There are a number of party hot spots in Massachusetts.

For example, Cambridge, Massachusetts has been called one of the biggest party towns in the nation. And you can see why. It has a large number of college kids, a very young population, and frankly, there’s a huge bar scene.

But is it the best city to score in? The purpose of this post is to use science and data to determine which places are the easiest you could possibly go in Massachusetts if you wanted to hook up with someone.

After analyzing 60 of the state’s most populous areas (over 10,000 people), we came up with this list as the 10 easiest places to get laid in the state of Massachusetts:

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1. Boston (Photos)
2. Cambridge (Photos)
3. Brookline
4. Medford (Photos)
5. North Adams (Photos)
6. Northampton (Photos)
7. Fall River (Photos)
8. Quincy (Photos)
9. Worcester (Photos)
10. Amherst Center (Photos)

You might be thinking, ‘Boston?!’ Why haven’t I gone there before?

Well if you live in Boston, you’re probably already aware of the pure excitement level, based on the criteria we list below. And if you’re not already regularly hooking up there…well, then there’s nothing we can do about that.

That’s your own personal problem.

Read on below to see how we crunched the numbers and see how the places near you fared. We’ve got the complete list of the most populous cities below so you know where to go and where to avoid on your next road trip.

The hardest place to get lucky in Massachusetts, according to science? That would be Wilmington. More on that later.

For more Massachusetts reading, check out:

• 10 Cheapest Places To Live In Massachusetts
• 10 Safest Places To Live In Massachusetts

How do you decide if a place in the Bay State is easy to get lucky in?

In order to rank the chances where you’re most likely to get laid in Massachusetts, we had to determine what criteria helps people hook up. It isn’t a stretch to assume that people will get frisky where there are plenty of young singles, areas where people aren’t married and with kids, and in areas with high lots of adult things to do.

So we found databases across the internet for those criteria, and it spit out the answer. Like magic.

How we crunched the numbers for getting laid

We know we are answering a bar topic with this one, but we still try to be scientific about it. With that in mind we used the most recent 2012-2016 American Community Survey Census data produced for the state of Massachusetts. And we paired it up with data from OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 and colleges from IPEDS.

Can’t really get any better data than that.

We paid particular attention to:

• Population density
• % of population that’s female (More females than males)
• % of unmarried people in each city
• % of households with kids in each city
• Colleges per capita
• Bars per capita

We then gave each city a ‘Chance To Get Laid Score’.

The higher the score, the better the city is for getting lucky. We also limited our results to cities with populations over 10,000 people. For Massachusetts, that meant a total of 60 cities.

Read on to see why Boston is party central.

1. Boston

Get Laid Score: 79.2
Population: 658,279
% Female Population: 52.0%
Bars: 99
Colleges: 28
Boston (pronounced /bstn/ ( listen) BOSS-tn) is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. It is also the seat of Suffolk County, although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999. The city proper covers 48 square miles (124 km2) with an estimated population of 673,184 in 2016, making it the largest city in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest such area in the country. As a combined statistical area (CSA), this wider commuting region is home to some 8.2 million people, making it the sixth-largest in the United States.

2. Cambridge

Get Laid Score: 78.7
Population: 108,757
% Female Population: 51.2%
Bars: 44
Colleges: 6
Cambridge (/kembrd/ KAYM-brij) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and part of the Boston metropolitan area.

3. Brookline

Get Laid Score: 78.4
Population: 59,180
% Female Population: 55.2%
Bars: 10
Colleges: 3
Brookline /brklan/ is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and is a part of Greater Boston. Brookline borders six of Boston’s neighborhoods: Brighton, Allston, Fenway?Kenmore, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and West Roxbury. The city of Newton lies to the west of Brookline.

4. Medford

Get Laid Score: 68.1
Population: 57,180
% Female Population: 52.3%
Bars: 5
Colleges: 2
Medford is a city 3.2 miles northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. In the 2010 U.S. Census, Medford’s population was 56,173. It is home to Tufts University.

5. North Adams

Get Laid Score: 65.1
Population: 13,326
% Female Population: 52.2%
Bars: 5
Colleges: 2
North Adams is a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 13,708 as of the 2010 census, making it the least populous city in the state. Best known as the home of the largest contemporary art museum in the United States, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams has in recent years become a center for tourism, culture and recreation.

6. Northampton

Get Laid Score: 62.1
Population: 28,534
% Female Population: 55.8%
Bars: 11
Colleges: 1
The city of Northampton (/nræmptn/ ( listen)) is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of Northampton (including its outer villages, Florence and Leeds) was 28,549.

7. Fall River

Get Laid Score: 61.7
Population: 88,902
% Female Population: 52.6%
Bars: 4
Colleges: 3
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Fall River’s population was 88,857 at the 2010 census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state.

8. Quincy

Get Laid Score: 61.4
Population: 93,349
% Female Population: 51.6%
Bars: 11
Colleges: 2
Quincy (pronounced /kwnzi/ KWIN-zee) is the largest city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a major part of Metropolitan Boston and is Boston’s immediate southern suburb. Its population in 2014 was 93,397, making it the 8th-largest city in the state. Known as the ‘City of Presidents,’ Quincy is the birthplace of two U.S. presidents ? John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams ? as well as John Hancock, a President of the Continental Congress and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.

9. Worcester

Get Laid Score: 60.4
Population: 183,677
% Female Population: 50.8%
Bars: 17
Colleges: 8
Worcester (/wstr/ WUUSS-tr, local pronunciation: [wst] WUUSS-t)  pronunciation (help·info) is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city’s population was 181,045, making it the second most populous city in New England after Boston. Worcester is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston, 50 miles (80 km) east of Springfield and 40 miles (64 km) north of Providence. Due to its location in Central Massachusetts, Worcester is known as the ‘Heart of the Commonwealth’, thus, a heart is the official symbol of the city. However, the heart symbol may also have its provenance in lore that the mass-produced Valentine’s Day card was invented in the city.

10. Amherst Center

Get Laid Score: 59.7
Population: 20,037
% Female Population: 53.6%
Bars: 11
Colleges: 0

There You Have It – The Best Cities for Getting Some in Massachusetts

If you’re looking at cities in Massachusetts where it’s easy to get laid because the population is young, single and ready to party, this is an accurate list.

Who ever said science is a bore?

If you’re also curious enough, here are the hardest places to get laid in Massachusetts, according to science:

1. Wilmington
2. Lynnfield
3. Burlington

For more Massachusetts reading, check out:

• These Are The 10 Best Places To Live In Massachusetts
• These Are The 10 Most Ghetto Cities In Massachusetts
• These Are The 10 Worst Places To Live In Massachusetts

Detailed List Of The Best Cities For Getting Laid In Massachusetts

City	Rank	Population	Percent Female	Bars
Boston, MA	1	658,279	52.0%	99
Cambridge, MA	2	108,757	51.2%	44
Brookline, MA	3	59,180	55.2%	10
Medford, MA	4	57,180	52.3%	5
North Adams, MA	5	13,326	52.2%	5
Northampton, MA	6	28,534	55.8%	11
Fall River, MA	7	88,902	52.6%	4
Quincy, MA	8	93,349	51.6%	11
Worcester, MA	9	183,677	50.8%	17
Amherst Center, MA	10	20,037	53.6%	11
Springfield, MA	11	153,991	52.7%	8
Swampscott, MA	12	14,250	53.8%	4
Waltham, MA	13	62,699	51.2%	15
Somerville, MA	14	79,507	50.5%	20
Newton, MA	15	88,317	52.7%	8
Wellesley, MA	16	28,909	56.4%	4
Brockton, MA	17	94,813	52.0%	4
New Bedford, MA	18	94,988	53.0%	4
Framingham, MA	19	70,743	52.5%	9
Milton, MA	20	27,351	53.3%	7
Chicopee, MA	21	56,100	51.1%	4
Webster, MA	22	12,122	54.3%	4
Gardner, MA	23	20,334	50.8%	5
Randolph, MA	24	33,526	53.4%	4
Lowell, MA	25	109,871	49.8%	7
Haverhill, MA	26	62,340	52.2%	8
Malden, MA	27	60,732	51.7%	6
South Yarmouth, MA	28	10,953	54.8%	4
Hull, MA	29	10,437	51.2%	4
Danvers, MA	30	27,558	51.6%	5
Newburyport, MA	31	17,837	54.4%	6
Lawrence, MA	32	79,337	51.7%	6
Longmeadow, MA	33	15,837	52.7%	4
Peabody, MA	34	52,235	51.9%	4
Revere, MA	35	53,165	48.3%	4
Everett, MA	36	44,636	51.5%	5
Lynn, MA	37	92,074	51.4%	5
Marblehead, MA	38	20,363	53.6%	5
Norwood, MA	39	29,018	51.6%	4
Stoneham, MA	40	21,831	51.1%	4
Saugus, MA	41	27,773	52.9%	5
Belmont, MA	42	25,555	53.3%	6
Melrose, MA	43	27,787	51.4%	4
Dedham, MA	44	25,272	51.8%	4
Abington, MA	45	16,196	56.2%	4
Wakefield, MA	46	26,399	51.6%	4
Taunton, MA	47	56,504	52.2%	5
Gloucester, MA	48	29,546	51.7%	4
Needham, MA	49	30,167	50.4%	4
Hudson, MA	50	15,379	50.4%	6
Somerset, MA	51	18,279	50.7%	4
Holbrook, MA	52	11,008	50.9%	4
Milford, MA	53	25,701	51.2%	4
Maynard, MA	54	10,526	49.4%	5
Reading, MA	55	25,490	50.8%	4
Winchester, MA	56	22,491	51.0%	4
Lexington, MA	57	32,936	51.8%	6
Burlington, MA	58	25,698	50.3%	4
Lynnfield, MA	59	12,489	50.6%	4
Wilmington, MA	60	23,310	49.9%	4