What is the #1 most diverse cities in massachusetts?

#	City	Population	Diversity Index
1	Brockton	105,080	0.704
2	Randolph Town	34,683	0.691
3	Malden	65,509	0.686
4	Boston	663,972	0.657
5	Lowell	114,799	0.633
6	Everett	49,236	0.628
7	Framingham	72,013	0.604
8	Cambridge	117,794	0.601
9	Quincy	101,361	0.594
10	Lexington	34,085	0.563
11	Worcester	205,501	0.554
12	Marlborough	41,398	0.551
13	New Bedford	100,731	0.547
14	Waltham	64,723	0.544
15	Lynn	100,905	0.533
16	Foxborough	6,356	0.527
17	Devens	1,871	0.525
18	Hanscom AFB	1,745	0.503
19	Holbrook	11,320	0.502
20	Springfield	154,751	0.498
21	Amherst Town	35,472	0.497
22	Brookline	62,822	0.497
23	Raynham Center	4,871	0.493
24	Methuen Town	53,043	0.485
25	Medford	59,062	0.483
26	Milford	27,919	0.479
27	Somerville	80,549	0.477
28	Revere	59,933	0.468
29	Belmont	27,009	0.467
30	Onset	1,561	0.465
31	Watertown Town	35,270	0.465
32	Webster	12,300	0.462
33	Newton	88,504	0.459
34	Braintree Town	38,762	0.458
35	Milton	28,481	0.456
36	Fitchburg	41,633	0.447
37	Nantucket	10,837	0.447
38	Winchester	22,862	0.444
39	Norwood	31,380	0.440
40	Cordaville	3,076	0.434
41	Fall River	93,764	0.432
42	Wellesley	29,906	0.428
43	West Yarmouth	6,323	0.420
44	Vineyard Haven	2,672	0.418
45	Sharon	6,022	0.412
46	Leominster	43,697	0.412
47	Woburn	41,205	0.412
48	Taunton	59,719	0.411
49	Haverhill	67,387	0.407
50	Dover	2,386	0.404
51	Norton Center	2,526	0.404
52	North Plymouth	4,458	0.399
53	West Chatham	1,337	0.398
54	Williamstown	4,352	0.398
55	Teaticket	1,728	0.397
56	Arlington	46,015	0.392
57	Burlington	26,223	0.390
58	West Springfield Town	28,635	0.389
59	Ayer	3,012	0.388
60	Provincetown	3,466	0.382
61	Salem	44,241	0.380
62	Chicopee	55,213	0.378
63	Lunenburg	2,163	0.370
64	Pinehurst	6,737	0.369
65	South Yarmouth	11,642	0.369
66	Saugus	28,599	0.369
67	Melrose	29,488	0.363
68	Cochituate	6,688	0.362
69	Barnstable Town	49,232	0.357
70	Southbridge Town	17,806	0.355
71	Attleboro	46,499	0.355
72	North Seekonk	2,903	0.354
73	West Concord	5,997	0.353
74	Northborough	6,720	0.342
75	Pittsfield	43,559	0.339
76	Weymouth Town	57,786	0.335
77	Peabody	54,180	0.333
78	Falmouth	3,996	0.328
79	West Dennis	2,586	0.327
80	Hudson	15,610	0.326
81	Lynnfield	12,964	0.326
82	Andover	9,261	0.323
83	Townsend	1,082	0.322
84	Ocean Grove	3,099	0.321
85	Gardner	21,075	0.319
86	Needham	32,059	0.317
87	Plymouth	7,852	0.315
88	Marion Center	1,159	0.311
89	Clinton	6,908	0.311
90	Bridgewater Town	28,669	0.311
91	Winthrop Town	18,807	0.310
92	Dedham	25,109	0.306
93	Holyoke	37,949	0.303
94	Pepperell	1,887	0.301
95	Topsfield	2,573	0.299
96	Stoneham	22,986	0.298
97	Oak Bluffs	1,357	0.296
98	Northampton	28,640	0.295
99	Littleton Common	2,838	0.291
100	Westborough	4,234	0.287
101	Winchendon	4,407	0.282
102	West Wareham	2,776	0.281
103	Housatonic	1,054	0.280
104	East Falmouth	6,415	0.276
105	Maynard	10,663	0.275
106	Groton	1,571	0.266
107	Medfield	6,355	0.265
108	Franklin Town	33,067	0.264
109	Smith Mills	4,467	0.261
110	Westfield	40,673	0.256
111	Hatfield	1,361	0.252
112	Abington	17,008	0.251
113	Shelburne Falls	1,755	0.250
114	Longmeadow	15,724	0.248
115	North Attleborough Town	30,842	0.243
116	Millis-Clicquot	4,479	0.240
117	Mattapoisett Center	2,573	0.239
118	Dennis Port	3,439	0.239
119	Wilmington	23,195	0.239
120	Easthampton Town	16,103	0.238
121	Palmer Town	12,372	0.233
122	Reading	25,448	0.233
123	Rowley	1,576	0.232
124	Wilbraham	4,247	0.229
125	Beverly	42,408	0.228
126	Chelsea	39,460	0.227
127	Mansfield Center	7,232	0.226
128	Amesbury Town	17,277	0.224
129	Whitinsville	7,250	0.223
130	Salisbury	5,735	0.223
131	Swampscott	15,209	0.221
132	Wakefield	27,284	0.220
133	Turners Falls	3,949	0.219
134	Northwest Harwich	4,205	0.217
135	Ware	5,723	0.216
136	Mashpee Neck	1,071	0.214
137	Hopkinton	3,142	0.208
138	Greenfield	17,662	0.207
139	Athol	8,711	0.202
140	North Adams	12,660	0.201
141	South Lancaster	1,991	0.198
142	Belchertown	2,299	0.196
143	Agawam Town	28,510	0.194
144	Buzzards Bay	2,941	0.190
145	Upton	2,985	0.188
146	Ipswich	4,806	0.186
147	Danvers	27,924	0.181
148	North Lakeville	3,602	0.181
149	Bellingham	4,939	0.179
150	Monument Beach	3,067	0.179
151	Oxford	5,572	0.179
152	Scituate	5,602	0.178
153	Hingham	5,343	0.177
154	Gloucester	29,862	0.175
155	Orange	3,793	0.175
156	East Pepperell	1,984	0.174
157	Walpole	5,989	0.170
158	Lee	1,522	0.168
159	South Duxbury	3,272	0.163
160	Weweantic	1,384	0.162
161	South Dennis	3,190	0.161
162	Nahant	3,328	0.150
163	Hopedale	4,126	0.149
164	Middleborough Center	8,064	0.149
165	Bliss Corner	5,666	0.146
166	Monson Center	1,794	0.142
167	Somerset	18,246	0.140
168	Spencer	5,520	0.138
169	East Brookfield	1,349	0.137
170	Newburyport	18,444	0.136
171	Hanson	2,002	0.135
172	Rockport	4,795	0.135
173	Holland	1,313	0.127
174	Fiskdale	2,564	0.126
175	North Scituate	6,163	0.126
176	North Eastham	1,958	0.126
177	Shirley	1,256	0.125
178	Wareham Center	2,737	0.124
179	Adams	5,584	0.124
180	Great Barrington	1,953	0.119
181	Baldwinville	2,454	0.118
182	White Island Shores	1,880	0.117
183	North Brookfield	2,477	0.116
184	Boxford	2,325	0.116
185	Harwich Port	2,011	0.114
186	Sandwich	2,976	0.111
187	North Pembroke	3,924	0.110
188	East Douglas	2,842	0.107
189	Hull	10,098	0.106
190	North Falmouth	2,558	0.106
191	Forestdale	3,716	0.105
192	Granby	1,127	0.101
193	Sturbridge	2,277	0.100
194	Acushnet Center	2,792	0.098
195	Marblehead	20,334	0.097
196	North Westport	4,995	0.089
197	Brewster	1,711	0.088
198	Sagamore	3,958	0.087
199	Orleans	1,618	0.086
200	Yarmouth Port	5,825	0.085
201	South Ashburnham	1,174	0.085
202	East Dennis	3,685	0.078
203	Rutland	1,796	0.073
204	Lenox	1,809	0.069
205	The Pinehills	4,988	0.065
206	Marshfield Hills	2,121	0.062
207	East Sandwich	3,597	0.059
208	Kingston	6,373	0.058
209	West Falmouth	1,655	0.057
210	South Deerfield	1,822	0.052
211	Marshfield	4,698	0.048
212	Harwich Center	1,620	0.042
213	Cedar Crest	2,289	0.041
214	Duxbury	1,620	0.041
215	Pocasset	2,375	0.040
216	Millers Falls	1,081	0.040
217	East Harwich	5,670	0.036
218	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock	4,695	0.035
219	Bourne	1,765	0.033
220	Dennis	1,903	0.020
221	Essex	1,775	0.018
222	Chatham	1,614	0.017
223	West Brookfield	1,518	0.015
224	Lawrence	88,297	0.000
225	Green Harbor	1,254	0.000

Methodology

Cities in Massachusetts are ranked by diversity index. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from U.S. Census Bureau ACS. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 most diverse cities in massachusetts?: Brockton ranks #1 with 0.704 (diversity index).
What are the top 5 most diverse cities in massachusetts?: 1. Brockton (0.704), 2. Randolph Town (0.691), 3. Malden (0.686), 4. Boston (0.657), 5. Lowell (0.633)
How many cities in Massachusetts are ranked?: This ranking includes 225 cities in Massachusetts with available data.

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