Fastest Growing Cities in Massachusetts (2024)

Fastest growing cities in Massachusetts with population over 1,000.

320 Rows

City	Rank	Change	2024 Pop.	2020 Pop.
Lancaster	1	4.46%	9,195	8,421
Weymouth Town	2	2.8%	60,769	57,466
North Reading	3	2.63%	16,477	15,557
Rehoboth	4	2.19%	13,604	12,522
Wakefield	5	2.15%	28,409	27,066
Westborough	6	2.07%	22,467	21,541
Millis	7	2%	9,198	8,502
Upton	8	1.96%	8,474	8,003
Burlington	9	1.82%	27,009	26,253
Sudbury	10	1.74%	19,731	18,880
Plymouth	11	1.73%	66,537	61,026
Berlin	12	1.61%	3,480	3,270
Raynham	13	1.48%	15,880	15,146
Everett	14	1.43%	51,036	48,949
Ware	15	1.38%	10,206	10,040
Swampscott	16	1.34%	15,695	15,117
Rowley	17	1.23%	6,436	6,159
Medway	18	1.19%	13,721	13,086
Oakham	19	1.17%	1,908	1,850
Rutland	20	1.08%	9,524	9,073
North Andover	21	1.03%	31,942	30,861
Newbury	22	1.02%	6,835	6,717
Hopkinton	23	0.99%	19,733	18,788
Rochester	24	0.97%	5,928	5,723
Dunstable	25	0.97%	3,441	3,361
Worcester	26	0.94%	209,566	205,056
Rockport	27	0.89%	7,050	6,989
Mattapoisett	28	0.89%	6,711	6,507
Taunton	29	0.88%	60,941	59,467
West Newbury	30	0.85%	4,637	4,505
Bedford	31	0.85%	14,516	14,415
Kingston	32	0.83%	14,064	13,715
Bellingham	33	0.79%	17,695	16,948
Hamilton	34	0.79%	7,646	7,560
Tewksbury	35	0.78%	31,488	31,263
Royalston	36	0.78%	1,286	1,252
Salisbury	37	0.77%	9,330	9,217
Manchester-by-the-Sea	38	0.76%	5,437	5,387
Arlington	39	0.75%	46,458	46,189
Uxbridge	40	0.74%	14,633	14,196
Shrewsbury	41	0.73%	39,175	38,269
Boylston	42	0.72%	5,008	4,854
Amesbury Town	43	0.71%	17,426	17,341
Douglas	44	0.7%	9,306	8,997
West Bridgewater	45	0.68%	7,733	7,707
Cambridge	46	0.67%	119,008	118,218
Templeton	47	0.67%	8,316	8,144
Brookline	48	0.65%	63,373	63,036
Essex	49	0.65%	3,718	3,677
Freetown	50	0.65%	9,350	9,207
Wrentham	51	0.64%	12,623	12,177
Newton	52	0.64%	88,978	88,863
Lynnfield	53	0.63%	13,116	12,983
Topsfield	54	0.61%	6,584	6,555
Lakeville	55	0.61%	12,041	11,537
Sterling	56	0.58%	8,252	7,980
Littleton	57	0.58%	10,310	10,132
Grafton	58	0.57%	20,089	19,648
Wellesley	59	0.56%	30,904	28,887
Colrain	60	0.55%	1,638	1,603
Seekonk	61	0.55%	15,811	15,543
West Brookfield	62	0.55%	3,865	3,824
Salem	63	0.54%	44,984	43,692
Wilmington	64	0.53%	23,271	23,298
Holliston	65	0.53%	15,094	14,985
Easton	66	0.52%	25,497	25,073
Groton	67	0.51%	11,335	11,285
Scituate	68	0.5%	19,393	19,076
Boxford	69	0.49%	8,189	8,185
Northbridge	70	0.49%	16,535	16,318
Shirley	71	0.48%	6,884	7,234
Cohasset	72	0.48%	8,432	8,376
Mendon	73	0.47%	6,361	6,226
Ashburnham	74	0.47%	6,445	6,312
Middleborough	75	0.46%	24,617	24,266
Duxbury	76	0.45%	16,258	16,076
Harvard	77	0.45%	6,959	6,847
Barnstable Town	78	0.45%	49,930	48,900
Wenham	79	0.44%	4,979	4,936
Woburn	80	0.44%	41,830	40,826
Georgetown	81	0.44%	8,481	8,463
Ashby	82	0.44%	3,212	3,186
Swansea	83	0.44%	17,451	17,170
Berkley	84	0.43%	6,851	6,769
Gloucester	85	0.42%	30,085	29,743
Ayer	86	0.42%	8,582	8,484
Methuen Town	87	0.41%	53,675	52,993
Ipswich	88	0.41%	13,960	13,760
Warren	89	0.4%	5,020	4,966
Haverhill	90	0.4%	67,681	67,672
Carver	91	0.39%	11,721	11,630
Sutton	92	0.39%	9,473	9,353
Newburyport	93	0.39%	18,804	18,307
Hull	94	0.39%	10,147	10,071
Groveland	95	0.37%	6,768	6,745
Westminster	96	0.37%	8,408	8,229
Reading	97	0.36%	25,520	25,537
Lynn	98	0.36%	101,603	101,103
Andover	99	0.36%	36,615	36,552
Westport	100	0.35%	16,519	16,344
Clinton	101	0.34%	15,583	15,410
Nahant	102	0.33%	3,311	3,331
Winchester	103	0.33%	22,913	22,927
Tyngsborough	104	0.33%	12,516	12,398
Fairhaven	105	0.33%	15,930	15,909
Merrimac	106	0.33%	6,740	6,716
Weston	107	0.33%	11,683	11,146
Whitman	108	0.33%	15,366	15,122
Marblehead	109	0.32%	20,360	20,399
Saugus	110	0.31%	28,719	28,604
Norfolk	111	0.31%	11,630	11,557
Acton	112	0.31%	24,103	23,960
Peabody	113	0.3%	54,219	54,391
Sherborn	114	0.29%	4,422	4,412
Somerville	115	0.29%	80,636	80,879
Danvers	116	0.28%	27,974	28,039
Hudson	117	0.28%	19,959	20,032
Millbury	118	0.27%	14,040	13,825
Brimfield	119	0.27%	3,709	3,689
Winchendon	120	0.27%	10,469	10,347
Pepperell	121	0.27%	11,741	11,597
Lawrence	122	0.26%	88,398	88,877
East Longmeadow	123	0.25%	16,419	16,389
Westford	124	0.25%	24,604	24,722
Beverly	125	0.25%	42,422	42,595
Acushnet	126	0.24%	10,628	10,557
Plympton	127	0.24%	2,939	2,928
Chelmsford	128	0.24%	36,266	36,382
Dighton	129	0.22%	8,200	8,109
Fall River	130	0.22%	94,044	93,940
Blackstone	131	0.22%	9,230	9,190
Deerfield	132	0.21%	5,187	5,092
East Bridgewater	133	0.21%	14,438	14,433
West Boylston	134	0.21%	7,806	7,637
Brookfield	135	0.2%	3,455	3,439
Billerica	136	0.2%	41,703	41,836
Boxborough	137	0.2%	5,462	5,494
Norton	138	0.2%	19,184	19,212
Dracut	139	0.19%	32,354	32,526
Carlisle	140	0.19%	5,202	5,233
Franklin Town	141	0.19%	33,188	33,224
Hingham	142	0.19%	24,234	24,257
Concord	143	0.18%	18,119	18,362
Halifax	144	0.18%	7,732	7,742
Attleboro	145	0.18%	46,737	46,475
Wareham	146	0.17%	23,238	23,272
Framingham	147	0.17%	71,994	72,197
Waltham	148	0.16%	64,581	65,091
Monson	149	0.16%	8,117	8,134
Marshfield	150	0.16%	25,806	25,799
Natick	151	0.15%	36,574	36,919
Melrose	152	0.15%	29,401	29,735
Mansfield	153	0.15%	23,897	23,862
Somerset	154	0.14%	18,234	18,289
Norwell	155	0.13%	11,314	11,338
Gardner	156	0.13%	21,002	21,221
Watertown Town	157	0.13%	35,302	35,364
Belmont	158	0.13%	26,920	27,226
Stoneham	159	0.12%	22,881	23,187
Athol	160	0.12%	11,951	11,930
Agawam Town	161	0.12%	28,439	28,626
Auburn	162	0.11%	16,839	16,866
Middleton	163	0.11%	9,860	9,620
Southwick	164	0.11%	9,205	9,220
Sharon	165	0.1%	18,461	18,545
Ashland	166	0.1%	18,610	18,835
Bridgewater Town	167	0.1%	28,847	28,510
Stow	168	0.1%	7,095	7,158
Malden	169	0.1%	65,197	66,076
Lowell	170	0.09%	114,401	115,462
Medford	171	0.09%	58,797	59,496
Boston	172	0.09%	654,423	675,466
Lexington	173	0.09%	33,912	34,395
Townsend	174	0.09%	9,012	9,106
Dartmouth	175	0.08%	33,447	31,359
Wilbraham	176	0.08%	14,530	14,581
Wayland	177	0.07%	13,762	13,908
Hopedale	178	0.07%	6,032	6,008
New Bedford	179	0.06%	100,757	100,993
Westhampton	180	0.06%	1,627	1,617
Needham	181	0.06%	32,177	32,107
Hampden	182	0.06%	4,916	4,953
Medfield	183	0.06%	13,096	12,799
Plainville	184	0.05%	9,886	9,930
Leicester	185	0.04%	11,071	11,066
Sturbridge	186	0.03%	9,931	9,871
Canton	187	0.03%	24,642	24,393
Holden	188	0.03%	19,939	19,902
Westfield	189	0.02%	40,517	40,743
Bolton	190	0.02%	5,739	5,668
Lincoln	191	0.01%	6,890	6,989
Westwood	192	0.01%	16,246	16,241
Maynard	193	0.01%	10,605	10,727
Nantucket	194	0.01%	14,445	14,237
Charlton	195	0.01%	13,392	13,307
Bernardston	196	0%	2,113	2,099
Longmeadow	197	0%	15,621	15,813
Marion	198	0%	5,292	5,337
Hubbardston	199	0%	4,346	4,316
Brockton	200	0%	104,889	105,511
Falmouth	201	-0.01%	33,064	32,538
Dover	202	-0.02%	5,863	5,915
Marlborough	203	-0.02%	41,171	41,689
Abington	204	-0.02%	16,966	17,053
Hardwick	205	-0.04%	2,663	2,662
Milton	206	-0.05%	28,361	28,596
Fitchburg	207	-0.05%	41,557	41,675
Conway	208	-0.06%	1,761	1,767
Hanson	209	-0.06%	10,580	10,626
Phillipston	210	-0.06%	1,723	1,724
Milford	211	-0.06%	30,239	30,345
Ludlow	212	-0.07%	20,831	20,766
Southbridge Town	213	-0.08%	17,866	17,698
Lunenburg	214	-0.08%	11,841	11,791
Southborough	215	-0.09%	10,420	10,448
Pembroke	216	-0.09%	18,270	18,343
Northborough	217	-0.1%	15,674	15,718
Foxborough	218	-0.1%	18,466	18,599
Holbrook	219	-0.11%	11,272	11,387
Dennis	220	-0.11%	14,887	14,676
Oxford	221	-0.11%	13,291	13,331
Princeton	222	-0.11%	3,504	3,492
Hanover	223	-0.11%	14,736	14,820
Paxton	224	-0.12%	5,010	4,946
Hatfield	225	-0.12%	3,315	3,338
Stoughton	226	-0.12%	28,927	29,248
Palmer Town	227	-0.12%	12,300	12,425
Whately	228	-0.12%	1,623	1,616
Rockland	229	-0.13%	17,571	17,775
Orange	230	-0.15%	7,547	7,563
Lenox	231	-0.16%	5,056	5,095
Holyoke	232	-0.16%	37,567	38,154
Northampton	233	-0.17%	29,321	27,324
Ashfield	234	-0.18%	1,687	1,687
Barre	235	-0.18%	5,526	5,524
Granby	236	-0.18%	6,049	6,103
Belchertown	237	-0.18%	15,311	15,339
Chicopee	238	-0.18%	54,737	55,448
Dedham	239	-0.18%	24,922	25,213
Spencer	240	-0.18%	11,898	11,966
Hadley	241	-0.19%	5,267	5,315
West Springfield Town	242	-0.19%	28,369	28,768
Holland	243	-0.19%	2,560	2,596
Granville	244	-0.2%	1,522	1,537
Eastham	245	-0.21%	5,791	5,747
Richmond	246	-0.21%	1,398	1,409
Quincy	247	-0.21%	101,380	101,482
Randolph Town	248	-0.21%	34,413	34,914
Springfield	249	-0.22%	153,337	155,280
Buckland	250	-0.22%	1,805	1,813
Wales	251	-0.22%	1,798	1,827
Erving	252	-0.24%	1,659	1,657
Provincetown	253	-0.24%	3,700	3,661
Williamsburg	254	-0.24%	2,463	2,498
Dudley	255	-0.24%	11,820	11,906
Russell	256	-0.25%	1,623	1,639
Williamstown	257	-0.26%	7,366	7,518
Easthampton Town	258	-0.26%	15,989	16,177
Harwich	259	-0.27%	13,559	13,428
Chatham	260	-0.27%	6,667	6,594
Leverett	261	-0.27%	1,856	1,857
Mashpee	262	-0.27%	15,354	15,057
Avon	263	-0.27%	4,712	4,772
Leominster	264	-0.28%	43,506	43,755
Truro	265	-0.28%	2,472	2,446
Millville	266	-0.29%	3,137	3,166
Huntington	267	-0.29%	2,065	2,095
Egremont	268	-0.29%	1,367	1,370
Braintree Town	269	-0.29%	38,377	39,075
North Brookfield	270	-0.3%	4,710	4,746
Webster	271	-0.3%	17,541	17,739
Blandford	272	-0.33%	1,200	1,213
East Brookfield	273	-0.36%	2,194	2,222
Clarksburg	274	-0.37%	1,634	1,655
Norwood	275	-0.37%	31,115	31,564
Hinsdale	276	-0.37%	1,889	1,915
Bourne	277	-0.37%	20,346	19,537
Edgartown	278	-0.38%	5,248	5,171
Gill	279	-0.39%	1,546	1,550
Montague	280	-0.39%	8,411	8,568
Chilmark	281	-0.41%	1,227	1,212
Shutesbury	282	-0.41%	1,714	1,720
Sunderland	283	-0.41%	3,621	3,655
Chester	284	-0.41%	1,206	1,225
Wellfleet	285	-0.41%	3,612	3,564
Northfield	286	-0.42%	2,851	2,862
Petersham	287	-0.42%	1,176	1,191
Charlemont	288	-0.43%	1,172	1,183
Chesterfield	289	-0.43%	1,168	1,185
Great Barrington	290	-0.45%	7,162	7,181
Lee	291	-0.46%	5,668	5,780
Brewster	292	-0.47%	10,332	10,315
Pelham	293	-0.47%	1,259	1,282
Orleans	294	-0.49%	6,354	6,306
Yarmouth	295	-0.49%	24,979	24,992
Stockbridge	296	-0.5%	1,984	2,013
North Adams	297	-0.52%	12,418	12,751
West Stockbridge	298	-0.53%	1,318	1,340
South Hadley	299	-0.53%	17,897	16,287
Southampton	300	-0.53%	6,162	6,220
Monterey	301	-0.56%	1,074	1,092
Lanesborough	302	-0.56%	2,990	3,045
Becket	303	-0.57%	1,910	1,932
Sheffield	304	-0.57%	3,298	3,326
Shelburne	305	-0.59%	1,867	1,884
Sandwich	306	-0.61%	20,345	20,251
West Tisbury	307	-0.61%	3,564	3,550
Otis	308	-0.62%	1,609	1,634
Worthington	309	-0.68%	1,171	1,192
Pittsfield	310	-0.71%	42,771	43,807
Dalton	311	-0.73%	6,155	6,319
Chelsea	312	-0.74%	38,036	40,585
Cheshire	313	-0.75%	3,171	3,253
New Marlborough	314	-0.8%	1,491	1,528
Adams	315	-0.81%	7,930	8,141
Oak Bluffs	316	-0.84%	5,310	5,330
Revere	317	-0.9%	57,432	61,876
Tisbury	318	-0.92%	4,820	4,817
Winthrop Town	319	-0.94%	18,147	19,254
Walpole	320	-1.29%	25,628	26,515