PlainZIP

Townsend, MA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Townsend, MA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,801. 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 TOWNSEND-MA · Townsend, MA 1 ZIPs · 6,801 pop · #3858/25278 · Middlesex County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $103,801
  • RANK-TOP #3858/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Malden
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,801
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $425,800

Nearest income peer: Malden, MA ( $3,195 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 Townsend

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Townsend 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, Townsend, MA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 15%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,801
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$103,801
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 $103,801 and home value $425,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 38.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Townsend as a pure owner town.

Within Massachusetts, Amesbury is the closest lower-income city and Plainville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Townsend.

Population concentration

Townsend's single ZIP 01469 carries the town

Townsend is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 01469 is the entire residential footprint (6,801 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 Townsend's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 119 establishments, 1,363 employees , annual payroll $57,772k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 01469 (119 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (26) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Townsend, MA

These ZIP codes sit in Middlesex County, which covers 81 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Townsend. See the Middlesex County roll-up →

Townsend sits in the lower half of Middlesex County on income: Cambridge, Somerville and Framingham report more, Lowell, Malden and Everett report less. Arlington marks the far end of that range at $150,846, 45% above Townsend.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
01469 6,801 $103,801 119 115
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Townsend 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 Townsend, .