What Massachusetts Towns Have the Most Liquor Licenses Per Resident – Nobody Is Even Close To #1!
What Massachusetts towns are “the wettest?” I hit up the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission and counted them up! Using the most up-to-date info I could gather I compared the…

What Massachusetts towns are "the wettest?" I hit up the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission and counted them up! Using the most up-to-date info I could gather I compared the number of residents per town to the number of alcohol licenses licensed to the coordinating town giving us - THE WETTEST TOWNS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
If you're looking to light it up, these are your towns - let's count 'em down!
#25
LEE
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 45.4
#24
DENNIS
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 45.8
#23
WILLIAMSBURG
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 48.3
#22
ESSEX
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 48.5
#21
SANDISFIELD
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 54.6
#20
PETERSHAM
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 56.7
#19
EGREMONT
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 57.1
#18
CHATHAM
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 58.8
#17
ORLEANS
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 61.1
#16
BECKET
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 61.8
#15
AQUINNAH
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 64.3
#14
SHELBURNE
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 68.7
#13
WEST STOCKBRIDGE
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 68.9
#12
GREAT BARRINGTON
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 69.0
#11
TRURO
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 69.9
#10
CHARLEMONY
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 71.1
#9
OAK BLUFFS
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 72.9
#8
MONROE
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 82.6
#7
NANTUCKET
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 87.5
#6
EDGARTOWN
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 88.5
#5
LENOX
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 89.6
#4
STOCKBRIDGE
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 102.7
#3
WELLFLEET
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 123.6
#2
HANCOCK
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 139.5
#1
PROVINCETOWN
# of licenses per 10,000 residents: 237.9