Massachusetts income by ZIP code
Compare income across Massachusetts Census ZIP areas. Download the Excel workbook and CSV, with income by age and margins of error.
- 540 Census ZIP areas intersecting this state
- Income and age bands with margins of error and source annotations
- Excel and CSV with field definitions and sources
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City population change, 2024 to 2025. Green dots gained, rust dots lost, gray dots did not change. The motion is illustrative, not a time series.
Massachusetts PEP cities, geographic context only. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau PEP, Vintage 2025; shaded relief from USGS 3DEP.
Income by Census ZIP area
- Income
- Median, average and per-capita income, household income brackets and median income by age of householder. Published estimates retain their margins of error.
- Files
- An Excel workbook, one CSV data table and source documentation.
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Selected sample rows. Not a representative statistical sample.
| zcta | geoid | name | demographic_status | primary_state_fips | primary_state_abbr | primary_county_geoid | primary_county_name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 860Z200US01001 | ZCTA5 01001 | published_acs | 25 | MA | 25013 | Hampden County |
| 01002 | 860Z200US01002 | ZCTA5 01002 | published_acs | 25 | MA | 25015 | Hampshire County |
| 01003 | 860Z200US01003 | ZCTA5 01003 | published_acs | 25 | MA | 25015 | Hampshire County |
| 01005 | 860Z200US01005 | ZCTA5 01005 | published_acs | 25 | MA | 25027 | Worcester County |
| 01007 | 860Z200US01007 | ZCTA5 01007 | published_acs | 25 | MA | 25015 | Hampshire County |
| 01008 | 860Z200US01008 | ZCTA5 01008 | published_acs | 25 | MA | 25013 | Hampden County |
| 01009 | 860Z200US01009 | ZCTA5 01009 | published_acs | 25 | MA | 25013 | Hampden County |
| 01010 | 860Z200US01010 | ZCTA5 01010 | published_acs | 25 | MA | 25013 | Hampden County |
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- sample_manifest.json
- Faithful sample selection and full-release pins; sample counts describe only the sample.
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What does the package cover?
540 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting Massachusetts. This is not a list of every USPS delivery ZIP. Geography-only rows remain in the file with documented missing measurements.
- 2020-2024
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey
- 2025
- U.S. Census Bureau, Gazetteer ZIP Code Tabulation Areas
- 2020
- U.S. Census Bureau, county/ZCTA relationships
Includes every whole ZCTA whose official county relationships intersect Massachusetts. Cross-state ZCTAs retain whole-area statistics; values are not allocated to the state portion. Every City in the USA is independent and not affiliated with the U.S. Census Bureau.
What's included in the download?
An Excel workbook, one CSV data table and source documentation. Full files and sample files use the same columns. Every file is listed below.
14 files. 13 are previewed in the sample above. The rest are marked Not in the sample.
- zcta_income.xlsx
- Excel income tables and documentation for the same Census ZCTA records as the CSV, with identifiers preserved as text.
- CITATION.txt
- Source agencies, vintages and citation instructions for this release.
- LICENSE.txt
- The approved named-release evaluation license for simulated-payment testing.
- README.md
- How to use the files, with source coverage, units and limitations.
- SOURCE_LINEAGE.json
- Accepted source references, source vintages, rights decisions and transformations.
- acs_annotations.csv
- Census source annotations attached to income estimates and margins of error.
- acs_missingness.csv
- Typed missing-value reasons and source codes for income cells. Missing values are not zero.
- censoring.json
- Source-preserved intervals and bounds for censored income values, without midpoint imputation.
- coverage_report.json
- Geography coverage, native counts and limitations for this full package or sample.
- field_dictionary.json
- Field definitions, units, text identifiers and missing-value rules.
- xlsx_sanitization.json
- Workbook text-safety transformations; original CSV strings remain available.
- zcta_income_2024_5yr.csv
- 2020–2024 ACS household income estimates and published 90% margins of error for Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting Massachusetts. ZCTAs are not a USPS delivery-code directory.
- SHA256SUMS
- SHA-256 checksums for the files in this particular archive.
- PACKAGE_MANIFEST.json
- Full package identity, source vintages, file hashes and publication state.Not in the sampleThe full-package manifest records the complete download; the sample has its own sample_manifest.json.
The field dictionary in each release is the authoritative column list.
How does the sample relate to the full package?
Sample rows come from the full release, with the same columns and workbook sheets. Sample documentation describes its scope and selection. The sample is for inspecting the files, not a representative statistical sample.
How should I read the numbers?
Missing values are recorded, never set to zero. Income estimates retain published margins of error and bounds. Age-band medians cannot be added or averaged. The sample is not a representative statistical sample. Read the methodology and source files before comparing estimates.
Is there a national package?
The national package has its full geographic coverage and files listed on the product page.
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