# Massachusetts Senior Housing & Health Data
Massachusetts has 764 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 51,645 elderly units, of which 99 are rural and 588 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 764
- Elderly units: 51,645
- HUD Section 202: 354 properties (39,767 units)
- USDA Section 515: 60 properties (1,818 units)
- Rural properties: 99 across 6 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 588 (42,984 units)
- Population 65+: 1,221,349 (est. 455,067 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/MA