Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Pittsfield population, 2020 to 2024

Pittsfield lost 715 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -72. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Pittsfield is 98% of it.

Pittsfield covers 40.47 square miles of land and 1.99 of water, for 1,066 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Pittsfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pittsfield is in

All of Pittsfield's residents live in Berkshire County, which had 128,726 residents in 2024. Pittsfield holds 33.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pittsfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pittsfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01201. 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 Pittsfield is

The Census internal point of Pittsfield is at 42.451800, -73.260700. Boston, the capital, is 112.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Troy, NY (51,065 people), 28.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 31.1 miles away.

Daylight in Pittsfield

At 42.45° N, Pittsfield gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pittsfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is North Adams, 17.1 miles away, with 12,492 people.