Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/01008

01008

ZIP 01008 is Blandford, Massachusetts, mostly in Hampden County; area code 413; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hampden +1 more
Metro area
Springfield, MA
Population
1,327
Coordinates
42.1920, -72.9641
☼ Live from 01008 — Blandford, MA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 01008 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01008
  • 🔢 Type 01008 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOOIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,008 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 7. Its digits add up to 9, a total 375 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01007 (Belchertown, MA, 30 mi away) and 01009 (Bondsville, MA, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01008 becomes 80010 — and that is a real ZIP code: Aurora, CO, 1,663 miles away.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00801, 01080, 08001, 08010, 10008, 10080, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00801 in St Thomas, VI, 1,713 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,340 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01008 and you would come out at 42.19°S, 107.04°E — 858 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.
  • 📏 At 61.2 square miles of land, 01008 is bigger than 65% of ZIP codes — room for about 46 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 01008 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population1,327This ZIP1,327
Households579This ZIP579
Housing units640This ZIP640
Median age50.7This ZIP50.7Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$97,554This ZIP$97,554Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$295,200This ZIP$295,200Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,047This ZIP$1,047Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.8%This ZIP31.8%
Mean commute37.5 minThis ZIP37.5 min
Population density21.7 / sq miThis ZIP21.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees137This ZIP137
Annual payroll$4,603,000This ZIP$4,603,000
Tax returns filed650This ZIP650
Total adjusted gross income$51,155,000This ZIP$51,155,000

Land area

Land area61.19 sq miThis ZIP61.19 sq mi
Water area2.17 sq miThis ZIP2.17 sq mi

Counties 01008 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Hampden County 94.3%
Berkshire County 5.7%

Other place names in 01008

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 01008

ZIPCityDistance
01029 East Otis, MA 3.8 mi
01071 Russell, MA 5.1 mi
01086 Westfield, MA 6.1 mi
01011 Chester, MA 6.8 mi
01034 Granville, MA 6.8 mi
01097 Woronoco, MA 7.1 mi
01253 Otis, MA 7.7 mi
01050 Huntington, MA 8.2 mi
01085 Westfield, MA 10.2 mi
01255 Sandisfield, MA 10.3 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 01008 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01008?

01008 is in Blandford, Massachusetts, in Hampden County, part of the Springfield, MA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.1920, -72.9641.

What county is 01008 in?

01008 spans 2 counties: Hampden County and Berkshire County. Most of it falls in Hampden County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 01008?

Blandford uses area code 413, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 01008 in?

01008 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01008?

About 1,327 people live in ZIP code 01008, in 579 households, at 21.7 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 01008?

$97,554 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01008?

The closest are 01029 (3.8 mi), 01071 (5.1 mi), 01086 (6.1 mi), 01011 (6.8 mi) and 01034 (6.8 mi).

Is 01008 a PO Box ZIP code?

01008 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “01008 ZIP Code — Blandford, Massachusetts (Hampden County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/01008

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/01008.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.