We all love the biggest cities that the Bay State has to offer. You know the places like Boston and Worcester which make all the headlines.
But there are a bunch of other great large cities in Massachusetts that don't get as much love.
We're going to change that right now.
Using the most recent Census data, we can tell you about all the places in Massachusetts with a focus on the biggest. We update the data each year and this is our fourth time doing this.
You can click here to see a full table of the full of the 100 biggest cities in Massachusetts, along with every other place over 1,000 people big. It is sortable by clicking on the headers.
Read on below to see more on the biggest cities. Or for more reading on places to live in Massachusetts, check out:
Rank Last Year: 1 (No Change)
Population: 689,326
Population 2010: 602,609
Growth: 14.4%
More on Boston: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 2 (No Change)
Population: 185,186
Population 2010: 179,994
Growth: 2.9%
More on Worcester: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 3 (No Change)
Population: 153,677
Population 2010: 152,906
Growth: 0.5%
More on Springfield: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 5 (Up 1)
Population: 117,822
Population 2010: 103,506
Growth: 13.8%
More on Cambridge: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 4 (Down 1)
Population: 111,311
Population 2010: 105,089
Growth: 5.9%
More on Lowell: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 7 (Up 1)
Population: 95,740
Population 2010: 93,869
Growth: 2.0%
More on Brockton: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 6 (Down 1)
Population: 95,355
Population 2010: 94,945
Growth: 0.4%
More on New Bedford: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 8 (No Change)
Population: 94,389
Population 2010: 90,780
Growth: 4.0%
More on Quincy: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 9 (No Change)
Population: 94,201
Population 2010: 89,625
Growth: 5.1%
More on Lynn: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 10 (No Change)
Population: 89,618
Population 2010: 89,482
Growth: 0.2%
More on Fall River: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
We've been ranking and dissecting cities in the Bay State for over 4 years now -- making this actually the fourth time we've run the numbers. We always use the best data, the US Census. In this case, that means we are using the 2013-2017 American Community Survey.
It what is probably the most simple analysis we run each year, we ranked every place in Massachusetts from biggest to smallest. The biggest city this year? That would be Boston.
The smallest? Onset, although there are places smaller than 1,000 people not listed here, so keep that in mind as we take a look at the top ten.
We hope that you find the big city, or really any city, that's right for you. Below is a list of the rest of the biggest cities along with every other place in Massachusetts.
Have fun snacking around in the Bay State!
For more reading on Massachusetts, check out:
Rank | City | Current Population | 2010 | Growth | |||||
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1 | Boston | 689,326 | 602,609 | 14.4% | |||||
2 | Worcester | 185,186 | 179,994 | 2.9% | |||||
3 | Springfield | 153,677 | 152,906 | 0.5% | |||||
4 | Cambridge | 117,822 | 103,506 | 13.8% | |||||
5 | Lowell | 111,311 | 105,089 | 5.9% | |||||
6 | Brockton | 95,740 | 93,869 | 2.0% | |||||
7 | New Bedford | 95,355 | 94,945 | 0.4% | |||||
8 | Quincy | 94,389 | 90,780 | 4.0% | |||||
9 | Lynn | 94,201 | 89,625 | 5.1% | |||||
10 | Fall River | 89,618 | 89,482 | 0.2% | |||||
11 | Newton | 88,322 | 83,949 | 5.2% | |||||
12 | Somerville | 81,175 | 75,215 | 7.9% | |||||
13 | Lawrence | 80,022 | 75,177 | 6.4% | |||||
14 | Framingham | 71,649 | 67,339 | 6.4% | |||||
15 | Haverhill | 63,783 | 60,203 | 5.9% | |||||
16 | Waltham | 62,597 | 59,771 | 4.7% | |||||
17 | Malden | 60,710 | 58,180 | 4.3% | |||||
18 | Brookline | 59,223 | 57,953 | 2.2% | |||||
19 | Medford | 58,290 | 55,451 | 5.1% | |||||
20 | Taunton | 57,327 | 55,954 | 2.5% | |||||
21 | Weymouth Town | 57,213 | 53,342 | 7.3% | |||||
22 | Chicopee | 55,186 | 55,165 | 0.0% | |||||
23 | Revere | 53,400 | 50,008 | 6.8% | |||||
24 | Peabody | 53,004 | 50,455 | 5.1% | |||||
25 | Methuen Town | 50,518 | 46,393 | 8.9% | |||||
26 | Everett | 46,275 | 40,560 | 14.1% | |||||
27 | Arlington | 45,379 | 42,240 | 7.4% | |||||
28 | Attleboro | 45,023 | 43,355 | 3.8% | |||||
29 | Barnstable Town | 44,497 | 45,775 | -2.8% | |||||
30 | Salem | 43,350 | 40,964 | 5.8% | |||||
31 | Pittsfield | 42,514 | 44,788 | -5.1% | |||||
32 | Beverly | 42,062 | 39,351 | 6.9% | |||||
33 | Leominster | 41,581 | 40,941 | 1.6% | |||||
34 | Westfield | 41,303 | 40,974 | 0.8% | |||||
35 | Fitchburg | 40,576 | 40,214 | 0.9% | |||||
36 | Woburn | 40,297 | 37,538 | 7.3% | |||||
37 | Holyoke | 40,161 | 39,885 | 0.7% | |||||
38 | Chelsea | 39,878 | 34,532 | 15.5% | |||||
39 | Marlborough | 39,663 | 37,674 | 5.3% | |||||
40 | Braintree Town | 37,196 | 35,122 | 5.9% | |||||
41 | Watertown Town | 35,749 | 31,591 | 13.2% | |||||
42 | Randolph | 33,924 | 31,661 | 7.1% | |||||
43 | Franklin Town | 33,644 | 31,023 | 8.4% | |||||
44 | Lexington | 33,304 | 30,862 | 7.9% | |||||
45 | Needham | 31,177 | 28,683 | 8.7% | |||||
46 | Gloucester | 30,291 | 28,893 | 4.8% | |||||
47 | Norwood | 29,446 | 28,375 | 3.8% | |||||
48 | Wellesley | 28,747 | 27,623 | 4.1% | |||||
49 | Agawam Town | 28,627 | 28,383 | 0.9% | |||||
50 | Northampton | 28,552 | 28,709 | -0.5% | |||||
51 | West Springfield Town | 28,527 | 28,287 | 0.8% | |||||
52 | Saugus | 28,326 | 26,392 | 7.3% | |||||
53 | Burlington | 28,077 | 23,926 | 17.3% | |||||
54 | Melrose | 28,054 | 26,704 | 5.1% | |||||
55 | Milton | 27,590 | 26,667 | 3.5% | |||||
56 | Danvers | 27,549 | 26,113 | 5.5% | |||||
57 | Wakefield | 27,041 | 24,620 | 9.8% | |||||
58 | Belmont | 26,158 | 24,356 | 7.4% | |||||
59 | Milford | 26,072 | 24,949 | 4.5% | |||||
60 | Dedham | 25,330 | 24,325 | 4.1% | |||||
61 | Reading | 25,236 | 24,261 | 4.0% | |||||
62 | Stoneham | 23,625 | 21,320 | 10.8% | |||||
63 | Wilmington | 23,390 | 21,891 | 6.8% | |||||
64 | Winchester | 22,760 | 21,016 | 8.3% | |||||
65 | Gardner | 20,605 | 20,386 | 1.1% | |||||
66 | Marblehead | 20,530 | 19,797 | 3.7% | |||||
67 | Amherst Center | 20,409 | 19,535 | 4.5% | |||||
68 | Winthrop Town | 18,558 | 17,311 | 7.2% | |||||
69 | Newburyport | 18,197 | 17,288 | 5.3% | |||||
70 | Somerset | 18,160 | 18,185 | -0.1% | |||||
71 | Amesbury Town | 17,474 | 16,225 | 7.7% | |||||
72 | Greenfield Town | 17,375 | 17,610 | -1.3% | |||||
73 | Southbridge Town | 16,865 | 16,851 | 0.1% | |||||
74 | Abington | 16,557 | 15,704 | 5.4% | |||||
75 | Easthampton Town | 15,930 | 16,054 | -0.8% | |||||
76 | Longmeadow | 15,736 | 15,759 | -0.1% | |||||
77 | Hudson | 15,222 | 14,653 | 3.9% | |||||
78 | Swampscott | 15,184 | 13,819 | 9.9% | |||||
79 | Lynnfield | 12,968 | 11,487 | 12.9% | |||||
80 | North Adams | 12,897 | 13,851 | -6.9% | |||||
81 | Palmer Town | 12,236 | 12,196 | 0.3% | |||||
82 | Webster | 11,719 | 11,393 | 2.9% | |||||
83 | Holbrook | 11,051 | 10,694 | 3.3% | |||||
84 | Maynard | 10,900 | 10,036 | 8.6% | |||||
85 | South Yarmouth | 10,598 | 11,468 | -7.6% | |||||
86 | Hull | 10,478 | 10,420 | 0.6% | |||||
87 | Bridgewater | 9,255 | 7,328 | 26.3% | |||||
88 | Andover | 8,821 | 8,586 | 2.7% | |||||
89 | Nantucket | 8,606 | 7,951 | 8.2% | |||||
90 | Athol | 8,323 | 8,020 | 3.8% | |||||
91 | Mansfield Center | 8,043 | 7,601 | 5.8% | |||||
92 | Middleborough Center | 7,564 | 6,673 | 13.4% | |||||
93 | Whitinsville | 7,435 | 7,055 | 5.4% | |||||
94 | West Concord | 7,294 | 6,204 | 17.6% | |||||
95 | Clinton | 7,058 | 7,201 | -2.0% | |||||
96 | Pinehurst | 6,997 | 7,190 | -2.7% | |||||
97 | Plymouth | 6,949 | 6,759 | 2.8% | |||||
98 | North Amherst | 6,907 | 6,619 | 4.4% | |||||
99 | Kingston | 6,750 | 5,686 | 18.7% | |||||
100 | Cochituate | 6,730 | 6,397 | 5.2% | |||||
101 | Medfield | 6,668 | 6,564 | 1.6% | |||||
102 | Northborough | 6,532 | 6,054 | 7.9% | |||||
103 | West Yarmouth | 6,388 | 6,103 | 4.7% | |||||
104 | Sharon | 6,217 | 5,198 | 19.6% | |||||
105 | Walpole | 6,211 | 6,438 | -3.5% | |||||
106 | East Falmouth | 6,163 | 5,986 | 3.0% | |||||
107 | Foxborough | 6,119 | 5,113 | 19.7% | |||||
108 | Ware | 5,978 | 5,806 | 3.0% | |||||
109 | Oxford | 5,926 | 6,373 | -7.0% | |||||
110 | Scituate | 5,905 | 5,324 | 10.9% | |||||
111 | Hingham | 5,837 | 5,769 | 1.2% | |||||
112 | Spencer | 5,810 | 5,655 | 2.7% | |||||
113 | Adams | 5,689 | 5,260 | 8.2% | |||||
114 | North Scituate | 5,372 | 5,493 | -2.2% | |||||
115 | Bliss Corner | 5,272 | 5,649 | -6.7% | |||||
116 | Rockport | 5,247 | 5,312 | -1.2% | |||||
117 | Yarmouth Port | 5,202 | 5,176 | 0.5% | |||||
118 | Marshfield | 5,190 | 4,445 | 16.8% | |||||
119 | Salisbury | 5,116 | 4,891 | 4.6% | |||||
120 | South Amherst | 5,106 | 4,928 | 3.6% | |||||
121 | Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock | 4,843 | 4,886 | -0.9% | |||||
122 | Ipswich | 4,826 | 3,997 | 20.7% | |||||
123 | North Westport | 4,787 | 4,193 | 14.2% | |||||
124 | East Harwich | 4,756 | 4,694 | 1.3% | |||||
125 | Smith Mills | 4,706 | 4,825 | -2.5% | |||||
126 | Winchendon | 4,673 | 4,024 | 16.1% | |||||
127 | Williamstown | 4,565 | 3,845 | 18.7% | |||||
128 | Raynham Center | 4,561 | 4,079 | 11.8% | |||||
129 | The Pinehills | 4,531 | 910 | 397.9% | |||||
130 | Millis-Clicquot | 4,455 | 4,493 | -0.8% | |||||
131 | North Plymouth | 4,258 | 3,782 | 12.6% | |||||
132 | Bellingham | 4,216 | 4,574 | -7.8% | |||||
133 | North Pembroke | 4,159 | 2,746 | 51.5% | |||||
134 | Northwest Harwich | 4,123 | 4,346 | -5.1% | |||||
135 | Westborough | 4,024 | 3,961 | 1.6% | |||||
136 | Orange | 3,882 | 3,849 | 0.9% | |||||
137 | Hopkinton | 3,864 | 2,048 | 88.7% | |||||
138 | Sagamore | 3,792 | 3,652 | 3.8% | |||||
139 | Falmouth | 3,751 | 3,982 | -5.8% | |||||
140 | Forestdale | 3,744 | 4,237 | -11.6% | |||||
141 | Turners Falls | 3,682 | 4,550 | -19.1% | |||||
142 | Hopedale | 3,643 | 4,014 | -9.2% | |||||
143 | East Sandwich | 3,628 | 3,823 | -5.1% | |||||
144 | Dennis Port | 3,523 | 3,436 | 2.5% | |||||
145 | Nahant | 3,512 | 3,431 | 2.4% | |||||
146 | Acushnet Center | 3,403 | 2,611 | 30.3% | |||||
147 | Littleton Common | 3,370 | 2,890 | 16.6% | |||||
148 | South Duxbury | 3,338 | 3,377 | -1.2% | |||||
149 | Wilbraham | 3,251 | 3,258 | -0.2% | |||||
150 | North Lakeville | 3,226 | 2,150 | 50.0% | |||||
151 | Buzzards Bay | 3,208 | 3,723 | -13.8% | |||||
152 | Mattapoisett Center | 3,193 | 2,907 | 9.8% | |||||
153 | Monument Beach | 3,173 | 2,622 | 21.0% | |||||
154 | East Dennis | 3,068 | 2,939 | 4.4% | |||||
155 | Topsfield | 3,046 | 2,857 | 6.6% | |||||
156 | Belchertown | 3,037 | 2,395 | 26.8% | |||||
157 | Fiskdale | 3,015 | 2,544 | 18.5% | |||||
158 | East Douglas | 2,985 | 2,303 | 29.6% | |||||
159 | Sandwich | 2,928 | 2,968 | -1.3% | |||||
160 | Boxford | 2,925 | 2,406 | 21.6% | |||||
161 | South Dennis | 2,895 | 3,800 | -23.8% | |||||
162 | Cordaville | 2,884 | 2,749 | 4.9% | |||||
163 | Norton Center | 2,758 | 2,604 | 5.9% | |||||
164 | Provincetown | 2,730 | 2,851 | -4.2% | |||||
165 | Green Harbor-Cedar Crest | 2,703 | 2,189 | 23.5% | |||||
166 | Pepperell | 2,685 | 2,423 | 10.8% | |||||
167 | Wareham Center | 2,631 | 2,874 | -8.5% | |||||
168 | Pocasset | 2,596 | 2,691 | -3.5% | |||||
169 | North Falmouth | 2,572 | 3,187 | -19.3% | |||||
170 | Ayer | 2,551 | 2,350 | 8.6% | |||||
171 | Dover | 2,518 | 2,390 | 5.4% | |||||
172 | West Dennis | 2,479 | 2,022 | 22.6% | |||||
173 | Ocean Grove | 2,434 | 3,074 | -20.8% | |||||
174 | North Brookfield | 2,423 | 2,007 | 20.7% | |||||
175 | White Island Shores | 2,409 | 2,342 | 2.9% | |||||
176 | West Wareham | 2,398 | 2,085 | 15.0% | |||||
177 | Marshfield Hills | 2,389 | 2,455 | -2.7% | |||||
178 | Upton | 2,279 | 2,814 | -19.0% | |||||
179 | Great Barrington | 2,213 | 2,376 | -6.9% | |||||
180 | North Seekonk | 2,158 | 2,588 | -16.6% | |||||
181 | South Deerfield | 2,150 | 1,801 | 19.4% | |||||
182 | Baldwinville | 2,137 | 2,002 | 6.7% | |||||
183 | Hanscom Afb | 2,119 | 0 | nan% | |||||
184 | Sturbridge | 2,101 | 2,152 | -2.4% | |||||
185 | Devens | 2,007 | 1,874 | 7.1% | |||||
186 | Lenox | 1,984 | 1,435 | 38.3% | |||||
187 | Dennis | 1,962 | 2,360 | -16.9% | |||||
188 | East Pepperell | 1,916 | 2,009 | -4.6% | |||||
189 | Harwich Port | 1,906 | 1,478 | 29.0% | |||||
190 | Vineyard Haven | 1,903 | 2,470 | -23.0% | |||||
191 | Hanson | 1,880 | 1,886 | -0.3% | |||||
192 | West Falmouth | 1,836 | 1,514 | 21.3% | |||||
193 | Rowley | 1,803 | 1,365 | 32.1% | |||||
194 | Rutland | 1,749 | 2,320 | -24.6% | |||||
195 | North Eastham | 1,741 | 1,648 | 5.6% | |||||
196 | Duxbury | 1,723 | 1,672 | 3.1% | |||||
197 | Shirley | 1,716 | 1,475 | 16.3% | |||||
198 | Essex | 1,697 | 1,538 | 10.3% | |||||
199 | Monson Center | 1,688 | 2,073 | -18.6% | |||||
200 | Shelburne Falls | 1,659 | 1,736 | -4.4% | |||||
201 | Teaticket | 1,608 | 1,701 | -5.5% | |||||
202 | Lunenburg | 1,593 | 1,492 | 6.8% | |||||
203 | South Lancaster | 1,575 | 1,749 | -9.9% | |||||
204 | Chatham | 1,550 | 1,751 | -11.5% | |||||
205 | Orleans | 1,519 | 1,548 | -1.9% | |||||
206 | West Brookfield | 1,511 | 1,666 | -9.3% | |||||
207 | Lee | 1,508 | 2,123 | -29.0% | |||||
208 | Holland | 1,430 | 1,658 | -13.8% | |||||
209 | Mashpee Neck | 1,403 | 1,071 | 31.0% | |||||
210 | Harwich Center | 1,383 | 1,773 | -22.0% | |||||
211 | Bourne | 1,377 | 1,263 | 9.0% | |||||
212 | Brewster | 1,347 | 2,108 | -36.1% | |||||
213 | Weweantic | 1,287 | 1,971 | -34.7% | |||||
214 | Townsend | 1,276 | 825 | 54.7% | |||||
215 | East Brookfield | 1,273 | 1,266 | 0.6% | |||||
216 | West Chatham | 1,224 | 1,134 | 7.9% | |||||
217 | Granby | 1,183 | 1,227 | -3.6% | |||||
218 | Millers Falls | 1,158 | 1,298 | -10.8% | |||||
219 | Hatfield | 1,154 | 1,407 | -18.0% | |||||
220 | Groton | 1,127 | 1,340 | -15.9% | |||||
221 | Marion Center | 1,061 | 1,155 | -8.1% | |||||
222 | Onset | 1,049 | 926 | 13.3% | |||||
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