94% Auburn 21 28 25 22 33 129 6,808 1.89% Avon 8 2 2 10 4 26 1,763 1.47% Ayer 42 36 32 43 26 179 3,440 5.20% Barnstable 29 57 48 72 79 285 20,550 1.39% Barre 6 9 11 9 16 51 2,164 2.36% Becket 9 11 5 6 5 36 838 4.30% Bedford 55 40 38 108 33 274 5,322 5.15% Belchertown 16 30 39 35 65 185 5,771 3.21% Bellingham 25 20 44 40 43 172 6,341 2.71% Belmont 27 22 13 298 25 385 10,117 3.81% Berkley 5 24 23 14 10 76 2,169 3.50% Berlin 16 15 14 13 15 73 1,183 6.17% Bernardston 1 1 3 1 1 7 930 0.75% Beverly 86 16 9 10 29 150 16,522 0.91% Billerica 91 45 48 43 427 654 14,442 4.53% Blackstone 5 4 3 3 3 18 3,606 0.50% Blandford 2 2 1 1 2 8 516 1.55% Bolton 19 20 16 19 18 92 1,729 5.32% Boston 1776 2561 2841 4955 3348 15481 269,482 5.74% Bourne 35 30 26 42 32 165 8,584 1.92% Boxborough 0 7 4 255 247 513 2,062 24.88% Boxford 4 4 7 5 11 31 2,730 1.14% Boylston 14 17 24 20 21 96 1,765 5.44% Braintree 102 119 55 16 12 304 14,260 2.13% Building Permits for new housing 2012 to 2016 and % increase Note: this is for reference only as the Housing Choice Designation is based on 2013 to 2017 data Brewster 14 19 17 15 16 81 4,803 1.69% Bridgewater 24 29 28 26 28 135 8,288 1.63% Brimfield 19 5 4 7 6 41 1,491 2.75% Brockton 32 97 175 67 82 453 35,514 1.28% Brookfield 0 3 5 4 5 17 1,452 1.17% Brookline 61 14 13 80 34 202 26,201 0.77% Buckland 1 0 3 0 1 5 866 0.58% Burlington 43 49 56 226 329 703 9,627 7.30% Cambridge 392 995 285 535 192 2399 46,690 5.14% Canton 73 97 116 209 104 599 8,710 6.88% Carlisle 8 9 40 9 6 72 1,740 4.14% Carver 9 10 20 7 18 64 4,514 1.42% Charlemont 0 0 0 0 0 0 615 0.00% Charlton 13 49 32 27 37 158 4,774 3.31% Chatham 40 49 48 44 48 229 3,460 6.62% Chelmsford 18 28 11 60 23 140 13,741 1.02% Chelsea 165 332 385 223 2 1107 12,592 8.79% Cheshire 2 4 6 4 4 20 1,481 1.35% Chester 3 3 4 4 0 14 585 2.39% Chesterfield 5 1 1 5 2 14 524 2.67% Chicopee 34 38 22 25 24 143 25,074 0.57% Chilmark 12 13 12 12 12 61 418 14.59% Clarksburg 2 2 3 2 2 11 706 1.56% Clinton 16 20 28 23 25 112 6,375 1.76% Cohasset 17 18 25 29 29 118 2,898 4.07% Colrain 0 3 3 2 5 13 731 1.78% Concord 137 171 117 54 54 533 6,852 7.78% Conway 2 0 3 1 0 6 803 0.75% Cummington 2 4 0 2 4 12 426 2.82% Dalton 11 11 15 13 2 52 2,860 1.82% Danvers 27 29 28 17 19 120 11,071 1.08% Dartmouth 31 65 60 59 73 288 11,775 2.45% Dedham 81 50 12 14 10 167 10,115 1.65% Deerfield 2 1 1 2 2 8 2,154 0.37% Dennis 26 37 63 58 5 189 7,653 2.47% Dighton 24 42 31 53 66 216 2,568 8.41% Douglas 17 21 14 17 40 109 3,147 3.46% Dover 12 24 28 16 25 105 1,950 5.38% Dracut 44 96 49 49 160 398 11,318 3.52% Dudley 21 21 17 14 16 89 4,360 2.04% Dunstable 8 11 12 13 13 57 1,085 5.25% Duxbury 32 25 37 175 50 319 5,532 5.77% East Bridgewater 33 47 28 32 12 152 4,897 3.10% East Brookfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 888 0.00% East Longmeadow 29 43 33 30 32 167 6,072 2.75% Eastham 22 24 22 13 5 86 2,632 3.27% Easthampton 7 14 7 11 12 51 7,567 0.67% Easton 21 97 98 24 385 625 8,105 7.71% Edgartown 29 40 49 49 42 209 1,962 10.65% Egremont 2 2 4 6 7 21 596 3.52% Erving 1 1 0 1 1 4 778 0.51% Essex 4 6 9 17 10 46 1,477 3.11% Everett 108 432 437 164 111 1252 16,691 7.50% Fairhaven 13 11 12 9 15 60 7,003 0.86% Fall River 45 62 38 52 55 252 42,650 0.59% Falmouth 90 130 136 65 70 491 14,870 3.30% Fitchburg 7 20 24 20 14 85 17,058 0.50% Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 335 0.00% Foxborough 38 27 31 46 34 176 6,853 2.57% Framingham 19 27 77 284 213 620 27,443 2.26% Franklin 32 48 47 37 33 197 11,350 1.74% Freetown 15 27 29 37 27 135 3,263 4.14% Gardner 26 24 34 27 29 140 9,064 1.54% Georgetown 16 19 15 14 14 78 3,031 2.57% Gill 0 4 4 3 1 12 591 2.03% Gloucester 41 45 65 33 49 233 13,270 1.76% Goshen 3 3 1 0 0 7 440 1.59% Gosnold 0 0 1 1 0 2 41 4.88% Grafton 38 85 62 52 33 270 7,160 3.77% Granby 9 9 10 6 7 41 2,451 1.67% Granville 1 2 0 2 2 7 630 1.11% Great Barrington 0 0 22 15 7 44 3,072 1.43% Greenfield 13 10 11 72 11 117 8,325 1.41% Groton 15 23 14 19 17 88 3,930 2.24% Groveland 70 4 15 8 12 109 2,423 4.50% Hadley 4 10 4 3 22 43 2,200 1.95% Halifax 14 25 16 14 13 82 2,971 2.76% Hamilton 3 10 5 5 3 26 2,783 0.93% Hampden 2 7 5 0 0 14 1,941 0.72% Hancock 2 3 2 2 2 11 326 3.37% Hanover 17 20 12 10 15 74 4,832 1.53% Hanson 3 30 65 44 17 159 3,572 4.45% Hardwick 1 0 0 3 0 4 1,185 0.34% Harvard 0 0 0 5 3 8 1,982 0.40% Harwich 40 36 43 43 52 214 6,121 3.50% Hatfield 10 5 7 7 7 36 1,549 2.32% Haverhill 42 47 101 105 100 395 25,557 1.55% Hawley 1 0 2 1 0 4 137 2.92% Heath 1 1 0 2 2 6 334 1.80% Hingham 76 78 72 23 140 389 8,841 4.40% Hinsdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 918 0.00% Holbrook 3 12 10 4 6 35 4,262 0.82% Holden 132 188 57 79 35 491 6,624 7.41% Holland 1 2 1 1 0 5 1,051 0.48% Holliston 29 60 34 39 64 226 5,077 4.45% Holyoke 11 7 4 6 3 31 16,320 0.19% Hopedale 1 0 1 1 3 6 2,278 0.26% Hopkinton 110 113 104 128 390 845 5,087 16.61% Hubbardston 9 21 29 24 26 109 1,627 6.70% Hudson 22 26 24 23 25 120 7,962 1.51% Hull 6 8 7 9 9 39 4,964 0.79% Huntington 1 2 2 2 4 11 919 1.20% Ipswich 7 6 30 20 41 104 5,735 1.81% Kingston 35 69 69 59 62 294 4,881 6.02% Lakeville 98 17 23 19 58 215 3,852 5.58% Lancaster 40 22 21 19 19 121 2,544 4.76% Lanesborough 0 2 3 3 3 11 1,365 0.81% Lawrence 22 62 33 18 17 152 27,092 0.56% Lee 2 2 10 4 9 27 2,702 1.00% Leicester 14 15 21 19 20 89 4,231 2.10% Lenox 10 0 16 14 16 56 2,473 2.26% Leominster 35 39 46 92 47 259 17,805 1.45% Leverett 3 3 3 1 1 11 792 1.39% Lexington 97 82 99 87 87 452 11,946 3.78% Leyden 1 2 1 0 1 5 300 1.67% Lincoln 8 7 73 5 7 100 2,153 4.64% Littleton 31 42 187 53 37 350 3,443 10.17% Longmeadow 5 5 4 1 3 18 5,874 0.31% Lowell 19 67 101 58 28 273 41,308 0.66% Ludlow 33 30 26 32 42 163 8,337 1.96% Lunenburg 50 20 51 22 29 172 4,037 4.26% Lynn 26 26 59 20 116 247 35,701 0.69% Lynnfield 196 77 26 24 24 347 4,319 8.03% Malden 12 10 12 10 11 55 25,122 0.22% Manchester-by-the-Sea 6 7 11 10 10 44 2,275 1.93% Mansfield 38 28 24 25 108 223 8,725 2.56% Marblehead 16 12 16 5 15 64 8,528 0.75% Marion 5 62 9 4 6 86 2,014 4.27% Marlborough 21 28 29 27 27 132 16,347 0.81% Marshfield 5 32 26 35 34 132 9,852 1.34% Mashpee 71 73 127 100 100 471 6,473 7.28% Mattapoisett 22 19 24 17 18 100 2,626 3.81% Maynard 12 22 36 15 25 110 4,430 2.48% Medfield 16 19 111 74 22 242 4,220 5.73% Medford 3 7 8 12 13 43 23,968 0.18% Medway 5 34 26 31 44 140 4,603 3.04% Melrose 80 61 3 40 92 276 11,714 2.36% Mendon 6 19 20 10 20 75 2,072 3.62% Merrimac 32 52 27 26 23 160 2,527 6.33% Methuen 113 124 123 116 85 561 18,268 3.07% Middleborough 87 123 139 201 122 672 8,921 7.53% Middlefield 2 0 0 2 2 6 230 2.61% Middleton 44 36 32 27 35 174 3,011 5.78% Milford 35 67 42 49 49 242 11,379 2.13% Millbury 32 22 24 33 55 166 5,592 2.97% Millis 5 11 27 13 18 74 3,148 2.35% Millville 3 3 5 7 0 18 1,157 1.56% Milton 5 5 10 5 24 49 9,641 0.51% Monroe 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0.00% Monson 16 10 12 11 6 55 3,406 1.61% Montague 4 0 2 7 0 13 3,926 0.33% Monterey 4 7 3 3 3 20 465 4.30% Montgomery 1 0 0 0 1 2 337 0.59% Mount Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0.00% Nahant 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,612 0.00% Nantucket 58 109 149 144 200 660 4,896 13.48% Natick 548 57 206 30 35 876 14,052 6.23% Needham 73 104 106 99 154 536 11,047 4.85% New Ashford 0 0 1 1 1 3 104 2.88% New Bedford 21 7 19 24 13 84 42,816 0.20% New Braintree 1 0 0 0 0 1 386 0.26% New Marlborough 4 4 0 0 0 8 692 1.16% New Salem 2 3 4 4 4 17 433 3.93% Newbury 18 15 16 19 16 84 2,699 3.11% Newburyport 33 35 12 24 33 137 8,015 1.71% Newton 68 123 67 27 167 452 32,346 1.40% Norfolk 40 59 43 57 49 248 3,112 7.97% North Adams 1 1 1 0 0 3 6,681 0.04% North Andover 54 53 46 243 37 433 10,902 3.97% North Attleborough 17 50 38 28 29 162 11,553 1.40% North Brookfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,014 0.00% North Reading 17 27 29 20 26 119 5,597 2.13% Northampton 26 35 39 37 40 177 12,604 1.40% Northborough 37 30 35 18 15 135 5,297 2.55% Northbridge 27 38 47 34 37 183 6,144 2.98% Northfield 3 3 3 0 0 9 1,290 0.70% Norton 17 20 21 81 105 244 6,707 3.64% Norwell 22 35 37 23 33 150 3,652 4.11% Norwood 17 13 9 56 41 136 12,441 1.09% Oak Bluffs 13 14 25 25 26 103 2,138 4.82% Oakham 1 1 1 4 4 11 702 1.57% Orange 1 1 5 1 1 9 3,461 0.26% Orleans 19 25 19 21 17 101 3,290 3.07% Otis 3 3 4 2 2 14 763 1.83% Oxford 7 18 13 15 15 68 5,520 1.23% Palmer 5 3 3 3 5 19 5,495 0.35% Paxton 0 3 3 12 8 26 1,590 1.64% Peabody 15 13 25 24 20 97 22,135 0.44% Pelham 0 1 1 0 1 3 564 0.53% Pembroke 30 22 24 21 21 118 6,477 1.82% Pepperell 13 14 13 15 19 74 4,335 1.71% Peru 0 3 4 0 1 8 354 2.26% Petersham 0 0 0 0 0 0 525 0.00% Phillipston 1 2 2 2 2 9 658 1.37% Pittsfield 10 9 13 6 1 39 21,031 0.19% Plainfield 2 0 0 3 3 8 283 2.83% Plainville 27 33 46 58 29 193 3,459 5.58% Plymouth 185 241 236 241 299 1202 22,285 5.39% Plympton 3 5 6 4 16 34 1,039 3.27% Princeton 0 0 0 0 3 3 1,324 0.23% Provincetown 41 46 11 10 11 119 2,122 5.61% Quincy 91 112 119 208 105 635 42,547 1.49% Randolph 25 27 23 15 268 358 11,980 2.99% Raynham 31 57 37 28 35 188 5,052 3.72% Reading 13 17 62 102 60 254 9,584 2.65% Rehoboth 33 40 25 25 53 176 4,252 4.14% Revere 20 14 48 53 33 168 21,956 0.77% Richmond 0 1 2 2 2 7 706 0.99% Rochester 14 18 17 12 20 81 1,865 4.34% Rockland 13 32 31 11 4 91 7,030 1.29% Rockport 8 11 8 11 10 48 3,460 1.39% Rowe 0 0 0 1 0 1 177 0.56% Rowley 11 54 28 3 1 97 2,226 4.36% Royalston 1 2 1 0 0 4 523 0.76% Russell 0 0 0 1 1 2 687 0.29% Rutland 24 32 39 30 55 180 2,913 6.18% Salem 17 10 6 11 12 56 18,998 0.29% Salisbury 17 45 285 34 50 431 3,842 11.22% Sandisfield 0 5 0 1 1 7 401 1.75% Sandwich 29 14 17 17 19 96 8,183 1.17% Saugus 117 12 15 11 24 179 10,754 1.66% Savoy 1 1 1 2 2 7 318 2.20% Scituate 30 34 29 49 35 177 7,163 2.47% Seekonk 148 131 104 113 126 622 5,272 11.80% Sharon 32 21 16 10 16 95 6,413 1.48% Sheffield 5 7 4 5 5 26 1,507 1.73% Shelburne 1 1 3 1 0 6 893 0.67% Sherborn 5 8 3 3 10 29 1,479 1.96% Shirley 10 29 17 18 12 86 2,417 3.56% Shrewsbury 70 97 57 4 242 470 13,919 3.38% Shutesbury 2 2 0 2 1 7 758 0.92% Somerset 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,335 0.00% Somerville 0 0 0 604 182 786 33,632 2.34% South Hadley 21 18 15 26 19 99 7,091 1.40% Southampton 26 21 29 13 24 113 2,310 4.89% Southborough 11 15 31 28 9 94 3,433 2.74% Southbridge 19 16 23 5 3 66 7,517 0.88% Southwick 13 20 15 13 13 74 3,852 1.92% Spencer 8 14 0 42 12 76 5,137 1.48% Springfield 55 29 43 44 79 250 61,556 0.41% Sterling 7 11 17 29 29 93 2,918 3.19% Stockbridge 5 4 3 0 5 17 1,051 1.62% Stoneham 14 21 22 10 15 82 9,399 0.87% Stoughton 43 75 40 21 77 256 10,742 2.38% Stow 11 34 2 6 11 64 2,500 2.56% Sturbridge 14 21 6 12 12 65 3,759 1.73% Sudbury 48 104 25 28 20 225 5,921 3.80% Sunderland 4 4 4 4 4 20 1,718 1.16% Sutton 18 24 23 34 37 136 3,324 4.09% Swampscott 0 0 195 139 98 432 5,795 7.45% Swansea 29 39 43 54 60 225 6,290 3.58% Taunton 56 242 87 56 70 511 23,844 2.14% Templeton 16 6 3 3 4 32 3,014 1.06% Tewksbury 42 42 201 76 130 491 10,803 4.55% Tisbury 13 13 12 18 22 78 1,965 3.97% Tolland 0 0 2 2 6 10 222 4.50% Topsfield 27 31 6 3 3 70 2,157 3.25% Townsend 8 36 24 20 16 104 3,356 3.10% Truro 29 11 11 21 11 83 1,090 7.61% Tyngsborough 15 14 27 37 16 109 4,166 2.62% Tyringham 2 2 0 1 0 5 149 3.36% Upton 7 11 7 27 47 99 2,820 3.51% Uxbridge 30 32 38 28 35 163 5,284 3.08% Wakefield 162 236 19 12 104 533 10,459 5.10% Wales 5 5 7 1 1 19 772 2.46% Walpole 34 49 61 25 26 195 8,984 2.17% Waltham 31 237 51 43 50 412 24,805 1.66% Ware 2 5 5 1 8 21 4,539 0.46% Wareham 24 19 31 26 27 127 9,880 1.29% Warren 4 3 5 3 3 18 2,202 0.82% Warwick 0 0 0 0 0 0 363 0.00% Washington 2 2 3 2 2 11 235 4.68% Watertown 14 468 13 389 314 1198 15,521 7.72% Wayland 36 15 39 78 36 204 4,957 4.12% Webster 9 9 19 17 19 73 7,788 0.94% Wellesley 69 66 66 95 83 379 9,090 4.17% Wellfleet 25 22 22 20 14 103 1,550 6.65% Wendell 4 4 4 4 4 20 419 4.77% Wenham 2 6 6 8 13 35 1,404 2.49% West Boylston 13 21 15 8 77 134 2,729 4.91% West Bridgewater 17 20 17 15 29 98 2,658 3.69% West Brookfield 8 4 3 3 3 21 1,578 1.33% West Newbury 16 14 14 23 10 77 1,558 4.94% West Springfield 30 14 25 12 14 95 12,629 0.75% West Stockbridge 2 2 3 6 4 17 645 2.64% West Tisbury 22 24 19 16 17 98 1,253 7.82% Westborough 94 60 56 41 45 296 7,304 4.05% Westfield 25 29 26 22 23 125 16,001 0.78% Westford 103 108 25 45 30 311 7,671 4.05% Westhampton 2 11 2 2 4 21 635 3.31% Westminster 22 21 42 37 42 164 2,826 5.80% Weston 29 25 31 25 19 129 3,952 3.26% Westport 24 29 26 27 25 131 6,417 2.04% Westwood 12 25 387 23 20 467 5,389 8.67% Weymouth 54 55 75 102 382 668 23,337 2.86% Whately 3 9 7 7 11 37 654 5.66% Whitman 25 21 25 24 27 122 5,513 2.21% Wilbraham 24 18 39 20 22 123 5,442 2.26% Williamsburg 1 0 1 5 5 12 1,165 1.03% Williamstown 2 4 42 109 97 254 2,805 9.06% Wilmington 30 43 34 46 37 190 7,788 2.44% Winchendon 29 27 37 31 13 137 4,088 3.35% Winchester 49 31 35 45 62 222 7,920 2.80% Windsor 2 2 3 2 5 14 387 3.62% Winthrop 4 51 49 82 56 242 8,253 2.93% Woburn 36 19 67 43 47 212 16,237 1.31% Worcester 64 61 104 174 84 487 74,383 0.65% Worthington 4 4 4 3 4 19 553 3.44% Wrentham 31 47 46 48 51 223 3,821 5.84% Yarmouth 82 23 30 31 26 192 12,037 1.60%