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02153

ZIP 02153 is in Medford, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; area codes 781 and 339; Eastern time. Medford has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 02155.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Coordinates
42.4184, -71.1062

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 02155, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 02153 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 02153
  • 🔢 Type 02153 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESIZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 02153 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02152 (Winthrop, MA, 7 mi away) and 02155 (Medford, MA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02153 becomes 35120 — and that is a real ZIP code: Odenville, AL, 1,027 miles away.
  • 👥 73 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01235, 01253, 01523, 01532, 02135, 02351, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51023 in Hawarden, IA, 1,283 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 02153 and you would come out at 42.42°S, 108.89°E — 818 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees168This ZIP168
Annual payroll$4,549,000This ZIP$4,549,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 02153

ZIPCityDistance
02155 Medford, MA 0.4 mi
02156 West Medford, MA 1.4 mi
02144 Somerville, MA 1.5 mi
02145 Somerville, MA 2.0 mi
02140 Cambridge, MA 2.3 mi
02148 Malden, MA 2.5 mi
02474 Arlington, MA 2.6 mi
02143 Somerville, MA 2.6 mi
02149 Everett, MA 2.8 mi
02238 Cambridge, MA 3.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02153?

02153 is in Medford, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4184, -71.1062.

What county is 02153 in?

02153 lies in Middlesex County.

What area code is 02153?

Medford uses area codes 781 and 339, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 02153 in?

02153 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02153?

The closest are 02155 (0.4 mi), 02156 (1.4 mi), 02144 (1.5 mi), 02145 (2 mi) and 02140 (2.3 mi).

Is 02153 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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