# Cities in Massachusetts by households, 2024

All 58 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `households`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/massachusetts-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Boston, MA | 283,374 |
| 2 | Worcester, MA | 79,501 |
| 3 | Springfield, MA | 57,772 |
| 4 | Cambridge, MA | 49,444 |
| 5 | Quincy, MA | 45,285 |
| 6 | Lowell, MA | 43,183 |
| 7 | New Bedford, MA | 42,271 |
| 8 | Fall River, MA | 41,991 |
| 9 | Lynn, MA | 36,414 |
| 10 | Brockton, MA | 36,042 |
| 11 | Somerville, MA | 35,715 |
| 12 | Newton, MA | 32,194 |
| 13 | Lawrence, MA | 31,142 |
| 14 | Framingham, MA | 26,803 |
| 15 | Haverhill, MA | 26,545 |
| 16 | Malden, MA | 26,042 |
| 17 | Weymouth Town, MA | 25,759 |
| 18 | Waltham, MA | 25,498 |
| 19 | Chicopee, MA | 24,424 |
| 20 | Medford, MA | 24,339 |
| 21 | Taunton, MA | 24,063 |
| 22 | Peabody, MA | 22,390 |
| 23 | Revere, MA | 22,178 |
| 24 | Barnstable Town, MA | 21,413 |
| 25 | Salem, MA | 20,267 |
| 26 | Pittsfield, MA | 19,510 |
| 27 | Methuen, MA | 18,691 |
| 28 | Leominster, MA | 18,483 |
| 29 | Attleboro, MA | 17,933 |
| 30 | Everett, MA | 17,466 |
| 31 | Beverly, MA | 16,980 |
| 32 | Marlborough, MA | 16,665 |
| 33 | Fitchburg, MA | 16,659 |
| 34 | Woburn, MA | 16,432 |
| 35 | Watertown, MA | 16,371 |
| 36 | Westfield, MA | 15,822 |
| 37 | Holyoke, MA | 15,618 |
| 38 | Braintree Town, MA | 14,432 |
| 39 | Chelsea, MA | 13,716 |
| 40 | Northampton, MA | 13,467 |
| 41 | Gloucester, MA | 13,444 |
| 42 | North Attleborough Town, MA | 12,984 |
| 43 | Randolph Town, MA | 12,747 |
| 44 | West Springfield Town, MA | 12,732 |
| 45 | Melrose, MA | 12,401 |
| 46 | Franklin Town, MA | 12,370 |
| 47 | Agawam Town, MA | 11,979 |
| 48 | Amherst Town, MA | 9,700 |
| 49 | Bridgewater Town, MA | 9,100 |
| 50 | Gardner, MA | 8,940 |
| 51 | Greenfield, MA | 8,182 |
| 52 | Newburyport, MA | 8,107 |
| 53 | Winthrop Town, MA | 7,899 |
| 54 | Easthampton, MA | 7,642 |
| 55 | Amesbury, MA | 7,586 |
| 56 | Southbridge Town, MA | 7,260 |
| 57 | North Adams, MA | 5,948 |
| 58 | Palmer Town, MA | 5,496 |