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Cities in Massachusetts by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate

Lawrence, MA had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 51 cities in 2021, at 36.5%. Newton, MA had the lowest, at 14.8%. The median was 23.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest36.5Lawrence, MA
Lowest14.8Newton, MA
Median23.551 cities

All cities, 2021

Lawrence, MA: 36.5 %Lawrence, MA36.5Holyoke, MA: 34.7 %Holyoke, MA34.7Springfield, MA: 34.3 %Springfield, MA34.3New Bedford, MA: 34.2 %New Bedford, MA34.2Fall River, MA: 33.7 %Fall River, MA33.7Chelsea, MA: 31.7 %Chelsea, MA31.7Lynn, MA: 30.3 %Lynn, MA30.3Taunton, MA: 29.1 %Taunton, MA29.1Southbridge Town, MA: 28.6 %Southbridge Town, MA28.6Chicopee, MA: 27.4 %Chicopee, MA27.4Lowell, MA: 27.3 %Lowell, MA27.3Brockton, MA: 27 %Brockton, MA27North Adams, MA: 26.5 %North Adams, MA26.5Revere, MA: 26.5 %Revere, MA26.5Everett, MA: 25.8 %Everett, MA25.8Worcester, MA: 25.8 %Worcester, MA25.8Attleboro, MA: 25.3 %Attleboro, MA25.3Fitchburg, MA: 25.2 %Fitchburg, MA25.2Pittsfield, MA: 24.6 %Pittsfield, MA24.6Randolph Town, MA: 24.6 %Randolph Town, MA24.6Palmer Town, MA: 24.4 %Palmer Town, MA24.4Haverhill, MA: 24.2 %Haverhill, MA24.2West Springfield Town, MA: 24.2 %West Springfield Town, MA24.2Gardner, MA: 24.1 %Gardner, MA24.1Malden, MA: 24 %Malden, MA24Leominster, MA: 23.5 %Leominster, MA23.5Peabody, MA: 23.2 %Peabody, MA23.2Boston, MA: 22.7 %Boston, MA22.7Quincy, MA: 22.5 %Quincy, MA22.5Salem, MA: 22.5 %Salem, MA22.5Agawam Town, MA: 22.2 %Agawam Town, MA22.2Gloucester, MA: 22.1 %Gloucester, MA22.1Westfield, MA: 22 %Westfield, MA22Framingham, MA: 20.7 %Framingham, MA20.7Winthrop Town, MA: 20.6 %Winthrop Town, MA20.6Barnstable Town, MA: 20.5 %Barnstable Town, MA20.5Marlborough, MA: 20.4 %Marlborough, MA20.4Weymouth Town, MA: 20 %Weymouth Town, MA20Braintree Town, MA: 19.6 %Braintree Town, MA19.6Beverly, MA: 19.4 %Beverly, MA19.4Woburn, MA: 19 %Woburn, MA19Bridgewater Town, MA: 18.8 %Bridgewater Town, MA18.8Medford, MA: 18.4 %Medford, MA18.4Northampton, MA: 18.4 %Northampton, MA18.4Waltham, MA: 17.8 %Waltham, MA17.8Newburyport, MA: 17.7 %Newburyport, MA17.7Somerville, MA: 16.8 %Somerville, MA16.8Franklin Town, MA: 16.4 %Franklin Town, MA16.4Melrose, MA: 16.3 %Melrose, MA16.3Cambridge, MA: 15.1 %Cambridge, MA15.1Newton, MA: 14.8 %Newton, MA14.8Lawrence, MA: 36.5 %Lawrence, MA36.5Holyoke, MA: 34.7 %Holyoke, MA34.7Springfield, MA: 34.3 %Springfield, MA34.3New Bedford, MA: 34.2 %New Bedford, MA34.2Fall River, MA: 33.7 %Fall River, MA33.7Chelsea, MA: 31.7 %Chelsea, MA31.7Lynn, MA: 30.3 %Lynn, MA30.3Taunton, MA: 29.1 %Taunton, MA29.1Southbridge Town, MA: 28.6 %Southbridge Town, MA28.6Chicopee, MA: 27.4 %Chicopee, MA27.4Lowell, MA: 27.3 %Lowell, MA27.3Brockton, MA: 27 %Brockton, MA27North Adams, MA: 26.5 %North Adams, MA26.5Revere, MA: 26.5 %Revere, MA26.5Everett, MA: 25.8 %Everett, MA25.8Worcester, MA: 25.8 %Worcester, MA25.8Attleboro, MA: 25.3 %Attleboro, MA25.3Fitchburg, MA: 25.2 %Fitchburg, MA25.2Pittsfield, MA: 24.6 %Pittsfield, MA24.6Randolph Town, MA: 24.6 %Randolph Town, MA24.6Palmer Town, MA: 24.4 %Palmer Town, MA24.4Haverhill, MA: 24.2 %Haverhill, MA24.2West Springfield Town, MA: 24.2 %West Springfield Town, MA24.2Gardner, MA: 24.1 %Gardner, MA24.1Malden, MA: 24 %Malden, MA24Leominster, MA: 23.5 %Leominster, MA23.5Peabody, MA: 23.2 %Peabody, MA23.2Boston, MA: 22.7 %Boston, MA22.7Quincy, MA: 22.5 %Quincy, MA22.5Salem, MA: 22.5 %Salem, MA22.5Agawam Town, MA: 22.2 %Agawam Town, MA22.2Gloucester, MA: 22.1 %Gloucester, MA22.1Westfield, MA: 22 %Westfield, MA22Framingham, MA: 20.7 %Framingham, MA20.7Winthrop Town, MA: 20.6 %Winthrop Town, MA20.6Barnstable Town, MA: 20.5 %Barnstable Town, MA20.5Marlborough, MA: 20.4 %Marlborough, MA20.4Weymouth Town, MA: 20 %Weymouth Town, MA20Braintree Town, MA: 19.6 %Braintree Town, MA19.6Beverly, MA: 19.4 %Beverly, MA19.4Woburn, MA: 19 %Woburn, MA19Bridgewater Town, MA: 18.8 %Bridgewater Town, MA18.8Medford, MA: 18.4 %Medford, MA18.4Northampton, MA: 18.4 %Northampton, MA18.4Waltham, MA: 17.8 %Waltham, MA17.8Newburyport, MA: 17.7 %Newburyport, MA17.7Somerville, MA: 16.8 %Somerville, MA16.8Franklin Town, MA: 16.4 %Franklin Town, MA16.4Melrose, MA: 16.3 %Melrose, MA16.3Cambridge, MA: 15.1 %Cambridge, MA15.1Newton, MA: 14.8 %Newton, MA14.8
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021 (%)
1Lawrence, MA36.5
2Holyoke, MA34.7
3Springfield, MA34.3
4New Bedford, MA34.2
5Fall River, MA33.7
6Chelsea, MA31.7
7Lynn, MA30.3
8Taunton, MA29.1
9Southbridge Town, MA28.6
10Chicopee, MA27.4
11Lowell, MA27.3
12Brockton, MA27
13North Adams, MA26.5
13Revere, MA26.5
15Everett, MA25.8
15Worcester, MA25.8
17Attleboro, MA25.3
18Fitchburg, MA25.2
19Pittsfield, MA24.6
19Randolph Town, MA24.6
21Palmer Town, MA24.4
22Haverhill, MA24.2
22West Springfield Town, MA24.2
24Gardner, MA24.1
25Malden, MA24
26Leominster, MA23.5
27Peabody, MA23.2
28Boston, MA22.7
29Quincy, MA22.5
29Salem, MA22.5
31Agawam Town, MA22.2
32Gloucester, MA22.1
33Westfield, MA22
34Framingham, MA20.7
35Winthrop Town, MA20.6
36Barnstable Town, MA20.5
37Marlborough, MA20.4
38Weymouth Town, MA20
39Braintree Town, MA19.6
40Beverly, MA19.4
41Woburn, MA19
42Bridgewater Town, MA18.8
43Medford, MA18.4
43Northampton, MA18.4
45Waltham, MA17.8
46Newburyport, MA17.7
47Somerville, MA16.8
48Franklin Town, MA16.4
49Melrose, MA16.3
50Cambridge, MA15.1
51Newton, MA14.8

Other periods

About this ranking

Percentage of adults who did no physical activity or exercise outside their regular job in the past month, such as running, golf, gardening or walking for exercise. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 3 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Massachusetts by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Massachusetts by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/massachusetts-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Massachusetts by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/massachusetts-cities?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Massachusetts by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/massachusetts-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate?

Lawrence, MA, with 36.5% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which city has the lowest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate?

Newton, MA, with 14.8% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 cities have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.

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