Georgia · Census place 1309460

Boston, Georgia

Boston is a city in Thomas County, Georgia with an estimated 1,235 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 284th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,235; #284 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020: +2.0%; +24 people
Land area: 2.3 sq mi
Density: 549 / sq mi; State median 1,234

Orange pin: Boston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

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Boston population, 2020 to 2024

Boston added 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,210. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Boston covers 2.25 square miles of land, for 549 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Boston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Boston is in

All of Boston's residents live in Thomas County, which had 46,054 residents in 2024. Boston holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Boston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Boston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31626. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Boston is

The Census internal point of Boston is at 30.791200, -83.789400. Atlanta, the capital, is 207.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Thomasville, GA (18,604 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 36.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 30.791200, -83.789400
DMS: 30°47'28.32"N 83°47'21.84"W
UTM: 17N 233078.0E 3409789.8N
Geohash: djkrjm67t
Plus code: 862RQ6R6+F6

Daylight in Boston

At 30.79° N, Boston gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Boston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Thomasville, 11.7 miles away, with 18,604 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Boston, GA?

1,235 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 24 (2.0%) from 1,211 in July 2020.

What county is Boston in?

Thomas County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Boston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31626.

How far is Boston from Atlanta?

207.3 miles (333.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from Boston.

What is the nearest larger city to Boston?

Thomasville, GA, with 18,604 residents, 11.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.