Newton, Massachusetts

Newton population, 2020 to 2024

Newton added 1,847 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +1,439. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 19th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Newton is 2.1 times that size.

Newton covers 17.83 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 5,087 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Newton is denser than the typical town.

What county Newton is in

All of Newton's residents live in Middlesex County, which had 1,668,956 residents in 2024. Newton holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newton

10 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Newton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02458, 02459, 02460, 02461, 02462, 02464, 02465, 02466, 02467, 02468. 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 Newton is

The Census internal point of Newton is at 42.331800, -71.208400. Boston, the capital, is 7.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cambridge, MA (121,186 people), 5.5 miles away.

Daylight in Newton

At 42.33° N, Newton gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Newton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Watertown, 3.0 miles away, with 35,985 people.