Quincy, Massachusetts

Quincy population, 2020 to 2024

Quincy added 1,942 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +1,130. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Quincy is 2.3 times that size.

Quincy covers 16.57 square miles of land and 10.33 of water, for 6,242 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Quincy is denser than the typical town.

What county Quincy is in

All of Quincy's residents live in Norfolk County, which had 740,754 residents in 2024. Quincy holds 14.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Quincy

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Quincy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02169, 02170, 02171. 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 Quincy is

The Census internal point of Quincy is at 42.261000, -71.009000. Boston, the capital, is 7.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Boston, MA (673,458 people), 5.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 3 m (10 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Quincy

At 42.26° N, Quincy gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Quincy daylight page.

Places near Quincy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Braintree Town, 3.8 miles away, with 39,134 people.