PlainZIP

East Boston, MA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for East Boston, MA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 40,508. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet EAST-BOSTON-MA · East Boston, MA 1 ZIPs · 40,508 pop · #6389/25278 · Suffolk County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-RENT · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $90,106
  • RANK-UPPER #6389/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brighton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-RENT 29% owners
  • POP-SMALL 40,508
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $668,000

Nearest income peer: Brighton, MA (+ $723 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around East Boston

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest East Boston on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, East Boston, MA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 25%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
40,508
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$90,106
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $90,106 and home value $668,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 38.0%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (29.0%) for this income tier, rent $2,064 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Massachusetts, Clinton is the closest lower-income city and Gill the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for East Boston.

Population concentration

East Boston's single ZIP 02128 carries the town

East Boston is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 02128 is the entire residential footprint (40,508 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on East Boston's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 858 establishments, 26,928 employees , annual payroll $1,774,393k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 02128 (858 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (157) · also Retail trade · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in East Boston, MA

These ZIP codes sit in Suffolk County, which covers 33 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in East Boston. See the Suffolk County roll-up →

East Boston lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Suffolk County: Boston, Jamaica Plain and South Boston earn more and Dorchester, Revere and Dorchester Center earn less. South Boston marks the far end of that range at $164,387, 82% above East Boston.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
02128 40,508 $90,106 858 3,224
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East Boston roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving East Boston, .