Fastest Growing Cities in Massachusetts (2026)

316 cities

City	Rank	Annual Change ↓	2026 Pop.	2020 Pop.
Stoneham	1	5.58%	27,454	23,187
Pelham	2	5.02%	1,485	1,281
Woburn	3	3.96%	47,519	40,827
Wakefield	4	3.65%	31,428	27,070
North Reading	5	3.03%	17,401	15,512
Ashland	6	3%	20,589	18,836
Revere	7	2.78%	64,174	61,911
Millis	8	2.7%	9,856	8,501
Dover	9	2.39%	6,353	5,918
Norfolk	10	2.33%	12,532	11,562
Stow	11	2.32%	7,683	7,157
Upton	12	2.26%	8,867	8,004
Billerica	13	2.24%	44,952	41,842
Auburn	14	2.15%	18,083	16,864
Rehoboth	15	2.13%	14,127	12,523
Ayer	16	2.1%	9,396	8,481
Everett	17	1.85%	53,779	48,957
Danvers	18	1.79%	29,634	28,053
Shirley	19	1.77%	7,296	7,233
Chelsea	20	1.76%	41,683	40,549
Bellingham	21	1.74%	18,634	16,951
Grafton	22	1.71%	21,060	19,654
Wilmington	23	1.67%	24,612	23,302
Petersham	24	1.66%	1,288	1,196
Newburyport	25	1.64%	19,803	18,300
Hopkinton	26	1.64%	20,635	18,762
Douglas	27	1.59%	9,758	8,997
Lancaster	28	1.57%	9,279	8,424
Newton	29	1.56%	93,578	88,853
Boxford	30	1.55%	8,596	8,189
Dunstable	31	1.55%	3,610	3,362
Lynn	32	1.54%	106,731	101,073
Cambridge	33	1.52%	124,928	118,204
Swampscott	34	1.46%	16,122	15,085
Rutland	35	1.45%	9,921	9,085
Wareham	36	1.42%	24,206	23,274
Plymouth	37	1.42%	68,589	61,022
Canton	38	1.42%	25,887	24,397
Wellesley	39	1.4%	32,126	28,774
Hardwick	40	1.38%	2,798	2,664
Taunton	41	1.36%	63,650	59,408
Princeton	42	1.32%	3,693	3,493
Hubbardston	43	1.31%	4,551	4,318
Littleton	44	1.31%	10,773	10,131
Tyngsborough	45	1.31%	13,117	12,400
Reading	46	1.3%	26,729	25,536
Boston	47	1.3%	691,168	675,522
Hull	48	1.3%	10,548	10,069
West Boylston	49	1.29%	8,146	7,638
Carlisle	50	1.28%	5,455	5,233
Gardner	51	1.28%	21,935	21,222
Groton	52	1.28%	11,880	11,324
Needham	53	1.27%	33,779	32,238
Lexington	54	1.27%	35,637	34,413
Malden	55	1.26%	68,399	66,086
Mattapoisett	56	1.24%	6,933	6,511
Lakeville	57	1.24%	12,570	11,543
Ashby	58	1.24%	3,352	3,184
Medway	59	1.21%	14,176	13,086
West Brookfield	60	1.21%	4,013	3,829
West Tisbury	61	1.2%	3,725	3,545
Westborough	62	1.19%	23,187	21,534
Burlington	63	1.19%	27,625	26,002
Phillipston	64	1.18%	1,801	1,724
Westford	65	1.18%	25,620	24,698
Sherborn	66	1.17%	4,591	4,394
Pepperell	67	1.17%	12,157	11,571
Holden	68	1.16%	20,804	19,903
West Newbury	69	1.16%	4,790	4,505
Townsend	70	1.16%	9,436	9,107
Boylston	71	1.15%	5,182	4,855
Brookline	72	1.14%	65,399	63,022
Mendon	73	1.14%	6,589	6,224
Tewksbury	74	1.13%	32,522	31,132
Millbury	75	1.12%	14,495	13,813
Wrentham	76	1.11%	12,798	12,165
Hudson	77	1.11%	20,822	20,029
Winchester	78	1.11%	24,491	22,929
Medfield	79	1.11%	13,632	12,803
Gloucester	80	1.1%	31,169	29,747
Beverly	81	1.1%	44,183	42,571
Blackstone	82	1.1%	9,582	9,191
Somerville	83	1.09%	83,967	80,901
Plainville	84	1.08%	10,287	9,931
Quincy	85	1.08%	105,694	101,492
Essex	86	1.08%	3,842	3,678
Natick	87	1.08%	38,128	36,924
Franklin Town	88	1.07%	34,474	32,324
Westwood	89	1.07%	16,891	16,229
Sudbury	90	1.06%	20,231	18,876
Sutton	91	1.05%	9,803	9,353
Arlington	92	1.04%	48,102	46,202
Lowell	93	1.04%	122,948	115,834
Bedford	94	1.04%	15,269	14,675
Acton	95	1.04%	25,053	23,964
Salisbury	96	1.03%	9,611	9,216
Sturbridge	97	1.03%	10,307	9,865
Waltham	98	1.03%	67,217	64,238
Westport	99	1.03%	17,051	16,345
Orleans	100	1.02%	6,619	6,306
Barre	101	1.02%	5,747	5,523
Norwell	102	1.02%	11,713	11,339
Agawam Town	103	1.02%	29,339	28,627
Weymouth Town	104	1.01%	61,391	57,471
Dracut	105	1.01%	33,642	32,529
Weston	106	1%	12,067	11,141
Middleborough	107	1%	25,351	24,260
Ashburnham	108	1%	6,654	6,312
Framingham	109	0.99%	74,835	72,129
Ludlow	110	0.98%	21,538	20,763
Charlton	111	0.98%	13,874	13,304
Holbrook	112	0.98%	11,701	11,384
Warren	113	0.97%	5,186	4,967
Worcester	114	0.97%	215,436	202,475
Wayland	115	0.97%	14,330	13,926
Boxborough	116	0.96%	5,673	5,495
Sharon	117	0.96%	19,126	18,547
Chelmsford	118	0.96%	37,667	36,383
Holliston	119	0.96%	15,643	14,988
Chilmark	120	0.95%	1,273	1,214
Newbury	121	0.95%	7,012	6,717
Dedham	122	0.95%	25,973	25,217
Tisbury	123	0.94%	5,021	4,813
Berlin	124	0.94%	3,545	3,271
Northbridge	125	0.94%	17,035	16,320
Belmont	126	0.93%	27,960	27,235
Stoughton	127	0.93%	30,011	29,251
East Brookfield	128	0.93%	2,279	2,222
Groveland	129	0.93%	6,977	6,746
Kingston	130	0.92%	14,732	13,716
Braintree Town	131	0.92%	39,860	39,075
Nantucket	132	0.92%	14,942	14,239
Cohasset	133	0.92%	8,690	8,379
Marlborough	134	0.9%	42,939	41,685
Colrain	135	0.9%	1,673	1,605
Randolph Town	136	0.9%	35,752	34,971
Maynard	137	0.9%	11,016	10,729
Foxborough	138	0.89%	19,129	18,600
Westminster	139	0.89%	8,661	8,230
Melrose	140	0.88%	30,468	29,740
Lynnfield	141	0.88%	13,464	12,981
Walpole	142	0.88%	26,857	26,519
Norwood	143	0.86%	32,314	31,574
Templeton	144	0.85%	8,531	8,143
Milton	145	0.85%	29,303	28,596
Hanson	146	0.84%	10,901	10,628
Duxbury	147	0.84%	16,653	16,075
Medford	148	0.83%	60,904	59,520
Winthrop Town	149	0.83%	19,051	19,257
Seekonk	150	0.82%	16,176	15,534
Rockport	151	0.81%	7,207	6,988
North Brookfield	152	0.81%	4,875	4,750
Avon	153	0.81%	4,879	4,773
Brookfield	154	0.79%	3,556	3,438
Leicester	155	0.79%	11,402	11,064
Rochester	156	0.79%	6,030	5,723
Edgartown	157	0.78%	5,412	5,171
Spencer	158	0.78%	12,280	11,963
Merrimac	159	0.77%	6,916	6,719
Oxford	160	0.76%	13,709	13,335
Carver	161	0.76%	11,997	11,632
Winchendon	162	0.75%	10,747	10,344
Ipswich	163	0.75%	14,322	13,765
Plympton	164	0.74%	3,008	2,927
Bridgewater Town	165	0.74%	29,599	26,788
Marblehead	166	0.73%	20,878	20,402
Oakham	167	0.73%	1,942	1,851
Lincoln	168	0.72%	7,098	6,977
Fitchburg	169	0.72%	42,755	41,672
Athol	170	0.71%	12,279	11,930
Paxton	171	0.71%	5,115	4,947
Manchester-by-the-Sea	172	0.71%	5,545	5,385
Georgetown	173	0.71%	8,680	8,464
Sterling	174	0.7%	8,428	7,977
West Bridgewater	175	0.69%	7,879	7,711
Shrewsbury	176	0.68%	40,166	38,269
Harvard	177	0.68%	7,100	6,846
Southborough	178	0.68%	10,713	10,447
Leominster	179	0.68%	44,811	43,755
Hamilton	180	0.67%	7,774	7,558
Peabody	181	0.67%	56,168	54,402
Clinton	182	0.66%	15,950	15,412
Lunenburg	183	0.66%	12,167	11,792
Salem	184	0.65%	46,279	43,670
Haverhill	185	0.65%	69,187	67,636
Lawrence	186	0.65%	90,498	88,878
Raynham	187	0.65%	16,067	15,186
Northborough	188	0.64%	16,073	15,710
Milford	189	0.64%	31,036	30,341
Brimfield	190	0.64%	3,781	3,689
Wilbraham	191	0.64%	14,851	14,584
Webster	192	0.62%	18,041	17,738
North Andover	193	0.62%	32,539	30,992
Millville	194	0.62%	3,227	3,166
Hopedale	195	0.62%	6,139	6,007
Middleton	196	0.62%	10,083	9,613
Marshfield	197	0.62%	26,367	25,798
Bolton	198	0.62%	5,881	5,668
Buckland	199	0.6%	1,840	1,811
Marion	200	0.6%	5,405	5,335
Andover	201	0.59%	37,365	36,552
Southwick	202	0.59%	9,387	9,217
Whitman	203	0.59%	15,641	15,125
Great Barrington	204	0.58%	7,329	7,174
Saugus	205	0.58%	29,365	28,605
Southbridge Town	206	0.57%	18,314	17,704
Topsfield	207	0.57%	6,696	6,555
Oak Bluffs	208	0.57%	5,469	5,332
Uxbridge	209	0.57%	14,871	14,197
Hanover	210	0.57%	15,057	14,819
Dartmouth	211	0.56%	34,525	31,463
Hingham	212	0.56%	24,690	24,260
Berkley	213	0.55%	6,968	6,771
Dudley	214	0.54%	12,114	11,907
Royalston	215	0.54%	1,305	1,253
Nahant	216	0.54%	3,374	3,331
Brockton	217	0.52%	106,892	105,485
Dighton	218	0.52%	8,361	8,124
Scituate	219	0.51%	19,798	19,071
Swansea	220	0.5%	17,713	17,174
Freetown	221	0.5%	9,474	9,203
Chester	222	0.49%	1,233	1,225
Norton	223	0.49%	19,582	19,220
Acushnet	224	0.48%	10,804	10,553
Halifax	225	0.47%	7,860	7,743
Attleboro	226	0.46%	47,523	46,478
Somerset	227	0.46%	18,543	18,291
Granville	228	0.45%	1,554	1,538
Northfield	229	0.45%	2,906	2,865
Mansfield	230	0.45%	24,293	23,848
Wenham	231	0.44%	4,989	4,934
Holyoke	232	0.43%	38,168	38,139
East Bridgewater	233	0.43%	14,645	14,429
Springfield	234	0.43%	156,224	155,258
Easton	235	0.43%	25,788	25,070
East Longmeadow	236	0.43%	16,657	16,408
Monson	237	0.43%	8,234	8,133
Fall River	238	0.41%	95,477	93,918
Hampden	239	0.4%	5,004	4,956
Wales	240	0.38%	1,842	1,830
Pembroke	241	0.38%	18,568	18,343
Palmer Town	242	0.37%	12,480	12,419
Fairhaven	243	0.35%	16,117	15,911
West Springfield Town	244	0.34%	29,226	28,767
Abington	245	0.34%	17,206	17,054
Rockland	246	0.31%	17,818	17,774
New Bedford	247	0.31%	101,940	100,946
Russell	248	0.3%	1,650	1,639
Westfield	249	0.3%	40,643	40,169
Ware	250	0.29%	10,202	10,037
Monterey	251	0.28%	1,091	1,090
Holland	252	0.27%	2,595	2,596
Longmeadow	253	0.27%	15,796	15,813
Blandford	254	0.25%	1,215	1,211
Brewster	255	0.18%	10,485	10,318
Bourne	256	0.18%	20,580	19,604
Egremont	257	0.15%	1,379	1,371
Orange	258	0.14%	7,605	7,566
Gill	259	0.13%	1,557	1,547
Stockbridge	260	0.1%	1,990	1,999
Wellfleet	261	0.08%	3,651	3,565
Chicopee	262	0.06%	55,449	55,444
Falmouth	263	0.06%	33,267	32,541
Sheffield	264	0.06%	3,328	3,324
Provincetown	265	0.05%	3,733	3,658
Hinsdale	266	0.05%	1,892	1,906
Truro	267	0.04%	2,486	2,439
Chatham	268	0.03%	6,715	6,593
Lenox	269	0%	5,072	5,091
Rowley	270	-0.02%	6,332	6,159
Eastham	271	-0.02%	5,822	5,746
Deerfield	272	-0.02%	5,175	5,093
Mashpee	273	-0.02%	15,476	15,068
Williamstown	274	-0.04%	9,181	8,717
Becket	275	-0.05%	1,920	1,931
Whately	276	-0.06%	1,624	1,618
Richmond	277	-0.07%	1,403	1,411
West Stockbridge	278	-0.08%	1,321	1,336
Montague	279	-0.08%	8,423	8,568
Charlemont	280	-0.08%	1,177	1,186
Bernardston	281	-0.09%	2,105	2,097
Leverett	282	-0.11%	1,859	1,861
Yarmouth	283	-0.12%	25,150	24,990
Westhampton	284	-0.12%	1,625	1,615
Lanesborough	285	-0.17%	2,994	3,038
Pittsfield	286	-0.17%	42,977	43,836
Erving	287	-0.18%	1,655	1,659
Otis	288	-0.19%	1,613	1,634
North Adams	289	-0.2%	12,442	12,754
Williamsburg	290	-0.2%	2,465	2,500
Shelburne	291	-0.21%	1,866	1,884
Cheshire	292	-0.22%	3,176	3,253
Northampton	293	-0.22%	31,177	29,279
Sunderland	294	-0.22%	3,612	3,655
Harwich	295	-0.23%	13,558	13,430
Belchertown	296	-0.23%	15,302	15,339
Shutesbury	297	-0.23%	1,709	1,720
Sandwich	298	-0.23%	20,411	20,254
Ashfield	299	-0.24%	1,677	1,686
Barnstable Town	300	-0.26%	49,577	48,872
Dalton	301	-0.29%	6,162	6,325
Adams	302	-0.3%	7,944	8,146
Clarksburg	303	-0.31%	1,627	1,656
Granby	304	-0.31%	6,026	6,099
New Marlborough	305	-0.33%	1,493	1,528
Lee	306	-0.34%	5,644	5,777
Worthington	307	-0.34%	1,173	1,192
Conway	308	-0.34%	1,742	1,765
Hadley	309	-0.36%	5,246	5,317
Hatfield	310	-0.39%	3,295	3,338
South Hadley	311	-0.41%	17,885	16,306
Chesterfield	312	-0.43%	1,164	1,186
Huntington	313	-0.44%	2,053	2,095
Dennis	314	-0.68%	14,662	14,676
Southampton	315	-0.68%	6,097	6,221
Concord	316	-1.01%	17,730	18,364

Massachusetts Growth Overview

Massachusetts's cities with over 1,000 residents show varied growth patterns from 2020 to 2025. Stoneham leads with 5.58% annualized growth, followed by Pelham (5.02%) and Woburn (3.96%). The largest population centers are Boston (691,168), Worcester (215,436), and Springfield (156,224). Of the 316 cities over 1,000 population, 269 are growing while 47 experienced population decline. Overall, cities averaged 0.79% annualized growth, with total urban population growing by 3.88% annually.

Fastest Growing Cities in Massachusetts (2026)

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