Massachusetts · Census place 2540675
Methuen, Massachusetts
Methuen is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts with an estimated 54,272 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 24th largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 54,272
- #24 of 58 in Massachusetts
- Change since 2020
- +2.5%
- +1,298 people
- Land area
- 22.2 sq mi
- + 0.78 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,444 / sq mi
- State median 2,852
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Methuen population, 2020 to 2024
Methuen added 1,298 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +516. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 16th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Methuen is 1.2 times that size.
Methuen covers 22.21 square miles of land and 0.78 of water, for 2,444 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Methuen is less dense than the typical town.
What county Methuen is in
All of Methuen's residents live in Essex County, which had 823,938 residents in 2024. Methuen holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Methuen
No ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps Methuen by at least 10% of either area. 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 Methuen is
The Census internal point of Methuen is at 42.742600, -71.178700. Boston, the capital, is 27.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lawrence, MA (89,332 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lowell, MA, 10.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.742600, -71.178700
- DMS
- 42°44'33.36"N 71°10'43.32"W
- UTM
- 19N 321674.8E 4734533.3N
- Geohash
- drt7hm138
- Plus code
- 87JCPRVC+2G
Daylight in Methuen
At 42.74° N, Methuen 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 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Methuen
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Lawrence, 3.1 miles away, with 89,332 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Methuen, MA?
54,272 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,298 (2.5%) from 52,974 in July 2020.
What county is Methuen in?
Essex County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Methuen?
No ZCTA overlaps Methuen by 10% or more of either area in the 2020 relationship file.
How far is Methuen from Boston?
27.2 miles (43.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Methuen.
What is the nearest larger city to Methuen?
Lawrence, MA, with 89,332 residents, 3.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.