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Thorndike, MA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Thorndike, MA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 692. 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 THORNDIKE-MA · Thorndike, MA 1 ZIPs · 692 pop · #13011/25278 · Hampden County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $70,588
  • RANK-MID #13011/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Springfield
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 692
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $263,400

Nearest income peer: West Springfield, MA ( $1,217 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 Thorndike

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Thorndike 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, Thorndike, MA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

49th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
692
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$70,588
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $70,588 and poverty 19.4% concentrate in 01079.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Thorndike as a pure owner town.

Within Massachusetts, Cheshire is the closest lower-income city and Dorchester the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 3 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Thorndike.

Population concentration

Thorndike's single ZIP 01079 carries the town

Thorndike is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 01079 is the entire residential footprint (692 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Thorndike

Citywide ZBP: 7 establishments, 52 employees , annual payroll $2,262k (~10 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 01079 (7 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Thorndike, MA

These ZIP codes sit in Hampden County, which covers 40 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Thorndike. See the Hampden County roll-up →

Thorndike sits in the lower half of Hampden County on income: Westfield, Ludlow and Agawam report more, Springfield, Chicopee and Holyoke report less. Longmeadow marks the far end of that range at $147,935, 110% above Thorndike.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
01079 692 $70,588 7 238
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Thorndike 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 Thorndike, .