Massachusetts · Census place 2556585

Revere, Massachusetts

Revere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts with an estimated 60,702 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 19th largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
60,702
#19 of 58 in Massachusetts
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-1,209 people
Land area
5.7 sq mi
+ 4.43 sq mi water
Density
10,649 / sq mi
State median 2,852
Orange pin: Revere. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boston.

Revere population, 2020 to 2024

Revere lost 1,209 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +1,736. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 56th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Revere is 1.4 times that size.

61.9k202059.5k202159.0k202259.0k202360.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 62,247. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Revere covers 5.70 square miles of land and 4.43 of water, for 10,649 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Revere is denser than the typical town.

What county Revere is in

All of Revere's residents live in Suffolk County, which had 793,144 residents in 2024. Revere holds 7.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Revere

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Revere by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02151. 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 Revere is

The Census internal point of Revere is at 42.421000, -70.990400. Boston, the capital, is 5.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Malden, MA (66,693 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lynn, MA, 4.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.421000, -70.990400
DMS
42°25'15.60"N 70°59'25.44"W
UTM
19N 336247.8E 4698440.2N
Geohash
drt92dd25
Plus code
87JFC2C5+CR

Daylight in Revere

At 42.42° N, Revere 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 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Revere

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Chelsea, 2.7 miles away, with 40,245 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Revere, MA?

60,702 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,209 (2.0%) from 61,911 in July 2020.

What county is Revere in?

Suffolk County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Revere?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 02151.

How far is Revere from Boston?

5.7 miles (9.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Revere.

What is the nearest larger city to Revere?

Malden, MA, with 66,693 residents, 3.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.