Methodology: We crunched data from the Census department & NOAA to show places & census tracts adjacent to the ocean coast line. This is a novel analysis & for the first time these places & census tracts most likely to be impacted by rising sea levels are available to the public for free.
Click here for other states| No | Place | Number of Ocean Adjacent Census Tracts | Total Population Living In Census Tracts Adjacent to the Ocean | Total Houses In Census Tracts Adjacent to the Ocean | Census tract GEOID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quincy | 8 | 31,524 | 13,963 | 1400000US25021417501, 1400000US25021417802, 1400000US25021417400, 1400000US25021417801, 1400000US25021417300, 1400000US25021417601, 1400000US25021417702, 1400000US25021417602 |
| 2 | Boston | 10 | 30,193 | 14,100 | 1400000US25025981202, 1400000US25025980101, 1400000US25025060600, 1400000US25025090901, 1400000US25025091001, 1400000US25025030500, 1400000US25025100603, 1400000US25025051200, 1400000US25025092101, 1400000US25025030300 |
| 3 | Salem | 5 | 24,078 | 10,036 | 1400000US25009217600, 1400000US25009204101, 1400000US25009204400, 1400000US25009204300, 1400000US25009204500 |
| 4 | Marblehead | 4 | 20,270 | 8,773 | 1400000US25009203301, 1400000US25009203100, 1400000US25009203200, 1400000US25009203302 |
| 5 | Barnstable Town | 5 | 20,218 | 14,429 | 1400000US25001012502, 1400000US25001013002, 1400000US25001012200, 1400000US25001012700, 1400000US25001013200 |
| 6 | Gloucester | 5 | 19,402 | 9,624 | 1400000US25009221300, 1400000US25009221100, 1400000US25009221902, 1400000US25009221500, 1400000US25009221901 |
| 7 | Lynn | 5 | 18,004 | 8,394 | 1400000US25009206600, 1400000US25009206700, 1400000US25009207000, 1400000US25009206900, 1400000US25009207200 |
| 8 | New Bedford | 6 | 16,466 | 7,749 | 1400000US25005652800, 1400000US25005652600, 1400000US25005652500, 1400000US25005651900, 1400000US25005652400, 1400000US25005652700 |
| 9 | Winthrop Town | 5 | 14,482 | 6,720 | 1400000US25025180500, 1400000US25025180101, 1400000US25025180400, 1400000US25025180301, 1400000US25025981300 |
| 10 | Revere | 4 | 13,736 | 6,619 | 1400000US25025170502, 1400000US25025170501, 1400000US25025170701, 1400000US25025170800 |
| 11 | Beverly | 2 | 11,979 | 5,744 | 1400000US25009217400, 1400000US25009217500 |
| 12 | Hingham | 2 | 11,861 | 4,697 | 1400000US25023501101, 1400000US25023501102 |
| 13 | West Falmouth | 2 | 11,013 | 7,125 | 1400000US25001014300, 1400000US25001014402 |
| 14 | Hull | 3 | 10,403 | 5,856 | 1400000US25023500101, 1400000US25023500104, 1400000US25023500103 |
| 15 | Nantucket | 4 | 10,136 | 10,621 | 1400000US25019950100, 1400000US25019950200, 1400000US25019950500, 1400000US25019950400 |
| 16 | Brewster | 2 | 9,864 | 7,761 | 1400000US25001010900, 1400000US25001010800 |
| 17 | East Falmouth | 2 | 9,860 | 5,756 | 1400000US25001014600, 1400000US25001014500 |
| 18 | Plymouth | 2 | 9,283 | 4,538 | 1400000US25023530500, 1400000US25023530300 |
| 19 | West Wareham | 1 | 7,187 | 3,137 | 1400000US25023545100 |
| 20 | Rockport | 2 | 7,111 | 4,203 | 1400000US25009220101, 1400000US25009220102 |
| 21 | Somerset | 1 | 6,901 | 2,994 | 1400000US25005644200 |
| 22 | Scituate | 1 | 6,719 | 3,070 | 1400000US25023505200 |
| 23 | North Scituate | 1 | 6,474 | 2,830 | 1400000US25023505101 |
| 24 | Mattapoisett Center | 1 | 6,176 | 3,179 | 1400000US25023560100 |
| 25 | Chatham | 2 | 6,126 | 7,119 | 1400000US25001010700, 1400000US25001010600 |
| 26 | Kingston | 1 | 6,082 | 2,439 | 1400000US25023509102 |
| 27 | Rowley | 1 | 6,081 | 2,246 | 1400000US25009270100 |
| 28 | East Dennis | 2 | 5,984 | 5,569 | 1400000US25001011300, 1400000US25001011400 |
| 29 | Swampscott | 1 | 5,930 | 2,296 | 1400000US25009202200 |
| 30 | Orleans | 2 | 5,859 | 5,298 | 1400000US25001010400, 1400000US25001010500 |
| 31 | Wareham Center | 1 | 5,821 | 3,426 | 1400000US25023545400 |
| 32 | Green Harbor-Cedar Crest | 1 | 5,521 | 2,227 | 1400000US25023507104 |
| 33 | Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock | 1 | 5,420 | 2,807 | 1400000US25023506204 |
| 34 | Monument Beach | 1 | 5,396 | 3,049 | 1400000US25001013900 |
| 35 | Bliss Corner | 1 | 5,237 | 2,464 | 1400000US25005653301 |
| 36 | Marshfield | 1 | 5,122 | 2,133 | 1400000US25023506203 |
| 37 | Sagamore | 1 | 5,001 | 2,466 | 1400000US25001013800 |
| 38 | Marion Center | 1 | 4,979 | 2,434 | 1400000US25023561100 |
| 39 | North Eastham | 2 | 4,923 | 5,906 | 1400000US25001010304, 1400000US25001010306 |
| 40 | Ocean Grove | 1 | 4,720 | 2,251 | 1400000US25005645101 |
| 41 | The Pinehills | 1 | 4,649 | 2,686 | 1400000US25023530700 |
| 42 | Newburyport | 1 | 4,640 | 2,240 | 1400000US25009268400 |
| 43 | South Duxbury | 1 | 4,383 | 1,818 | 1400000US25023507103 |
| 44 | Ipswich | 1 | 4,290 | 1,906 | 1400000US25009223100 |
| 45 | Northwest Harwich | 1 | 4,258 | 3,436 | 1400000US25001011002 |
| 46 | Pocasset | 1 | 4,173 | 3,178 | 1400000US25001014002 |
| 47 | Vineyard Haven | 1 | 4,055 | 3,035 | 1400000US25007200100 |
| 48 | Fall River | 1 | 4,035 | 1,738 | 1400000US25005640300 |
| 49 | East Sandwich | 1 | 4,000 | 2,343 | 1400000US25001013400 |
| 50 | Weymouth Town | 1 | 3,903 | 1,846 | 1400000US25021422800 |
| 51 | North Plymouth | 1 | 3,803 | 1,691 | 1400000US25023530200 |
| 52 | Woods Hole | 1 | 3,734 | 3,033 | 1400000US25001014900 |
| 53 | Teaticket | 1 | 3,590 | 3,190 | 1400000US25001014700 |
| 54 | Salisbury | 1 | 3,488 | 2,664 | 1400000US25009267101 |
| 55 | Nahant | 1 | 3,454 | 1,756 | 1400000US25009201100 |
| 56 | East Harwich | 1 | 3,379 | 3,585 | 1400000US25001011200 |
| 57 | Falmouth | 1 | 3,353 | 2,739 | 1400000US25001014800 |
| 58 | Sandwich | 1 | 3,277 | 2,047 | 1400000US25001013300 |
| 59 | Provincetown | 1 | 2,962 | 4,517 | 1400000US25001010100 |
| 60 | South Yarmouth | 1 | 2,861 | 3,094 | 1400000US25001012002 |
| 61 | West Yarmouth | 1 | 2,827 | 3,467 | 1400000US25001012102 |
| 62 | Dennis Port | 1 | 2,377 | 4,846 | 1400000US25001011600 |
| 63 | Yarmouth Port | 1 | 2,298 | 1,646 | 1400000US25001011801 |
| 64 | Monomoscoy Island | 1 | 2,244 | 3,317 | 1400000US25001015200 |
| 65 | West Dennis | 1 | 1,865 | 2,757 | 1400000US25001011700 |
| 66 | Madaket | 1 | 420 | 1,142 | 1400000US25019950307 |