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02120

ZIP 02120 is Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County; area codes 617 and 857; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk
Population
15,283
Coordinates
42.3321, -71.0966
☼ Live from 02120 — Roxbury Crossing, MA

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Where 02120 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 02120
  • 🔢 Type 02120 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZIZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆02120 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,120 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 53. Its digits add up to 5, a total 55 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02119 (Roxbury, MA, 1 mi away) and 02121 (Dorchester, MA, 2 mi away).
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01022, 01202, 01220, 02021, 02201, 02210, …). The farthest-flung twin is 20120 in Centreville, VA, 412 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,435 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02120 and you would come out at 42.33°S, 108.90°E — 812 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.
  • 📏 At 0.619 square miles of land, 02120 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 300 football fields.
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People and housing

Population15,283This ZIP15,283
Households4,625This ZIP4,625
Housing units5,030This ZIP5,030
Median age23.6This ZIP23.6Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$64,289This ZIP$64,289Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$885,900This ZIP$885,900Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,649This ZIP$1,649Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher45.7%This ZIP45.7%
Mean commute24.3 minThis ZIP24.3 min
Population density24,689.8 / sq miThis ZIP24,689.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments176This ZIP176
Employees3,682This ZIP3,682
Annual payroll$220,750,000This ZIP$220,750,000
Tax returns filed5,240This ZIP5,240
Total adjusted gross income$257,629,000This ZIP$257,629,000

Land area

Land area0.62 sq miThis ZIP0.62 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 02120

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

ZIP codes near 02120

ZIPCityDistance
02115 Boston, MA 0.5 mi
02119 Roxbury, MA 0.8 mi
02447 Brookline Village, MA 1.0 mi
02215 Boston, MA 1.1 mi
02199 Boston, MA 1.3 mi
02118 Boston, MA 1.4 mi
02446 Brookline, MA 1.5 mi
02116 Boston, MA 1.7 mi
02130 Jamaica Plain, MA 1.9 mi
02121 Dorchester, MA 1.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02120?

02120 is in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3321, -71.0966.

What county is 02120 in?

02120 lies in Suffolk County.

What area code is 02120?

Roxbury Crossing uses area codes 617 and 857, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 02120 in?

02120 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 02120?

About 15,283 people live in ZIP code 02120, in 4,625 households, at 24,689.8 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 02120?

$64,289 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 02120?

The closest are 02115 (0.5 mi), 02119 (0.8 mi), 02447 (1 mi), 02215 (1.1 mi) and 02199 (1.3 mi).

Is 02120 a PO Box ZIP code?

02120 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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