Census ACS 2023 · 89 cities

Youngest Cities in Massachusetts

Age demographics shape everything from school enrollment to housing demand. Amherst Town city is the youngest city in Massachusetts with a median age of 21.3. College towns, military communities, and fast-growing suburbs tend to have the youngest populations. Younger cities often have more families with children, growing school systems, and expanding housing markets. Compare median ages across all 89 major cities in Massachusetts.

Source: Census ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates

#	City	Median Age	Population	Median Income
1	Worcester city	34.1	205,501	$67,544
2	Woburn city	39.5	41,205	$107,754
3	Winthrop Town city	43.6	18,807	$106,357
4	Winchester Cdp	43	22,862	$218,176
5	Wilmington Cdp	42.1	23,195	$161,473
6	Weymouth Town city	43.8	57,786	$100,077
7	Westfield city	39	40,673	$82,847
8	West Springfield Town city	39.4	28,635	$70,401
9	Wellesley Cdp	38.1	29,906	$250,001
10	Webster Cdp	36.4	12,300	$60,384
11	Watertown Town city	38.8	35,270	$123,422
12	Waltham city	35.1	64,723	$116,560
13	Wakefield Cdp	42.9	27,284	$130,320
14	Taunton city	39	59,719	$79,715
15	Swampscott Cdp	45.3	15,209	$128,964
16	Stoneham Cdp	42.2	22,986	$112,635
17	Springfield city	33.7	154,751	$51,339
18	Southbridge Town city	40.6	17,806	$59,397
19	South Yarmouth Cdp	55	11,642	$79,638
20	Somerville city	32.3	80,549	$127,056
21	Somerset Cdp	47	18,246	$111,720
22	Saugus Cdp	43.5	28,599	$100,819
23	Salem city	38.5	44,241	$85,137
24	Revere city	39.4	59,933	$81,121
25	Reading Cdp	44.1	25,448	$163,725
26	Randolph Town city	41	34,683	$103,129
27	Quincy city	39	101,361	$95,711
28	Pittsfield city	43.2	43,559	$68,386
29	Peabody city	46.6	54,180	$95,278
30	Palmer Town city	50.5	12,372	$78,789
31	Norwood Cdp	39.4	31,380	$97,110
32	Northampton city	41.7	28,640	$78,467
33	North Attleborough Town city	42.9	30,842	$109,426
34	North Adams city	44.4	12,660	$48,521
35	Newton city	42	88,504	$184,989
36	Newburyport city	47.3	18,444	$144,259
37	New Bedford city	37	100,731	$56,025
38	Needham Cdp	43	32,059	$212,241
39	Nantucket Cdp	40.3	10,837	$109,988
40	Milton Cdp	40.2	28,481	$178,053
41	Milford Cdp	38.6	27,919	$88,992
42	Methuen Town city	40.5	53,043	$103,270
43	Melrose city	44.3	29,488	$126,854
44	Medford city	36.1	59,062	$118,089
45	Maynard Cdp	43.2	10,663	$119,549
46	Marlborough city	37.2	41,398	$95,047
47	Marblehead Cdp	49.1	20,334	$165,859
48	Malden city	35.8	65,509	$95,298
49	Lynnfield Cdp	41	12,964	$172,484
50	Lynn city	36.8	100,905	$74,715
51	Lowell city	35.5	114,799	$76,205
52	Longmeadow Cdp	44.8	15,724	$144,639
53	Lexington Cdp	46.6	34,085	$219,402
54	Leominster city	41.8	43,697	$81,556
55	Lawrence city	32.6	88,297	$57,903
56	Hull Cdp	55.1	10,098	$127,112
57	Hudson Cdp	44.3	15,610	$96,149
58	Holyoke city	39.1	37,949	$51,892
59	Holbrook Cdp	42.8	11,320	$107,768
60	Haverhill city	38.7	67,387	$87,675
61	Greenfield city	44.1	17,662	$53,961
62	Gloucester city	51	29,862	$87,898
63	Gardner city	43.5	21,075	$62,948
64	Franklin Town city	42.1	33,067	$142,788
65	Framingham city	37.7	72,013	$98,179
66	Fitchburg city	37.5	41,633	$70,659
67	Fall River city	39	93,764	$53,933
68	Everett city	35.8	49,236	$79,658
69	Easthampton Town city	47	16,103	$72,925
70	Dedham Cdp	43.5	25,109	$124,375
71	Danvers Cdp	45.5	27,924	$117,072
72	Chicopee city	41.1	55,213	$66,927
73	Chelsea city	34.5	39,460	$72,220
74	Cambridge city	30.5	117,794	$126,469
75	Burlington Cdp	44.9	26,223	$142,207
76	Brookline Cdp	35	62,822	$140,631
77	Brockton city	36.5	105,080	$77,089
78	Bridgewater Town city	37.4	28,669	$112,482
79	Braintree Town city	41.3	38,762	$125,305
80	Boston city	33.2	663,972	$94,755
81	Beverly city	39.5	42,408	$103,739
82	Belmont Cdp	42.4	27,009	$178,188
83	Barnstable Town city	48.6	49,232	$97,348
84	Attleboro city	39.4	46,499	$93,266
85	Arlington Cdp	41.3	46,015	$141,440
86	Amherst Town city	21.3	35,472	$65,938
87	Amesbury Town city	44.2	17,277	$100,599
88	Agawam Town city	46.1	28,510	$82,359
89	Abington Cdp	40.4	17,008	$119,787

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Frequently Asked Questions

Amherst Town city is the #1 ranked city in Massachusetts by median age, with a value of 21.3 according to Census ACS 2023 data.

Massachusetts has 89 cities with 10,000+ population tracked in Census ACS 2023 data.

All data comes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year estimates by the US Census Bureau.

Sources: US Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates

Data from the American Community Survey 2023 5-Year estimates. Covers cities with populations of 10,000 or more in Massachusetts.