The 100 Richest Zip Codes in Massachusetts for 2024

In this article, we'll look at the top 100 richest zip codes in Massachusetts and explore some of the demographic statistics of each to see if we can find out why they are the richest.

Before we get started, let's talk about how we determine "the richest zip codes" by explaining how we calculate it.

We use the mean household income for each zip code, which can be found on the latest American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. The ACS is an ongoing survey conducted by the US Census Bureau and, because it's updated yearly, is more up-to-date that the Decennial Survey.

The latest year we have ACS data for is 2022.

Using the mean (or average) household income, we only really have two criteria to determine the richest zip codes:

  1. The zip code must have a population of at least 500 people.
  2. The margin of error provided by the Census Bureau for the zip code must be less than 50% of the mean household income estimate.

Richest Zip Codes in Massachusetts

If you're in a rush and just want to see the top 100 zip codes in Massachusetts, here they are, sorted by highest average household income.

The list is long, so you might have to scroll the table to see all of the zip codes. You can click the links in the table to view more demographic statistics about the zip code.

Rank Zip Code County Mean Income
1 02030 Norfolk County $436,767.00
2 02481 Norfolk County $414,379.00
3 02468 Middlesex County $382,509.00
4 02493 Middlesex County $365,202.00
5 01770 Middlesex County $315,170.00
6 02482 Norfolk County $314,233.00
7 02108 Suffolk County $310,976.00
8 02420 Middlesex County $304,158.00
9 01741 Middlesex County $302,154.00
10 01773 Middlesex County $301,905.00
11 02459 Middlesex County $298,359.00
12 01451 Worcester County $290,005.00
13 01776 Middlesex County $288,260.00
14 01890 Middlesex County $283,632.00
15 02025 Norfolk County $283,335.00
16 02052 Norfolk County $278,476.00
17 01748 Middlesex County $276,012.00
18 02492 Norfolk County $275,144.00
19 01921 Essex County $271,670.00
20 02467 Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Suffolk County $270,599.00
21 01778 Middlesex County $265,654.00
22 02461 Middlesex County $264,239.00
23 02210 Suffolk County $264,158.00
24 02110 Suffolk County $263,917.00
25 02465 Middlesex County $262,964.00
26 02421 Middlesex County $262,295.00
27 01742 Middlesex County $261,725.00
28 02494 Norfolk County $255,348.00
29 01772 Worcester County $255,330.00
30 02043 Plymouth County $252,879.00
31 01745 Worcester County $250,377.00
32 01944 Essex County $247,435.00
33 02116 Suffolk County $240,657.00
34 02090 Norfolk County $237,819.00
35 02725 Bristol County $234,509.00
36 02067 Norfolk County $231,523.00
37 02478 Middlesex County $227,995.00
38 01945 Essex County $226,193.00
39 01740 Worcester County $224,989.00
40 02445 Norfolk County $223,473.00
41 02535 Dukes County $223,352.00
42 02186 Norfolk County $217,746.00
43 02462 Middlesex County $216,089.00
44 01810 Essex County $215,400.00
45 01450 Middlesex County $215,139.00
46 02061 Plymouth County $212,934.00
47 02630 Barnstable County $212,228.00
48 01532 Worcester County $210,146.00
49 02460 Middlesex County $210,002.00
50 01984 Essex County $209,922.00
51 01922 Essex County $209,797.00
52 01985 Essex County $209,597.00
53 02332 Plymouth County $207,601.00
54 02466 Middlesex County $207,307.00
55 02071 Norfolk County $207,272.00
56 02056 Norfolk County $206,477.00
57 02339 Plymouth County $204,945.00
58 02109 Suffolk County $204,580.00
59 01951 Essex County $202,288.00
60 01940 Essex County, Middlesex County $201,485.00
61 02066 Plymouth County $200,848.00
62 01827 Middlesex County $198,534.00
63 01730 Middlesex County $197,993.00
64 01949 Essex County $197,524.00
65 02053 Norfolk County $197,508.00
66 01775 Middlesex County $197,366.00
67 02458 Middlesex County $197,019.00
68 02476 Middlesex County $196,923.00
69 02142 Middlesex County $195,846.00
70 01720 Middlesex County $195,424.00
71 01864 Middlesex County $194,412.00
72 01886 Middlesex County $192,260.00
73 01541 Worcester County $190,395.00
74 02129 Suffolk County $189,831.00
75 01746 Middlesex County $188,651.00
76 01969 Essex County $187,695.00
77 02114 Suffolk County $185,948.00
78 01719 Middlesex County $185,074.00
79 02032 Norfolk County $185,034.00
80 02738 Plymouth County $185,034.00
81 01262 Berkshire County $183,046.00
82 02081 Norfolk County $182,120.00
83 02138 Middlesex County $182,108.00
84 02093 Norfolk County $181,665.00
85 02446 Norfolk County $181,082.00
86 02127 Suffolk County $180,807.00
87 01938 Essex County $180,752.00
88 02140 Middlesex County $180,320.00
89 01568 Worcester County $180,126.00
90 02575 Dukes County $179,192.00
91 01245 Berkshire County $178,857.00
92 01581 Worcester County $178,695.00
93 01460 Middlesex County $178,589.00
94 02554 Nantucket County $178,307.00
95 01845 Essex County $177,360.00
96 01950 Essex County $176,211.00
97 01867 Middlesex County $176,156.00
98 01983 Essex County $175,893.00
99 02199 Suffolk County $175,283.00
100 02464 Middlesex County $174,227.00

Demographic Statistics for the 10 Richest Zip Codes in Massachusetts

Now that we've seen the top 100 zip codes in Massachusetts, let's take a look at some of the demographic statistics for each zip code.

We'll focus on the top 10 richest zip codes in Massachusetts to see if there any similarities or differences between them.

Household Income by Age

In the table below, we can compare the household income by age for each of the zip codes.

Zip Code Under 25 25 to 44 45 to 64 65 and Over
02030 $0.00 $250,001.00 $250,001.00 $142,083.00
02481 $0.00 $250,001.00 $250,001.00 $146,563.00
02468 $0.00 $250,001.00 $250,001.00 $212,955.00
02493 $0.00 $250,001.00 $250,001.00 $95,882.00
01770 $0.00 $250,001.00 $236,761.00 $109,917.00
02482 $0.00 $250,001.00 $250,001.00 $120,571.00
02108 $0.00 $121,997.00 $250,001.00 $229,792.00
02420 $0.00 $222,091.00 $250,001.00 $131,164.00
01741 $0.00 $250,001.00 $250,001.00 $138,125.00
01773 $0.00 $0.00 $250,001.00 $121,148.00

Note than any fields showing as $0 are because the data was not available from the latest ACS.

We can see from the data above that the most common age bracket for the richest zip codes in Massachusetts is 25 to 44, with 70.00% of the top earners falling into this age bracket.

The list below shows all of the top age brackets for the richest zip codes in Massachusetts.

  • 70.00% of the richest zip codes in Massachusetts were aged 25 to 44
  • 30.00% of the richest zip codes in Massachusetts were aged 45 to 64

Race and Ethnicity

We can also look at the race and ethnicity for the richest zip codes in Massachusetts. To do that, we created averages for each race reported for the zip code by the ACS survey.

The chart below shows the most common races living in the richest zip codes in Massachusetts:

  • 96.12% Black/African American
  • 77.53% Native
  • 11.84% Other
  • 4.06% Hispanic
  • 2.34% White
  • 1.60% Asian
  • 0.02% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

This shows that the most common race across the richest zip codes in Massachusetts is "Black/African American".

Education Levels

Another interesting demographic to look at would be the education levels of the people living in the richest zip codes in Massachusetts.

Just like we did with the race and ethnicity numbers, we can create averages for each of the education levels the Census Bureau tracks for each zip code, by summing them and dividing by the number of zip codes we're comparing.

The chart below shows the most common education level of people living in the richest zip codes in Massachusetts:

  • Bachelor's degree
    45.37%
  • Master's degree or higher
    45.37%
  • High school diploma or equivalent
    6.32%
  • Some college or associate's degree
    2.19%
  • Less than high school diploma
    0.74%

The data shows that 90.74% of people living in the richest zip codes in Massachusetts have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Conclusion

Hopefully, this article has given you some interesting insights into why the richest zip codes in Massachusetts are so wealthy based on the common demographics between them.

In the future, we will try to add more data to this article and pull out more interesting insights from the information.

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