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01260 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 01260 covers South Lee, Massachusetts.

Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
13

Where 01260 is

South Lee, Massachusetts — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Vacant homes94.8%
Median year built1938

What the homes are

Detached house5.2%
5 to 19 units94.8%
Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesity28.4% 5 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes9.1% 2.9 pts below the national average of 12%
Currently smokes10.3% 2.9 pts below the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure31% 3.1 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health14.8% 5.5 pts below the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)4.6% 6.7 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depression24.9% 3 pts above the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity19.1% 6.3 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis27.8% 2.7 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking17.3% 1.3 pts above the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication77.7% 3 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)10.4% 2.7 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma11.4% 1 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease6.8% 0.6 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year80% 3.3 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening89.1% 3.2 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability13.2% 1.6 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening78.8% 14.5 pts above the national average of 64.3%
COPD6.3% same as the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist74.5% 13.2 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Any disability28.1% 2.6 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Lacks emotional support22.1% 2.7 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Food insecurity9.1% 8 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Received food stamps10.5% 3.8 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Hearing disability7.1% same as the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol34.3% 1.9 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Housing insecurity8.2% 5.6 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Independent living disability6.9% 1.5 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Lacks transport6.2% 3 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Loneliness32.8% 1.6 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mammography use77.5% 1.6 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)16.4% same as the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability11.4% 2.6 pts below the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)12% 1.5 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability2.8% 1.2 pts below the national average of 4%
Utility shut-off threat5.3% 3.5 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Sleeps under 7 hours32.8% 3.6 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Stroke3.2% same as the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost8.6% 4.4 pts below the national average of 13%
Vision disability3.7% 1.9 pts below the national average of 5.6%
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments13
People employed343
Annual payroll$20,383,000
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 81.4% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate
Expected annual loss80.2 out of 100
Community resilience89.6 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

River flooding95.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide93.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind83.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane81.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm79.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning72.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave70.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail63.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake60.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather60.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire59.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado49.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave14.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
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Compared with Massachusetts and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPMassachusettsUnited States
Median household income$101,341$78,538
Income per person$56,284$43,289
Poverty rate10%12.4%
Median home value$525,800$303,400
Median gross rent$1,687$1,348
Homeownership62.6%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher46.6%35%
Unemployment rate5.1%5.2%
Works from home16.7%13.5%
Born outside the US17.7%13.9%
Median age4038.7
Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationLENOX DALE, MA US6.8 km away
Rain in a year49 in

Average high and low by month

January31.6°F / 12.7°F3.54 in rain
February35.4°F / 13.5°F3.06 in rain
March43.3°F / 21.3°F3.71 in rain
April56.2°F / 31.8°F3.75 in rain
May68.8°F / 43°F4.15 in rain
June76.8°F / 52.2°F4.79 in rain
July81.9°F / 57°F4.53 in rain
August80.6°F / 55.2°F4.23 in rain
September72.3°F / 47.5°F4.48 in rain
October59.3°F / 36.9°F4.75 in rain
November46.8°F / 27.7°F3.62 in rain
December36.1°F / 19.4°F4.49 in rain
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
No vehicle and far from a supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Lee School District100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability41more vulnerable than 41% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status20more vulnerable than 20% of US census tracts
Household characteristics69more vulnerable than 69% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status14more vulnerable than 14% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport70more vulnerable than 70% of US census tracts
Walkability9.6 out of 20Below average
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

01238 Lee, MA4.4 km away
01262 Stockbridge, MA4.5 km away
01229 Glendale, MA5.4 km away
01242 Lenox Dale, MA7.1 km away
01236 Housatonic, MA8.1 km away
01264 Tyringham, MA9.2 km away
01240 Lenox, MA9.6 km away
01266 West Stockbridge, MA10.7 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Berkshire County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area2.59 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq mi
Latitude, longitude42.2779, -73.2773

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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