Contract Rent in Massachusetts

Place/County	2015 Population	2015 Cash rent below $1,000	2009 Cash rent below $1,000	Cash rent below $1,000 Percentage Change Latest to Earliest	Cash rent below $1,000 change rank compared to Nation	Cash rent below $1,000 change rank compared to state	2015 Cash rent above $1,000	2009 Cash rent above $1,000	Cash rent above $1,000 Percentage Change Latest to Earliest	Cash rent above $1,000 change rank compared to Nation	Cash rent above $1,000 change rank compared to state
Massachusetts	6,705,586	489,361.0	522,943.0	-6.4	NA	NA	414,456.0	308,989.0	34.1	NA	NA
Nantucket County	10,556	295	228	29.4	174	1	808	623	29.7	1,622	11
Worcester County	810,935	76,474	72,631	5.3	1,096	2	25,273	14,657	72.4	1,226	3
Bristol County	552,763	63,679	62,351	2.1	1,330	3	13,673	8,980	52.3	1,416	9
Berkshire County	129,288	14,440	14,831	-2.6	1,611	4	1,778	1,015	75.2	1,204	2
Essex County	763,849	58,635	61,188	-4.2	1,694	5	43,398	28,076	54.6	1,399	8
Hampden County	468,041	56,135	58,610	-4.2	1,697	6	8,785	3,592	144.6	709	1
Franklin County	71,144	6,871	7,364	-6.7	1,806	7	1,827	1,139	60.4	1,335	4
Hampshire County	160,759	12,451	13,464	-7.5	1,839	8	6,687	4,301	55.5	1,390	5
Plymouth County	503,681	20,401	22,427	-9.0	1,905	9	20,296	13,126	54.6	1,397	7
Barnstable County	214,766	9,443	10,493	-10.0	1,936	10	8,358	6,221	34.4	1,585	10
Suffolk County	758,919	72,203	81,330	-11.2	1,980	11	102,952	83,436	23.4	1,675	13
Norfolk County	687,721	25,863	30,221	-14.4	2,068	12	47,842	39,483	21.2	1,695	14
Middlesex County	1,556,116	72,102	87,350	-17.5	2,125	13	132,135	103,925	27.1	1,644	12
Dukes County	17,048	369	455	-18.9	2,143	14	644	415	55.2	1,391	6