Fall River, Massachusetts

Fall River population, 2020 to 2024

Fall River added 771 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +394. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Fall River is 2.1 times that size.

Fall River covers 33.12 square miles of land and 7.12 of water, for 2,859 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Fall River is close to the typical town.

What county Fall River is in

All of Fall River's residents live in Bristol County, which had 588,593 residents in 2024. Fall River holds 16.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fall River

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fall River by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02717, 02720, 02721, 02723, 02724, 02790. 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 Fall River is

The Census internal point of Fall River is at 41.725400, -71.094200. Boston, the capital, is 43.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Bedford, MA (101,318 people), 9.2 miles away.

Daylight in Fall River

At 41.73° N, Fall River gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fall River

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is New Bedford, 9.2 miles away, with 101,318 people.