State profile · MA
Massachusetts ZIP Codes
Demographics, income, and housing across every ZIP code in Massachusetts, benchmarked against all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico.
- 537
- ZIP codes
- 6,547,612
- Population
- $115,681
- Avg ZIP income
- 14
- Counties
The verdict
Massachusetts holds the 27th-most ZIP codes in the country, with an average ZIP household income 61% above the national ZIP median — 3rd of 52 states & territories.
- #27
- of 52 by ZIP count
- #3
- of 52 by avg income
- 6,547,612
- people across all ZIPs
- 14
- counties covered
Ranks compare this state against all reporting states using ZIP-level Census ACS 5-Year aggregates.
Massachusetts (MA) contains 537 ZIP codes spread across 14 counties and 463 distinct cities. Together those ZIP areas cover a total population of 6,547,612 based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates. ZIP-level granularity matters here: Massachusetts stretches across very different economic zones, and a single state-wide average hides the 10x spread you will see between its highest-income and lowest-income ZIP codes in the table below.
The economic baseline across Massachusetts ZIPs shows an average median household income of $115,681 and an average home value of $599,292, with a state-wide average median age of 44.6. These averages are computed over every ZIP in MA with reported data, not weighted by population, so small rural ZIPs count the same as metropolitan ones. Use them as a reference line, then drill into the ZIP tables to see where affluent suburbs, rural counties, and urban cores deviate from the state mean.
The largest urban concentrations in Massachusetts by population are Worcester, Springfield, Boston, Lowell, Cambridge, and each city aggregates multiple ZIP codes worth of Census data on its own city page. Every record in this view comes from publicly available federal datasets, primarily the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey and USPS ZIP Code Tabulation Area files, with no proprietary scoring, estimation, or editorial adjustment. Click any county to drill down to its ZIP-level detail, or jump directly to a ZIP code to see household income, housing cost, demographic breakdown, nearby ZIPs, and FHFA home-price history for that specific five-digit area.
Largest cities in Massachusetts
Top 10 cities by population in Massachusetts
Total resident population aggregated from every ZIP code the Census assigns to each city.
- Worcester
Worcester, MA
181,315 residents
- Springfield
Springfield, MA
144,116 residents
- Boston
Boston, MA
143,136 residents
- Lowell
Lowell, MA
106,541 residents
- Cambridge
Cambridge, MA
105,321 residents
- New Bedford
New Bedford, MA
94,905 residents
- Brockton
Brockton, MA
93,766 residents
- Quincy
Quincy, MA
92,271 residents
- Lynn
Lynn, MA
90,282 residents
- Fall River
Fall River, MA
88,252 residents
What this shows Population concentrates heavily in the state's largest metros, while most of its 463 cities are far smaller, a pattern the ZIP-level tables below make concrete.
Counties in Massachusetts
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ZIP Codes in Massachusetts
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023); USPS ZIP Code Tabulation Areas via the HUD USPS Crosswalk.
Read our methodology to see how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.