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89cities listedof 4,183 in the US $103,554typical household income▲ 28% above US $1,880typical rent per month▲ 33% above US Bostonlargest citypop. 666k

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Boston	666k	$97,344	$2,147	4.4%
Worcester	207k	$70,102	$1,487	4.6%
Springfield	155k	$52,656	$1,144	6.9%
Cambridge	119k	$130,748	$2,787	3.6%
Lowell	118k	$78,658	$1,625	5.1%
Brockton	105k	$80,115	$1,641	5.6%
Quincy	102k	$98,882	$2,118	4.2%
Lynn	102k	$75,043	$1,722	5.0%
New Bedford	101k	$56,981	$1,137	6.4%
Fall River	94k	$56,673	$1,155	6.3%
Newton	89k	$190,304	$2,370	4.0%
Lawrence	89k	$60,433	$1,662	6.5%
Somerville	81k	$132,572	$2,517	3.5%
Framingham	72k	$107,419	$2,033	4.0%
Haverhill	68k	$88,326	$1,668	4.8%
Malden	66k	$100,606	$2,204	4.1%
Waltham	65k	$120,216	$2,268	4.0%
Brookline	63k	$142,101	$2,835	4.1%
Taunton	60k	$79,283	$1,324	5.1%
Revere	60k	$86,969	$2,076	4.6%
Medford	59k	$129,540	$2,509	4.0%
Weymouth Town	59k	$102,714	$1,941	4.5%
Chicopee	55k	$62,615	$1,157	5.4%
Peabody	55k	$96,657	$1,950	4.4%
Methuen Town	53k	$113,310	$1,749	4.6%
Everett	50k	$85,218	$2,076	4.0%
Barnstable Town	50k	$91,982	$1,917	4.4%
Attleboro	47k	$98,954	$1,590	4.7%
Arlington	46k	$150,701	$2,082	4.1%
Salem	45k	$85,153	$1,836	4.5%
Leominster	44k	$83,816	$1,354	4.8%
Pittsfield	43k	$70,582	$1,134	4.5%
Beverly	43k	$106,044	$1,771	4.1%
Woburn	42k	$111,185	$2,221	4.2%
Fitchburg	42k	$73,040	$1,222	5.8%
Marlborough	42k	$91,968	$1,871	4.5%
Westfield	40k	$87,753	$1,117	4.9%
Chelsea	40k	$72,179	$1,956	4.9%
Braintree Town	39k	$122,214	$2,024	4.1%
Amherst Town	38k	$66,968	$1,671	4.7%
Holyoke	38k	$53,605	$1,021	6.0%
Watertown Town	36k	$126,265	$2,502	4.1%
Randolph Town	35k	$109,573	$2,103	5.2%
Lexington	34k	$238,444	$2,891	4.1%
Franklin Town	33k	$145,773	$1,899	4.1%
Needham	32k	$214,308	$2,409	4.1%
Norwood	32k	$107,030	$2,116	4.1%
North Attleborough Town	31k	$112,665	$1,509	4.0%
Northampton	31k	$80,288	$1,439	3.7%
Wellesley	30k	$250,000+	$2,886	4.1%
Gloucester	30k	$83,883	$1,411	5.5%
Melrose	30k	$133,953	$1,970	3.8%
Saugus	29k	$101,539	$2,241	4.6%
West Springfield Town	29k	$69,371	$1,144	4.6%
Milton	29k	$188,529	$1,474	4.1%
Agawam Town	29k	$85,421	$1,256	4.5%
Bridgewater Town	28k	$112,651	$2,092	4.6%
Danvers	28k	$125,395	$2,076	4.6%
Wakefield	28k	$134,306	$1,958	4.1%
Milford	28k	$93,310	$1,889	4.6%
Belmont	27k	$183,137	$2,527	4.1%
Burlington	26k	$146,436	$2,718	4.1%
Reading	26k	$165,912	$1,991	4.1%
Dedham	25k	$128,955	$2,042	4.1%
Winchester	23k	$230,198	$2,279	4.1%
Stoneham	23k	$113,964	$2,035	4.1%
Wilmington	23k	$168,152	$2,394	4.1%
Gardner	21k	$67,518	$1,109	5.6%
Marblehead	20k	$182,132	$1,764	4.6%
Winthrop Town	19k	$116,167	$2,064	4.2%
Newburyport	19k	$139,625	$1,592	4.0%
Somerset	18k	$112,677	$1,271	5.1%
Southbridge Town	18k	$66,287	$1,256	5.9%
Greenfield	18k	$55,614	$1,107	4.6%
Amesbury Town	17k	$103,554	$1,683	4.6%
Abington	17k	$125,400	$1,724	4.6%
Easthampton Town	16k	$71,673	$1,292	4.2%
Hudson	16k	$90,524	$1,397	4.1%
Longmeadow	16k	$149,601	$1,682	5.5%
Swampscott	15k	$134,386	$2,303	4.6%
Lynnfield	13k	$175,265	$2,676	4.6%
North Adams	13k	$47,500	$793	5.4%
Palmer Town	12k	$78,480	$1,075	5.2%
Webster	12k	$63,837	$1,198	4.6%
South Yarmouth	12k	$82,188	$1,806	5.2%
Holbrook	11k	$115,210	—	4.1%
Maynard	11k	$124,067	$1,800	4.1%
Hull	10k	$115,485	$2,081	4.6%
Nantucket	10k	$148,017	$2,228	7.2%

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