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Garbage Disposal Repair in Massachusetts
Across the 176 Massachusetts towns we route calls in, 45% of housing units are detached houses and 48% are in multi-unit buildings. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, which decides who pays for it.
The quick answer
Massachusetts runs 45% detached houses, 48% multi-unit and 1% manufactured across the 176 towns covered here. In a house the disposal is usually the occupant's; in a rented apartment it is usually the landlord's.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024.
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How Massachusetts is built
| Housing type | Share of housing units |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 45% |
| Attached houses | 6% |
| Multi-unit buildings | 48% |
| Manufactured and mobile homes | 1% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024 (units in structure), 2023 release. Universe: 1,794,863 housing units including vacant ones, across the areas we cover.
The state does not divide evenly: 73 Massachusetts towns lead on detached houses, 51 Massachusetts towns lead on single-family housing, 33 Massachusetts towns lead on multi-unit buildings, 18 Massachusetts towns lead on a mix of building types, 1 Massachusetts towns lead on manufactured homes. That is why the town pages below carry their own figure rather than inheriting this one.
The largest towns we route
| Town | Detached | Multi-unit | Housing units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 1% | 96% | 83,117 |
| Cambridge | 10% | 84% | 54,752 |
| Quincy | 32% | 62% | 48,182 |
| Lowell | 30% | 61% | 44,110 |
| Lynn | 37% | 59% | 37,849 |
| Somerville | 12% | 83% | 37,451 |
| Dorchester | 10% | 84% | 36,422 |
| Lawrence | 20% | 72% | 31,929 |
Checking a plumber in Massachusetts
Massachusetts licenses are issued by the Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.
Towns we route in Massachusetts
- Abington 62% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Acton 64% detached · 28% multi-unit
- Allston 4% detached · 91% multi-unit
- Andover 69% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Arlington 38% detached · 55% multi-unit
- Attleboro 54% detached · 36% multi-unit
- Attleboro Falls 60% detached · 31% multi-unit
- Auburndale 44% detached · 50% multi-unit
- Avon 63% detached · 33% multi-unit
- Bedford 64% detached · 28% multi-unit
- Bellingham 75% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Belmont 46% detached · 48% multi-unit
- Berkley 96% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Beverly 49% detached · 47% multi-unit
- Billerica 74% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Boston 1% detached · 96% multi-unit
- Boxborough 67% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Boxford 85% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Braintree 64% detached · 31% multi-unit
- Bridgewater 64% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Brighton 9% detached · 87% multi-unit
- Brookline 12% detached · 84% multi-unit
- Burlington 70% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Byfield 75% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Cambridge 10% detached · 84% multi-unit
- Canton 58% detached · 35% multi-unit
- Carlisle 94% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Carver 73% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Charlestown 5% detached · 81% multi-unit
- Chelmsford 72% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Chelsea 9% detached · 86% multi-unit
- Chestnut Hill 46% detached · 44% multi-unit
- Cohasset 84% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Concord 71% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Danvers 56% detached · 37% multi-unit
- Dedham 65% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Dorchester 10% detached · 84% multi-unit
- Dorchester Center 18% detached · 74% multi-unit
- Dover 96% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Dracut 69% detached · 25% multi-unit
- Duxbury 83% detached · 14% multi-unit
- East Boston 8% detached · 88% multi-unit
- East Bridgewater 82% detached · 12% multi-unit
- East Walpole 72% detached · 23% multi-unit
- East Weymouth 55% detached · 38% multi-unit
- Essex 71% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Everett 19% detached · 72% multi-unit
- Foxboro 62% detached · 31% multi-unit
- Franklin 63% detached · 27% multi-unit
- Georgetown 82% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Gloucester 51% detached · 44% multi-unit
- Groveland 76% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Halifax 71% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Hanover 84% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Hanscom AFB 30% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Hanson 78% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Haverhill 42% detached · 47% multi-unit
- Hingham 68% detached · 27% multi-unit
- Holbrook 82% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Hudson 56% detached · 34% multi-unit
- Hull 73% detached · 25% multi-unit
- Hyde Park 36% detached · 51% multi-unit
- Ipswich 61% detached · 27% multi-unit
- Jamaica Plain 12% detached · 83% multi-unit
- Kingston 78% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Lakeville 85% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Lawrence 20% detached · 72% multi-unit
- Lexington 73% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Lincoln 69% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Littleton 84% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Lowell 30% detached · 61% multi-unit
- Lynn 37% detached · 59% multi-unit
- Lynnfield 77% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Malden 25% detached · 67% multi-unit
- Manchester 70% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Mansfield 59% detached · 35% multi-unit
- Marblehead 75% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Marshfield 82% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Mattapan 22% detached · 70% multi-unit
- Maynard 63% detached · 29% multi-unit
- Medfield 83% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Medford 32% detached · 60% multi-unit
- Medway 83% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Melrose 55% detached · 40% multi-unit
- Methuen 60% detached · 32% multi-unit
- Middleboro 71% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Middleton 72% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Millis 67% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Milton 75% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Nahant 76% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Natick 56% detached · 39% multi-unit
- Needham 85% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Needham Heights 63% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Newbury 80% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Newburyport 55% detached · 31% multi-unit
- Newton 37% detached · 49% multi-unit
- Newton Center 76% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Newton Highlands 69% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Newton Lower Falls 78% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Newton Upper Falls 30% detached · 52% multi-unit
- Newtonville 45% detached · 48% multi-unit
- Norfolk 91% detached · 4% multi-unit
- North Andover 55% detached · 35% multi-unit
- North Attleboro 57% detached · 31% multi-unit
- North Billerica 58% detached · 29% multi-unit
- North Chelmsford 54% detached · 29% multi-unit
- North Dighton 81% detached · 14% multi-unit
- North Easton 69% detached · 24% multi-unit
- North Reading 76% detached · 18% multi-unit
- North Weymouth 70% detached · 29% multi-unit
- Norton 69% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Norwell 90% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Norwood 45% detached · 49% multi-unit
- Peabody 50% detached · 43% multi-unit
- Pembroke 81% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Plainville 51% detached · 36% multi-unit
- Plymouth 68% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Plympton 96% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Prides Crossing 94% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Quincy 32% detached · 62% multi-unit
- Randolph 61% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Raynham 65% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Reading 72% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Rehoboth 91% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Revere 29% detached · 62% multi-unit
- Rockland 57% detached · 28% multi-unit
- Rockport 69% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Roslindale 34% detached · 56% multi-unit
- Rowley 72% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Roxbury 11% detached · 78% multi-unit
- Roxbury Crossing 3% detached · 84% multi-unit
- Sagamore Beach 88% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Salem 25% detached · 68% multi-unit
- Saugus 66% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Scituate 84% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Sharon 82% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Sherborn 88% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Somerville 12% detached · 83% multi-unit
- South Boston 8% detached · 81% multi-unit
- South Easton 53% detached · 24% multi-unit
- South Hamilton 82% detached · 15% multi-unit
- South Walpole 95% detached · 5% multi-unit
- South Weymouth 53% detached · 42% multi-unit
- Stoneham 54% detached · 42% multi-unit
- Stoughton 65% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Stow 81% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Sudbury 85% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Swampscott 53% detached · 42% multi-unit
- Swansea 92% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Taunton 42% detached · 47% multi-unit
- Tewksbury 68% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Topsfield 85% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Tyngsboro 68% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Waban 97% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Wakefield 55% detached · 40% multi-unit
- Walpole 70% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Waltham 37% detached · 55% multi-unit
- Watertown 18% detached · 71% multi-unit
- Wayland 80% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Wellesley 75% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Wellesley Hills 89% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Wenham 81% detached · 14% multi-unit
- West Bridgewater 78% detached · 12% multi-unit
- West Newbury 91% detached · 3% multi-unit
- West Newton 61% detached · 34% multi-unit
- West Roxbury 59% detached · 37% multi-unit
- Westford 79% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Weston 88% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Westwood 78% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Weymouth 53% detached · 41% multi-unit
- Whitman 59% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Wilmington 84% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Winchester 71% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Winthrop 31% detached · 65% multi-unit
- Woburn 48% detached · 43% multi-unit
- Wrentham 78% detached · 17% multi-unit
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