Massachusetts · Census place 2535075

Leominster, Massachusetts

Leominster is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts with an estimated 44,209 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 29th largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
44,209
#29 of 58 in Massachusetts
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+454 people
Land area
28.8 sq mi
+ 0.86 sq mi water
Density
1,534 / sq mi
State median 2,852
Orange pin: Leominster. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boston.

Leominster population, 2020 to 2024

Leominster added 454 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +301. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Leominster is 1.0 times that size.

43.8k202043.7k202143.9k202243.9k202344.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 43,792. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Leominster covers 28.82 square miles of land and 0.86 of water, for 1,534 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Leominster is less dense than the typical town.

What county Leominster is in

All of Leominster's residents live in Worcester County, which had 881,248 residents in 2024. Leominster holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Leominster

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Leominster by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01453. 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 Leominster is

The Census internal point of Leominster is at 42.520900, -71.770600. Boston, the capital, is 37.7 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Worcester, MA (211,286 people), 17.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.520900, -71.770600
DMS
42°31'15.24"N 71°46'14.16"W
UTM
19N 272418.5E 4711334.2N
Geohash
drscyudnp
Plus code
87JCG6CH+9Q

Daylight in Leominster

At 42.52° N, Leominster gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Leominster

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Fitchburg, 6.1 miles away, with 42,145 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Leominster, MA?

44,209 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 454 (1.0%) from 43,755 in July 2020.

What county is Leominster in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Leominster?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 01453.

How far is Leominster from Boston?

37.7 miles (60.7 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Leominster.

What is the nearest larger city to Leominster?

Worcester, MA, with 211,286 residents, 17.5 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.