Massachusetts · Census place 2581005
Winthrop Town, Massachusetts
Winthrop Town is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts with an estimated 18,739 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 52nd largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 18,739
- #52 of 58 in Massachusetts
- Change since 2020
- -2.7%
- -518 people
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- + 6.33 sq mi water
- Density
- 9,417 / sq mi
- State median 2,852
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Winthrop Town population, 2020 to 2024
Winthrop Town lost 518 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +156. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 58th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Winthrop Town is 43% of it.
Winthrop Town covers 1.99 square miles of land and 6.33 of water, for 9,417 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Winthrop Town is denser than the typical town.
What county Winthrop Town is in
All of Winthrop Town's residents live in Suffolk County, which had 793,144 residents in 2024. Winthrop Town holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Winthrop Town
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Winthrop Town by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02128, 02152. 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 Winthrop Town is
The Census internal point of Winthrop Town is at 42.375500, -70.970600. Boston, the capital, is 4.9 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Revere, MA (60,702 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boston, MA, 3.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.375500, -70.970600
- DMS
- 42°22'31.80"N 70°58'14.16"W
- UTM
- 19N 337759.6E 4693349.7N
- Geohash
- drt9140z1
- Plus code
- 87JF92GH+6Q
Daylight in Winthrop Town
At 42.38° N, Winthrop Town gets about 15 h 17 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 Winthrop Town
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Revere, 3.3 miles away, with 60,702 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Winthrop Town, MA?
18,739 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 518 (2.7%) from 19,257 in July 2020.
What county is Winthrop Town in?
Suffolk County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Winthrop Town?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 02128, 02152.
How far is Winthrop Town from Boston?
4.9 miles (7.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Winthrop Town.
What is the nearest larger city to Winthrop Town?
Revere, MA, with 60,702 residents, 3.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.