# Cities in Massachusetts by residents who moved from another state in the past year, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `moved_from_other_state_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 1 and over who lived in a different US state one year earlier, as a percentage of all people aged 1 and over living in the area. 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 B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, 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-b07003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B07003: people aged 1 and over who moved from a different state in the past year, as a percentage of the population aged 1 and over, calculated with stored inputs, 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-b07003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/moved-from-another-state/massachusetts-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cambridge, MA | 8.5 |
| 2 | Amherst Town, MA | 6.9 |
| 3 | Somerville, MA | 5.4 |
| 4 | Boston, MA | 5 |
| 5 | Waltham, MA | 4.6 |
| 6 | Northampton, MA | 4.5 |
| 7 | Medford, MA | 3.5 |
| 8 | Beverly, MA | 3.3 |
| 9 | Pittsfield, MA | 3.3 |
| 10 | Woburn, MA | 3.2 |
| 11 | Worcester, MA | 3.1 |
| 12 | Newton, MA | 3 |
| 13 | Easthampton, MA | 2.8 |
| 14 | Quincy, MA | 2.7 |
| 15 | North Attleborough Town, MA | 2.7 |
| 16 | Palmer Town, MA | 2.6 |
| 16 | Watertown, MA | 2.6 |
| 18 | West Springfield Town, MA | 2.5 |
| 19 | Malden, MA | 2.3 |
| 20 | Attleboro, MA | 2.1 |
| 21 | Winthrop Town, MA | 2 |
| 22 | Holyoke, MA | 1.9 |
| 23 | Fitchburg, MA | 1.9 |
| 24 | Lowell, MA | 1.8 |
| 25 | Barnstable Town, MA | 1.8 |
| 26 | Salem, MA | 1.7 |
| 27 | Newburyport, MA | 1.7 |
| 28 | Amesbury, MA | 1.7 |
| 29 | Franklin Town, MA | 1.6 |
| 29 | Westfield, MA | 1.6 |
| 31 | Taunton, MA | 1.6 |
| 32 | Springfield, MA | 1.6 |
| 33 | Framingham, MA | 1.5 |
| 34 | Revere, MA | 1.5 |
| 35 | Everett, MA | 1.4 |
| 36 | North Adams, MA | 1.4 |
| 37 | Chelsea, MA | 1.3 |
| 38 | Marlborough, MA | 1.3 |
| 39 | Fall River, MA | 1.3 |
| 40 | Haverhill, MA | 1.3 |
| 41 | Peabody, MA | 1.2 |
| 42 | Bridgewater Town, MA | 1.1 |
| 43 | Weymouth Town, MA | 1 |
| 44 | New Bedford, MA | 1 |
| 45 | Braintree Town, MA | 1 |
| 46 | Melrose, MA | 1 |
| 47 | Agawam Town, MA | 0.9 |
| 47 | Gloucester, MA | 0.9 |
| 49 | Greenfield, MA | 0.9 |
| 50 | Lawrence, MA | 0.8 |
| 51 | Methuen, MA | 0.7 |
| 52 | Chicopee, MA | 0.7 |
| 53 | Lynn, MA | 0.6 |
| 54 | Southbridge Town, MA | 0.6 |
| 55 | Randolph Town, MA | 0.5 |
| 56 | Gardner, MA | 0.4 |
| 57 | Leominster, MA | 0.4 |
| 58 | Brockton, MA | 0.2 |