Access to the Internet is crucial for households to communicate, search for jobs, complete schoolwork and participate in other important activities like banking, health care access and consumer research.

In 2014-18, 87% of households in MetroWest had access to the Internet, slightly higher than the state (85%) and higher than the national rate of 81%. Worcester County's rate of 84% was lower than Middlesex and Norfolk (88% and 89%).

Rates of Internet access were 95% or higher in, Boxborough, Dover, Harvard, Lexington, Medway, Sherborn and Sudbury. Waltham and Milford were on the lower end of the spectrum, with 87% and 85%, respectively. Rates were 88% in Framingham and 91% in Natick. The rate in Boston, for comparison, was 84%.

Internet access questions were not included in surveys until 2013. Data for this indicator is expected to be released annually in December.