Peabody, Massachusetts

Peabody population, 2020 to 2024

Peabody added 1,016 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +375. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Peabody is 1.3 times that size.

Peabody covers 16.24 square miles of land and 0.57 of water, for 3,412 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Peabody is denser than the typical town.

What county Peabody is in

All of Peabody's residents live in Essex County, which had 823,938 residents in 2024. Peabody holds 6.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Peabody

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Peabody by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01960. 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 Peabody is

The Census internal point of Peabody is at 42.534300, -70.969400. Boston, the capital, is 13.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lynn, MA (103,489 people), 4.1 miles away.

Daylight in Peabody

At 42.53° N, Peabody 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 Peabody

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Lynn, 4.1 miles away, with 103,489 people.