North Adams, Massachusetts

North Adams population, 2020 to 2024

North Adams lost 262 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -25. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so North Adams is 28% of it.

North Adams covers 20.35 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 614 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so North Adams is less dense than the typical town.

What county North Adams is in

All of North Adams's residents live in Berkshire County, which had 128,726 residents in 2024. North Adams holds 9.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in North Adams

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps North Adams by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01247. 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 North Adams is

The Census internal point of North Adams is at 42.675600, -73.118100. Boston, the capital, is 106.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pittsfield, MA (43,121 people), 17.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 34.5 miles away.

Daylight in North Adams

At 42.68° N, North Adams gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near North Adams

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Pittsfield, 17.1 miles away, with 43,121 people.