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Land zoned for multifamily in Massachusetts

143,959 parcels across 351 Massachusetts towns sit in a district that permits multi-family housing while holding a single house or nothing at all. 5,221 of them are vacant lots. None of this comes from listings: it is read from 2,557,652 public assessor records, last read Sep 19, 2026.

2,557,652
Parcel records scanned
143,959
Zoned multi-family, under-built
5,221
Vacant lots zoned multi-family
351
Towns and cities

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By county

CountyQualified parcelsTowns ZIP codes
Middlesex County 27,033 54 102
Worcester County 26,613 60 111
Essex County 22,757 34 48
Bristol County 13,631 20 48
Norfolk County 9,023 28 50
Hampden County 8,427 23 43
Hampshire County 7,429 20 26
Nantucket County 6,282 1 3
Plymouth County 5,941 27 40
Franklin County 5,264 26 34
Dukes County 4,743 7 7
Suffolk County 3,865 4 44
Berkshire County 1,866 32 35
Barnstable County 1,085 15 50

By town

Every Massachusetts town holding at least one qualified parcel, most first. The town links to what each of its zoning districts is called and how we read it.

TownCountyQualified parcels Vacant lots
Worcester Worcester 10,634 537
Nantucket Nantucket 6,282 726
New Bedford Bristol 5,865 298
Malden Middlesex 5,687 67
Lynn Essex 4,648 26
Amherst Hampshire 4,104 121
Springfield Hampden 3,955 407
Fall River Bristol 3,908 164
Revere Suffolk 3,865 119
Gloucester Essex 3,414 77
Quincy Norfolk 3,354 34
Edgartown Dukes 3,344 272
Gardner Worcester 3,263 89
Lawrence Essex 3,116 111
Cambridge Middlesex 3,099 29
Rockland Plymouth 3,091 22
Taunton Bristol 2,814 43
Lowell Middlesex 2,707 173
Everett Middlesex 2,679 21
Greenfield Franklin 2,583 72
Somerville Middlesex 2,308 28
Fitchburg Worcester 2,155 135
Norwood Norfolk 2,076 17
Newton Middlesex 2,023 13
Easthampton Hampshire 1,954 40
North Andover Essex 1,900 32
Newburyport Essex 1,893 21
Shrewsbury Worcester 1,792 61
Holyoke Hampden 1,764 82
Brockton Plymouth 1,715 28
Medford Middlesex 1,686 9
Leominster Worcester 1,666 48
Methuen Essex 1,616 20
Salem Essex 1,594 12
Montague Franklin 1,562 66
Amesbury Essex 1,520 23
Clinton Worcester 1,471 43
Blackstone Worcester 1,410 146
Tisbury Dukes 1,399 58
Milford Worcester 1,349 23
Framingham Middlesex 1,346 22
Stoughton Norfolk 1,224 17
Ware Hampshire 1,170 58
West Springfield Hampden 1,127 23
Orange Franklin 1,119 116
Winchester Middlesex 1,067 5
Pittsfield Berkshire 1,061 96
Southbridge Worcester 1,040 109
Brookline Norfolk 1,037 5
Plymouth Plymouth 1,034 31
Walpole Norfolk 1,019 12
Provincetown Barnstable 916 40
Peabody Essex 905 15
Westfield Hampden 903 17
Marblehead Essex 863 4
Wakefield Middlesex 808 2
Beverly Essex 802 5
Adams Berkshire 788 11
North Attleborough Bristol 775 60
Spencer Worcester 754 40
Marlborough Middlesex 734 8
Arlington Middlesex 646 4
Natick Middlesex 646 11
Belmont Middlesex 605 8
Webster Worcester 580 43
Ludlow Hampden 447 5
Stoneham Middlesex 330 0
Rockport Essex 253 4
Ayer Middlesex 236 1
Swampscott Essex 233 1
South Hadley Hampshire 196 14
Dudley Worcester 184 18
Agawam Hampden 180 5
Attleboro Bristol 175 8
Barnstable Barnstable 169 17
Foxborough Norfolk 145 7
Braintree Norfolk 137 1
Northbridge Worcester 129 8
Hardwick Worcester 126 26
Pepperell Middlesex 118 1
Melrose Middlesex 109 1
Lexington Middlesex 69 1
Hudson Middlesex 60 2
Whitman Plymouth 60 4
Fairhaven Bristol 59 2
Palmer Hampden 51 5
Grafton Worcester 42 5
Abington Plymouth 41 0
Woburn Middlesex 31 2
Avon Norfolk 27 1
Reading Middlesex 25 0
Douglas Worcester 18 0
Somerset Bristol 18 1
Dighton Bristol 17 4
North Adams Berkshire 17 0
Acton Middlesex 6 0
Southampton Hampshire 5 0
Tewksbury Middlesex 4 1
Ashland Middlesex 2 0
Millis Norfolk 2 0
Plainville Norfolk 2 1
Concord Middlesex 1 0
Westford Middlesex 1 0

What counts here

A parcel is counted when two public records agree: its zoning district permits more than one home, and the assessor records it as a single-family house or vacant land. That gap is what makes it worth a look to a builder or an agent. A district is read as multi-family from what is actually built in it, town by town, because the same zone code means different things in different towns.

These parcels are not listed for sale, and this is not a listing service: whether an owner would sell is a question for the owner. The owner, address, lot size, assessed value and sale history behind each count are in the search, and the town's own regulations remain the authority on what may be built.

Massachusetts zoning maps and districts by town

Each town's page lists the district codes on its zoning map, what each is called, and links the regulations the map is adopted with.

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