Town of Braintree, Massachusetts

Current Weather

The Town of Braintree is located in Norfolk County.

Braintree is 30 feet [9.14 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Braintree lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Vermont has a community that is also named Braintree.

At the time of the 2000 Census, the Town of Braintree had a population of 33,828 people^<2> (or 5.19% of the total population of Norfolk County). The population of Braintree represented 0.53% of the total of Massachusetts, making it the state's 44th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Braintree had a population of 35,294 people. This is an increase of 4.33% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Braintree.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Boston	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	609,023	3.37% increase
	Brockton	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	93,007	1.38% decrease
	Brookline	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	54,896	3.87% decrease
	Cambridge	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	105,596	4.18% increase
	Lynn	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	86,957	2.35% decrease
	Malden	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	55,597	1.32% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Braintree.

The Commemorative Quarter for Massachusetts<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Braintree. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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