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Everett, Massachusetts

Everett is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts with an estimated 51,825 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 25th largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
51,825
#25 of 58 in Massachusetts
Change since 2020
+5.9%
+2,868 people
Land area
3.4 sq mi
+ 0.25 sq mi water
Density
15,154 / sq mi
State median 2,852
Orange pin: Everett. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boston.

Everett population, 2020 to 2024

Everett added 2,868 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.9%. In the latest year it moved by +977. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Everett is 1.2 times that size.

49.0k202048.7k202149.9k202250.8k202351.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 49,078. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Everett covers 3.42 square miles of land and 0.25 of water, for 15,154 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Everett is denser than the typical town.

What county Everett is in

All of Everett's residents live in Middlesex County, which had 1,668,956 residents in 2024. Everett holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Everett

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Everett by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02149. 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 Everett is

The Census internal point of Everett is at 42.405900, -71.054600. Boston, the capital, is 3.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Malden, MA (66,693 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cambridge, MA, 3.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.405900, -71.054600
DMS
42°24'21.24"N 71°03'16.56"W
UTM
19N 330925.2E 4696889.3N
Geohash
drt3ppg87
Plus code
87JCCW4W+95

Daylight in Everett

At 42.41° N, Everett gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Everett

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Chelsea, 1.3 miles away, with 40,245 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Everett, MA?

51,825 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,868 (5.9%) from 48,957 in July 2020.

What county is Everett in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Everett?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 02149.

How far is Everett from Boston?

3.3 miles (5.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Everett.

What is the nearest larger city to Everett?

Malden, MA, with 66,693 residents, 1.6 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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