City profile · Town
Needham, Massachusetts
Reviewed Oct 17, 2026Who leads Needham, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Heidi Frail
- Role
- Chair
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 28,911
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 17, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 17, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourceneedhamma.gov/1098/Local-Elected-Officials ↗
- Official leadership pageneedhamma.gov/1098/Local-Elected-Officials ↗
- City websiteneedhamma.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Heidi Frail CurrentChair · added Oct 17, 2026 · verified Oct 17, 2026
- Matt Borrelli FormerTown Manager · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 28,911
- Land area
- 12.3 sq mi
- Population density
- 2,350.5 per sq mi
- County
- Norfolk County
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
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