Northampton, Massachusetts

Northampton population, 2020 to 2024

Northampton added 2,036 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.0%. In the latest year it moved by -69. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Northampton is 71% of it.

Northampton covers 34.24 square miles of land and 1.50 of water, for 915 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Northampton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Northampton is in

All of Northampton's residents live in Hampshire County, which had 165,399 residents in 2024. Northampton holds 18.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Northampton

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Northampton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01053, 01060, 01062, 01063. 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 Northampton is

The Census internal point of Northampton is at 42.327000, -72.674600. Boston, the capital, is 82.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Holyoke, MA (37,838 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MA, 16.2 miles away.

Daylight in Northampton

At 42.33° N, Northampton 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 Northampton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Easthampton, 4.3 miles away, with 16,020 people.