Somerville, MA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Somerville, MA: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 73,844. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet SOMERVILLE-MA · Somerville, MA 3 ZIPs · 73,844 pop · #1339/25278 · Middlesex County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-RENT · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-TOP
- INC-TOP $134,940
- RANK-TOP #1339/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cambridge
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-RENT 34% owners
- POP-SMALL 73,844
- SPREAD-TIGHT 02145→02144
- HOME-TOP $914,733
Nearest income peer: Cambridge, MA ( $2,123 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 Somerville
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Somerville on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Lowell · lowest
Lowell · lowest
$78,949 median HH income
- Watertown · near
Watertown · near
$126,336 median HH income
- Medford · near
Medford · near
$129,700 median HH income
- Cambridge · near
Cambridge · near
$132,817 median HH income
- Somerville · this city
Somerville · this city
$134,940 median HH income
- Natick · near
Natick · near
$138,563 median HH income
- Arlington · highest
Arlington · highest
$150,846 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Somerville, MA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 5%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 73,844
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $134,940
- 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 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $134,940 and home value $914,733 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 69.6%.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (34.4%) for this income tier, rent $2,525 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Massachusetts, Lancaster is the closest lower-income city and North Dighton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Somerville.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Somerville differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Somerville: $123,755 in ZIP 02145 to $150,313 in 02144. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 1.8 points
02145 to 02144
02145 to 02144
02143 to 02144
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Somerville residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Somerville: the largest, 02145, is only about 34% of 73,844 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Somerville
Citywide ZBP: 1,552 establishments, 23,500 employees , annual payroll $1,672,660k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 02143 (679 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (255) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Retail trade .
ZIP Codes in Somerville, MA
These ZIP codes sit in Middlesex County, which covers 81 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Somerville. See the Middlesex County roll-up →
Somerville sits in the upper half of Middlesex County on income: Lowell, Framingham and Waltham report less, while Arlington and Natick report more. Lowell marks the far end of that range at $78,949, 41% below Somerville.
Side-by-side: Compare 02145 vs 02143 →
Somerville 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 Somerville, .