State profile · MA

Largest Cities in Massachusetts

Name: Massachusetts Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 247 tracked cities and towns in Massachusetts, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

247
Cities: 5M
Combined city pop.: $105,629
Avg median income: 5.4%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Boston is the largest of 247 tracked cities in Massachusetts, which ranks #5 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Boston
largest tracked city (663,972 people): #5
national rank, avg median income: 247
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

64% of Massachusetts's 247 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

158
10K-99K

80
100K-999K

9

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Massachusetts coverage, with 158 of 247 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Massachusetts is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Massachusetts's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Boston

663,972
Worcester

205,501
Springfield

154,751
Cambridge

117,794
Lowell

114,799
Brockton

105,080
Quincy

101,361
Lynn

100,905
New Bedford

100,731
Fall River

93,764
Newton

88,504
Lawrence

88,297

What this shows Boston, MA is the most populous city profiled in Massachusetts; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 247-row record is available as a CSV.

How Massachusetts ranks nationally

Avg median income

$105,629

#5 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$555,301

#4 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

5.4%

#5 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

247

#39 of 52 · most tracked cities

Massachusetts ranks #5 of 52 nationally on average median income and #5 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Massachusetts's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$555,301 8th percentile more affordable than 8% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Largest cities in Massachusetts

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 247 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Boston	663,972	$94,755	$710,400	11.7%
2	Worcester	205,501	$67,544	$339,500	14.4%
3	Springfield	154,751	$51,339	$222,700	19.0%
4	Cambridge	117,794	$126,469	$1,040,500	7.2%
5	Lowell	114,799	$76,205	$395,100	11.1%
6	Brockton	105,080	$77,089	$405,500	10.2%
7	Quincy	101,361	$95,711	$598,100	8.8%
8	Lynn	100,905	$74,715	$472,600	10.7%
9	New Bedford	100,731	$56,025	$324,400	16.7%
10	Fall River	93,764	$53,933	$357,800	18.8%
11	Newton	88,504	$184,989	$1,202,500	3.3%
12	Lawrence	88,297	$57,903	$393,500	15.1%
13	Somerville	80,549	$127,056	$899,400	6.5%
14	Framingham	72,013	$98,179	$600,600	8.1%
15	Haverhill	67,387	$87,675	$426,900	7.4%
16	Malden	65,509	$95,298	$607,500	9.0%
17	Waltham	64,723	$116,560	$705,700	4.3%
18	Brookline	62,822	$140,631	$1,233,100	3.7%
19	Revere	59,933	$81,121	$566,200	10.0%
20	Taunton	59,719	$79,715	$388,200	9.7%
21	Medford	59,062	$118,089	$715,500	3.0%
22	Weymouth	57,786	$100,077	$516,200	5.4%
23	Chicopee	55,213	$66,927	$251,800	12.0%
24	Peabody	54,180	$95,278	$566,200	5.1%
25	Methuen	53,043	$103,270	$472,200	5.8%
26	Everett	49,236	$79,658	$605,200	14.5%
27	Barnstable	49,232	$97,348	$559,200	4.6%
28	Attleboro	46,499	$93,266	$409,100	6.3%
29	Arlington	46,015	$141,440	$885,000	3.3%
30	Salem	44,241	$85,137	$497,400	11.6%
31	Leominster	43,697	$81,556	$345,000	7.5%
32	Pittsfield	43,559	$68,386	$233,700	9.7%
33	Beverly	42,408	$103,739	$621,900	6.8%
34	Fitchburg	41,633	$70,659	$295,500	12.3%
35	Marlborough	41,398	$95,047	$485,400	6.6%
36	Woburn	41,205	$107,754	$641,800	4.7%
37	Westfield	40,673	$82,847	$295,500	7.4%
38	Chelsea	39,460	$72,220	$476,500	16.3%
39	Braintree	38,762	$125,305	$623,200	3.7%
40	Holyoke	37,949	$51,892	$255,300	18.0%
41	Amherst	35,472	$65,938	$454,000	3.7%
42	Watertown	35,270	$123,422	$737,600	2.6%
43	Randolph	34,683	$103,129	$463,500	3.9%
44	Lexington	34,085	$219,402	$1,147,900	3.1%
45	Franklin	33,067	$142,788	$567,100	4.2%
46	Needham	32,059	$212,241	$1,146,000	3.0%
47	Norwood	31,380	$97,110	$613,500	6.6%
48	North Attleborough	30,842	$109,426	$462,700	3.2%
49	Wellesley	29,906	$250,000+	$1,513,400	1.4%
50	Gloucester	29,862	$87,898	$587,800	5.9%
51	Melrose	29,488	$126,854	$796,100	2.1%
52	Bridgewater	28,669	$112,482	$500,600	2.4%
53	Northampton	28,640	$78,467	$398,000	7.9%
54	West Springfield	28,635	$70,401	$307,900	6.7%
55	Saugus	28,599	$100,819	$589,500	5.3%
56	Agawam	28,510	$82,359	$290,000	4.3%
57	Milton	28,481	$178,053	$896,500	1.8%
58	Danvers	27,924	$117,072	$611,200	2.5%
59	Milford	27,919	$88,992	$429,800	5.2%
60	Wakefield	27,284	$130,320	$670,100	3.3%
61	Belmont	27,009	$178,188	$1,108,800	2.3%
62	Burlington	26,223	$142,207	$679,400	2.7%
63	Reading	25,448	$163,725	$741,100	1.8%
64	Dedham	25,109	$124,375	$630,400	2.3%
65	Wilmington	23,195	$161,473	$646,200	2.0%
66	Stoneham	22,986	$112,635	$629,000	3.8%
67	Winchester	22,862	$218,176	$1,181,700	3.1%
68	Gardner	21,075	$62,948	$271,300	10.5%
69	Marblehead	20,334	$165,859	$906,200	2.1%
70	Winthrop	18,807	$106,357	$606,900	5.5%
71	Newburyport	18,444	$144,259	$792,400	4.0%
72	Somerset	18,246	$111,720	$389,400	2.4%
73	Southbridge	17,806	$59,397	$267,000	10.6%
74	Greenfield	17,662	$53,961	$252,000	10.2%
75	Amesbury	17,277	$100,599	$475,400	4.3%
76	Abington	17,008	$119,787	$516,300	4.2%
77	Easthampton	16,103	$72,925	$343,800	4.6%
78	Longmeadow	15,724	$144,639	$425,800	3.2%
79	Hudson	15,610	$96,149	$457,400	2.5%
80	Swampscott	15,209	$128,964	$690,800	3.3%
81	Lynnfield	12,964	$172,484	$904,200	4.5%
82	North Adams	12,660	$48,521	$185,300	12.8%
83	Palmer	12,372	$78,789	$255,000	4.9%
84	Webster	12,300	$60,384	$303,900	14.8%
85	South Yarmouth	11,642	$79,638	$465,100	6.3%
86	Holbrook	11,320	$107,768	$436,500	2.3%
87	Nantucket	10,837	$109,988	$1,359,200	0.3%
88	Maynard	10,663	$119,549	$494,200	6.5%
89	Hull	10,098	$127,112	$606,100	2.0%
90	Andover	9,261	$127,054	$719,900	5.7%
91	Athol	8,711	$61,742	$227,000	17.2%
92	Middleborough Center	8,064	$79,520	$372,400	13.1%
93	Plymouth	7,852	$72,639	$426,000	5.4%
94	Whitinsville	7,250	$93,504	$440,100	9.3%
95	Mansfield Center	7,232	$101,546	$449,200	1.5%
96	Clinton	6,908	$78,909	$328,600	5.4%
97	Pinehurst	6,737	$136,406	$585,600	2.0%
98	Northborough	6,720	$154,926	$553,700	0.0%
99	Cochituate	6,688	$190,938	$862,000	2.2%
100	East Falmouth	6,415	$69,121	$554,200	3.2%

What to do with Massachusetts's city data

247 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Boston is Massachusetts's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major MA metro. Boston profile
2 tracked cities in Massachusetts sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income. Browse the city table by income column instead of trusting a single crown. All Massachusetts cities
See how Massachusetts's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 247 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Massachusetts on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 4,993,398.

4 peers

Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $105,629. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Massachusetts?

PlainCities profiles 247 cities and towns in Massachusetts, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Massachusetts?

Boston is the largest tracked city in Massachusetts, with a population of 663,972.

What is the average household income in Massachusetts?

Across the 247 tracked cities in Massachusetts, the average median household income is $105,629. Individual cities vary widely - 2 tracked cities in Massachusetts sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income.

What is the average poverty rate in Massachusetts?

The average poverty rate across Massachusetts's tracked cities is 5.4%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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