Massachusetts · Census place 2529405

Haverhill, Massachusetts

Haverhill is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts with an estimated 68,291 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 15th largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
68,291
#15 of 58 in Massachusetts
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+655 people
Land area
33.0 sq mi
+ 2.66 sq mi water
Density
2,067 / sq mi
State median 2,852
Orange pin: Haverhill. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boston.

Haverhill population, 2020 to 2024

Haverhill added 655 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +448. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Haverhill is 1.6 times that size.

67.6k202067.4k202167.4k202267.8k202368.3k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 67,776. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Haverhill covers 33.04 square miles of land and 2.66 of water, for 2,067 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Haverhill is less dense than the typical town.

What county Haverhill is in

All of Haverhill's residents live in Essex County, which had 823,938 residents in 2024. Haverhill holds 8.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Haverhill

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Haverhill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01830, 01832, 01835. 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 Haverhill is

The Census internal point of Haverhill is at 42.782900, -71.087400. Boston, the capital, is 29.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lawrence, MA (89,332 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lowell, MA, 15.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.782900, -71.087400
DMS
42°46'58.44"N 71°05'14.64"W
UTM
19N 329258.7E 4738819.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
87JCQWM7+52

Daylight in Haverhill

At 42.78° N, Haverhill gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Haverhill

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Methuen, 5.4 miles away, with 54,272 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Haverhill, MA?

68,291 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 655 (1.0%) from 67,636 in July 2020.

What county is Haverhill in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Haverhill?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 01830, 01832, 01835.

How far is Haverhill from Boston?

29.4 miles (47.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Haverhill.

What is the nearest larger city to Haverhill?

Lawrence, MA, with 89,332 residents, 6.8 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.