Harvard, MA
Census ZIP code profile for Harvard, MA — 1 ZIPs, total population 4,747. Median income, home value, education, commute, and demographics from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2023 5-Year Estimates.
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Harvard, MA is covered by 1 USPS ZIP code serving a combined population of 4,747 according to Census ACS 5-Year Estimates. U.S. cities rarely map cleanly to a single ZIP — Harvard splits its residents across 1 delivery areas, each with its own demographic and housing profile. The table below lists every ZIP by population, so you can see which neighborhoods carry the weight of the city total and which are smaller pockets of the same municipal boundary.
Aggregated across every ZIP in Harvard, the median household income averages $214,792 and per-capita income averages $97,637. Poverty rate runs at 4.4% and unemployment at 5.7%. On housing, the average median home value is $856,200 with median rent of $1,250 per month, and 90.9% of occupied units are owner-occupied. These are arithmetic averages across the 1 ZIP — not population-weighted — so small ZIPs influence the headline numbers the same as large ones.
Use this city view to compare ZIPs inside Harvard against each other rather than hunting for a single "city average." The Affordability Dashboard linked below combines these Census inputs with HUD Fair Market Rents, FBI crime data, and Department of Labor childcare costs into a graded scorecard for Harvard as a whole, while individual ZIP pages show fine-grained household income, housing profile, education attainment, commute time, and nearby-ZIP benchmarks. Every field on this page is sourced directly from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates — no estimates, no proprietary scoring, no editorial adjustment.
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ZIP Codes
4,747
Population
$214,792
Median Income
$856,200
Median Home Value
41.8
Median Age
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ZIP Codes in Harvard, MA
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01451 | 4,747 | 96 | America/New_York |
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Official Data Resources for Harvard
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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