Greenfield, Massachusetts

Greenfield population, 2020 to 2024

Greenfield lost 79 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -1. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 51st; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Greenfield is 40% of it.

Greenfield covers 21.41 square miles of land and 0.46 of water, for 824 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Greenfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Greenfield is in

All of Greenfield's residents live in Franklin County, which had 70,871 residents in 2024. Greenfield holds 24.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Greenfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greenfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01301. 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 Greenfield is

The Census internal point of Greenfield is at 42.614700, -72.597100. Boston, the capital, is 80.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Amherst Town, MA (40,989 people), 18.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MA, 34.6 miles away.

Daylight in Greenfield

At 42.61° N, Greenfield gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Greenfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Amherst Town, 17.9 miles away, with 40,989 people.