Ranking · Massachusetts
Fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking places in Massachusetts
Williamstown has the highest population change, 2020 to 2025 of Massachusetts's 292 ranked places (+22.2%); North Adams has the lowest (−4.4%). Ranked: places with 1,000 or more residents in the 2020 Census that are incorporated (the Census Bureau estimates only those each year).
Which are the fastest-growing places?
Fastest-growing places in Massachusetts, first to fifth: Williamstown (+22.2%), Bolton (+14.5%), Millis (+11.8%), Plymouth (+10.8%) and Berlin (+10.3%).
| Rank | Place | Population change, 2020 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williamstown | +22.2% |
| 2 | Bolton | +14.5% |
| 3 | Millis | +11.8% |
| 4 | Plymouth | +10.8% |
| 5 | Berlin | +10.3% |
| 6 | Raynham | +9.3% |
| 7 | Ayer | +9.2% |
| 8 | Everett | +9.2% |
| 9 | Rehoboth | +8.5% |
| 10 | Lancaster | +8.3% |
| 11 | Rutland | +8.1% |
| 12 | Lakeville | +7.9% |
| 13 | Woburn | +7.5% |
| 14 | Westminster | +7.2% |
| 15 | Grafton | +7.0% |
| 16 | Upton | +7.0% |
| 17 | North Reading | +6.5% |
| 18 | Bellingham | +6.4% |
| 19 | Douglas | +6.3% |
| 20 | Kingston | +6.2% |
| 21 | Westborough | +6.2% |
| 22 | Chelmsford | +6.0% |
| 23 | Hopkinton | +5.9% |
| 24 | Edgartown | +5.4% |
| 25 | Taunton | +5.3% |
Source: Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025) · Census population estimates
Which are the fastest-shrinking places?
Fastest-shrinking places in Massachusetts, first to fifth: North Adams (−4.4%), Winthrop Town (−3.5%), Revere (−3.4%), Shirley (−3.3%) and Dalton (−2.8%).
| Rank | Place | Population change, 2020 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 292 | North Adams | −4.4% |
| 291 | Winthrop Town | −3.5% |
| 290 | Revere | −3.4% |
| 289 | Shirley | −3.3% |
| 288 | Dalton | −2.8% |
| 287 | Huntington | −2.8% |
| 286 | Adams | −2.8% |
| 285 | Chesterfield | −2.6% |
| 284 | Pittsfield | −2.4% |
| 283 | Montague | −2.4% |
| 282 | Williamsburg | −2.4% |
| 281 | Worthington | −2.3% |
| 280 | Cheshire | −2.3% |
| 279 | Southampton | −2.3% |
| 278 | New Marlborough | −2.2% |
| 277 | Hadley | −2.1% |
| 276 | South Hadley | −2.1% |
| 275 | Granby | −1.9% |
| 274 | Lee | −1.9% |
| 273 | Hatfield | −1.7% |
| 272 | Lanesborough | −1.7% |
| 271 | West Stockbridge | −1.6% |
| 270 | Concord | −1.5% |
| 269 | Chelsea | −1.5% |
| 268 | Otis | −1.5% |
Source: Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025) · Census population estimates
How is this ranking made?
Each place's population change, 2020 to 2025 is read from the Census Bureau's April 1, 2020 estimates base and its July 1, 2025 estimate. A place enters the ranking if it had 1,000 or more residents in the 2020 Census and is incorporated. Ties in the published figure share a rank. This is a measurement of one figure, not a judgment of a place.
Towns and townships are ranked beside cities, villages and census-designated places, and a census-designated place can lie inside a township, so one area can appear twice, once as each.
Source: PlainCities ranking method applied to the Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025) · How ranks are computed
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