Fastest Growing Cities in Massachusetts (2025)

316 cities

City	Rank	Annual Change ↓	2025 Pop.	2020 Pop.
Stoneham	1	5.91%	26,002	23,187
Pelham	2	5.29%	1,414	1,281
Woburn	3	4.13%	45,707	40,827
Wakefield	4	3.79%	30,322	27,070
North Reading	5	3.12%	16,890	15,512
Ashland	6	3.09%	19,990	18,836
Revere	7	2.86%	62,438	61,911
Millis	8	2.77%	9,597	8,501
Dover	9	2.44%	6,205	5,918
Norfolk	10	2.38%	12,247	11,562
Stow	11	2.37%	7,509	7,157
Upton	12	2.31%	8,671	8,004
Billerica	13	2.3%	43,965	41,842
Auburn	14	2.19%	17,703	16,864
Rehoboth	15	2.18%	13,832	12,523
Ayer	16	2.14%	9,203	8,481
Everett	17	1.89%	52,802	48,957
Danvers	18	1.83%	29,112	28,053
Shirley	19	1.8%	7,169	7,233
Chelsea	20	1.79%	40,964	40,549
Bellingham	21	1.77%	18,316	16,951
Grafton	22	1.74%	20,706	19,654
Wilmington	23	1.7%	24,207	23,302
Petersham	24	1.69%	1,267	1,196
Newburyport	25	1.67%	19,483	18,300
Hopkinton	26	1.66%	20,303	18,762
Douglas	27	1.62%	9,605	8,997
Lancaster	28	1.59%	9,136	8,424
Newton	29	1.59%	92,139	88,853
Boxford	30	1.57%	8,465	8,189
Dunstable	31	1.57%	3,555	3,362
Lynn	32	1.57%	105,110	101,073
Cambridge	33	1.54%	123,057	118,204
Swampscott	34	1.48%	15,890	15,085
Rutland	35	1.47%	9,779	9,085
Wareham	36	1.45%	23,866	23,274
Plymouth	37	1.44%	67,626	61,022
Canton	38	1.44%	25,525	24,397
Wellesley	39	1.41%	31,684	28,774
Hardwick	40	1.4%	2,760	2,664
Taunton	41	1.38%	62,793	59,408
Princeton	42	1.33%	3,645	3,493
Hubbardston	43	1.33%	4,492	4,318
Littleton	44	1.32%	10,634	10,131
Tyngsborough	45	1.32%	12,948	12,400
Reading	46	1.32%	26,385	25,536
Boston	47	1.31%	682,313	675,522
Hull	48	1.31%	10,413	10,069
West Boylston	49	1.31%	8,042	7,638
Carlisle	50	1.3%	5,386	5,233
Gardner	51	1.3%	21,658	21,222
Groton	52	1.3%	11,730	11,324
Needham	53	1.29%	33,355	32,238
Lexington	54	1.29%	35,190	34,413
Malden	55	1.28%	67,546	66,086
Mattapoisett	56	1.26%	6,848	6,511
Lakeville	57	1.26%	12,416	11,543
Ashby	58	1.25%	3,311	3,184
Medway	59	1.23%	14,006	13,086
West Brookfield	60	1.23%	3,965	3,829
West Tisbury	61	1.21%	3,681	3,545
Westborough	62	1.2%	22,915	21,534
Burlington	63	1.2%	27,301	26,002
Phillipston	64	1.19%	1,780	1,724
Westford	65	1.19%	25,322	24,698
Sherborn	66	1.18%	4,538	4,394
Pepperell	67	1.18%	12,017	11,571
Holden	68	1.18%	20,565	19,903
West Newbury	69	1.18%	4,735	4,505
Townsend	70	1.17%	9,328	9,107
Boylston	71	1.17%	5,123	4,855
Brookline	72	1.15%	64,662	63,022
Mendon	73	1.15%	6,515	6,224
Tewksbury	74	1.14%	32,159	31,132
Millbury	75	1.14%	14,334	13,813
Wrentham	76	1.13%	12,657	12,165
Hudson	77	1.12%	20,593	20,029
Winchester	78	1.12%	24,222	22,929
Medfield	79	1.12%	13,483	12,803
Gloucester	80	1.11%	30,830	29,747
Beverly	81	1.11%	43,703	42,571
Blackstone	82	1.11%	9,478	9,191
Somerville	83	1.11%	83,058	80,901
Plainville	84	1.09%	10,177	9,931
Quincy	85	1.09%	104,564	101,492
Essex	86	1.09%	3,801	3,678
Natick	87	1.09%	37,722	36,924
Franklin Town	88	1.08%	34,108	32,324
Westwood	89	1.08%	16,712	16,229
Sudbury	90	1.08%	20,018	18,876
Sutton	91	1.06%	9,701	9,353
Arlington	92	1.05%	47,607	46,202
Lowell	93	1.05%	121,683	115,834
Bedford	94	1.05%	15,112	14,675
Acton	95	1.05%	24,796	23,964
Salisbury	96	1.04%	9,513	9,216
Sturbridge	97	1.04%	10,202	9,865
Waltham	98	1.04%	66,533	64,238
Westport	99	1.04%	16,878	16,345
Orleans	100	1.03%	6,552	6,306
Barre	101	1.03%	5,689	5,523
Norwell	102	1.03%	11,595	11,339
Agawam Town	103	1.03%	29,044	28,627
Weymouth Town	104	1.02%	60,775	57,471
Dracut	105	1.02%	33,307	32,529
Weston	106	1.01%	11,947	11,141
Middleborough	107	1.01%	25,099	24,260
Ashburnham	108	1.01%	6,588	6,312
Framingham	109	1%	74,098	72,129
Ludlow	110	0.99%	21,328	20,763
Charlton	111	0.98%	13,740	13,304
Holbrook	112	0.98%	11,588	11,384
Warren	113	0.98%	5,136	4,967
Worcester	114	0.98%	213,361	202,475
Wayland	115	0.98%	14,192	13,926
Boxborough	116	0.97%	5,619	5,495
Sharon	117	0.97%	18,944	18,547
Chelmsford	118	0.97%	37,310	36,383
Holliston	119	0.96%	15,495	14,988
Chilmark	120	0.96%	1,261	1,214
Newbury	121	0.96%	6,946	6,717
Dedham	122	0.96%	25,729	25,217
Tisbury	123	0.95%	4,974	4,813
Berlin	124	0.95%	3,512	3,271
Northbridge	125	0.95%	16,877	16,320
Belmont	126	0.94%	27,701	27,235
Stoughton	127	0.94%	29,734	29,251
East Brookfield	128	0.94%	2,258	2,222
Groveland	129	0.93%	6,913	6,746
Kingston	130	0.93%	14,597	13,716
Braintree Town	131	0.93%	39,497	39,075
Nantucket	132	0.93%	14,806	14,239
Cohasset	133	0.93%	8,611	8,379
Marlborough	134	0.91%	42,554	41,685
Colrain	135	0.91%	1,658	1,605
Randolph Town	136	0.91%	35,433	34,971
Maynard	137	0.91%	10,918	10,729
Foxborough	138	0.9%	18,960	18,600
Westminster	139	0.89%	8,585	8,230
Melrose	140	0.89%	30,203	29,740
Lynnfield	141	0.88%	13,347	12,981
Walpole	142	0.88%	26,624	26,519
Norwood	143	0.87%	32,039	31,574
Templeton	144	0.86%	8,459	8,143
Milton	145	0.85%	29,057	28,596
Hanson	146	0.85%	10,810	10,628
Duxbury	147	0.84%	16,515	16,075
Medford	148	0.84%	60,401	59,520
Winthrop Town	149	0.83%	18,895	19,257
Seekonk	150	0.83%	16,044	15,534
Rockport	151	0.82%	7,149	6,988
North Brookfield	152	0.81%	4,836	4,750
Avon	153	0.81%	4,840	4,773
Brookfield	154	0.8%	3,528	3,438
Leicester	155	0.79%	11,313	11,064
Rochester	156	0.79%	5,983	5,723
Edgartown	157	0.79%	5,370	5,171
Spencer	158	0.79%	12,185	11,963
Merrimac	159	0.78%	6,863	6,719
Oxford	160	0.76%	13,606	13,335
Carver	161	0.76%	11,907	11,632
Winchendon	162	0.76%	10,667	10,344
Ipswich	163	0.75%	14,216	13,765
Plympton	164	0.74%	2,986	2,927
Bridgewater Town	165	0.74%	29,383	26,788
Marblehead	166	0.73%	20,727	20,402
Oakham	167	0.73%	1,928	1,851
Lincoln	168	0.73%	7,047	6,977
Fitchburg	169	0.72%	42,450	41,672
Athol	170	0.72%	12,192	11,930
Paxton	171	0.71%	5,079	4,947
Manchester-by-the-Sea	172	0.71%	5,506	5,385
Georgetown	173	0.71%	8,619	8,464
Sterling	174	0.71%	8,369	7,977
West Bridgewater	175	0.69%	7,825	7,711
Shrewsbury	176	0.69%	39,893	38,269
Harvard	177	0.69%	7,052	6,846
Southborough	178	0.68%	10,641	10,447
Leominster	179	0.68%	44,510	43,755
Hamilton	180	0.68%	7,722	7,558
Peabody	181	0.68%	55,793	54,402
Clinton	182	0.67%	15,845	15,412
Lunenburg	183	0.67%	12,087	11,792
Salem	184	0.66%	45,978	43,670
Haverhill	185	0.66%	68,739	67,636
Lawrence	186	0.65%	89,915	88,878
Raynham	187	0.65%	15,964	15,186
Northborough	188	0.65%	15,970	15,710
Milford	189	0.65%	30,838	30,341
Brimfield	190	0.64%	3,757	3,689
Wilbraham	191	0.64%	14,757	14,584
Webster	192	0.63%	17,929	17,738
North Andover	193	0.63%	32,337	30,992
Millville	194	0.63%	3,207	3,166
Hopedale	195	0.63%	6,101	6,007
Middleton	196	0.62%	10,021	9,613
Marshfield	197	0.62%	26,205	25,798
Bolton	198	0.62%	5,845	5,668
Buckland	199	0.61%	1,829	1,811
Marion	200	0.6%	5,373	5,335
Andover	201	0.59%	37,146	36,552
Southwick	202	0.59%	9,332	9,217
Whitman	203	0.59%	15,550	15,125
Great Barrington	204	0.58%	7,287	7,174
Saugus	205	0.58%	29,197	28,605
Southbridge Town	206	0.57%	18,210	17,704
Topsfield	207	0.57%	6,658	6,555
Oak Bluffs	208	0.57%	5,438	5,332
Uxbridge	209	0.57%	14,787	14,197
Hanover	210	0.57%	14,972	14,819
Dartmouth	211	0.57%	34,332	31,463
Hingham	212	0.57%	24,552	24,260
Berkley	213	0.55%	6,930	6,771
Dudley	214	0.54%	12,049	11,907
Royalston	215	0.54%	1,298	1,253
Nahant	216	0.54%	3,356	3,331
Brockton	217	0.52%	106,340	105,485
Dighton	218	0.52%	8,318	8,124
Scituate	219	0.51%	19,698	19,071
Swansea	220	0.5%	17,625	17,174
Freetown	221	0.5%	9,427	9,203
Chester	222	0.49%	1,227	1,225
Norton	223	0.49%	19,487	19,220
Acushnet	224	0.49%	10,752	10,553
Halifax	225	0.48%	7,823	7,743
Attleboro	226	0.47%	47,304	46,478
Somerset	227	0.46%	18,459	18,291
Granville	228	0.45%	1,547	1,538
Northfield	229	0.45%	2,893	2,865
Mansfield	230	0.45%	24,185	23,848
Wenham	231	0.44%	4,967	4,934
Holyoke	232	0.44%	38,003	38,139
East Bridgewater	233	0.43%	14,582	14,429
Springfield	234	0.43%	155,556	155,258
Easton	235	0.43%	25,678	25,070
East Longmeadow	236	0.43%	16,586	16,408
Monson	237	0.43%	8,199	8,133
Fall River	238	0.42%	95,083	93,918
Hampden	239	0.4%	4,984	4,956
Wales	240	0.38%	1,835	1,830
Pembroke	241	0.38%	18,498	18,343
Palmer Town	242	0.37%	12,434	12,419
Fairhaven	243	0.35%	16,061	15,911
West Springfield Town	244	0.34%	29,127	28,767
Abington	245	0.34%	17,148	17,054
Rockland	246	0.31%	17,763	17,774
New Bedford	247	0.31%	101,629	100,946
Russell	248	0.3%	1,645	1,639
Westfield	249	0.3%	40,523	40,169
Ware	250	0.3%	10,172	10,037
Monterey	251	0.28%	1,088	1,090
Holland	252	0.27%	2,588	2,596
Longmeadow	253	0.27%	15,754	15,813
Blandford	254	0.25%	1,212	1,211
Brewster	255	0.18%	10,466	10,318
Bourne	256	0.18%	20,544	19,604
Egremont	257	0.15%	1,377	1,371
Orange	258	0.15%	7,594	7,566
Gill	259	0.13%	1,555	1,547
Stockbridge	260	0.1%	1,988	1,999
Wellfleet	261	0.08%	3,648	3,565
Chicopee	262	0.06%	55,415	55,444
Falmouth	263	0.06%	33,247	32,541
Sheffield	264	0.06%	3,326	3,324
Provincetown	265	0.05%	3,731	3,658
Hinsdale	266	0.05%	1,891	1,906
Truro	267	0.04%	2,485	2,439
Chatham	268	0.03%	6,713	6,593
Lenox	269	0%	5,072	5,091
Rowley	270	-0.02%	6,333	6,159
Eastham	271	-0.02%	5,823	5,746
Deerfield	272	-0.02%	5,176	5,093
Mashpee	273	-0.02%	15,479	15,068
Williamstown	274	-0.04%	9,185	8,717
Becket	275	-0.05%	1,921	1,931
Whately	276	-0.06%	1,625	1,618
Richmond	277	-0.07%	1,404	1,411
West Stockbridge	278	-0.08%	1,322	1,336
Montague	279	-0.08%	8,430	8,568
Charlemont	280	-0.08%	1,178	1,186
Bernardston	281	-0.09%	2,107	2,097
Leverett	282	-0.11%	1,861	1,861
Yarmouth	283	-0.12%	25,179	24,990
Westhampton	284	-0.12%	1,627	1,615
Lanesborough	285	-0.17%	2,999	3,038
Pittsfield	286	-0.17%	43,049	43,836
Erving	287	-0.18%	1,658	1,659
Otis	288	-0.19%	1,616	1,634
North Adams	289	-0.2%	12,467	12,754
Williamsburg	290	-0.2%	2,470	2,500
Shelburne	291	-0.21%	1,870	1,884
Cheshire	292	-0.22%	3,183	3,253
Northampton	293	-0.22%	31,246	29,279
Sunderland	294	-0.22%	3,620	3,655
Harwich	295	-0.23%	13,589	13,430
Belchertown	296	-0.23%	15,337	15,339
Shutesbury	297	-0.23%	1,713	1,720
Sandwich	298	-0.23%	20,459	20,254
Ashfield	299	-0.24%	1,681	1,686
Barnstable Town	300	-0.25%	49,704	48,872
Dalton	301	-0.29%	6,180	6,325
Adams	302	-0.3%	7,968	8,146
Clarksburg	303	-0.31%	1,632	1,656
Granby	304	-0.31%	6,045	6,099
New Marlborough	305	-0.33%	1,498	1,528
Lee	306	-0.33%	5,663	5,777
Worthington	307	-0.34%	1,177	1,192
Conway	308	-0.34%	1,748	1,765
Hadley	309	-0.36%	5,265	5,317
Hatfield	310	-0.39%	3,308	3,338
South Hadley	311	-0.4%	17,958	16,306
Chesterfield	312	-0.43%	1,169	1,186
Huntington	313	-0.43%	2,062	2,095
Dennis	314	-0.67%	14,762	14,676
Southampton	315	-0.68%	6,139	6,221
Concord	316	-1%	17,911	18,364

Massachusetts Growth Overview

Massachusetts's cities with over 1,000 residents show varied growth patterns from 2020 to 2025. Stoneham leads with 5.91% annualized growth, followed by Pelham (5.29%) and Woburn (4.13%). The largest population centers are Boston (682,313), Worcester (213,361), and Springfield (155,556). Of the 316 cities over 1,000 population, 269 are growing while 47 experienced population decline. Overall, cities averaged 0.81% annualized growth, with total urban population growing by 2.87% annually.

Fastest Growing Cities in Massachusetts (2025)

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