Código postal 02121 — Dorchester, MA

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El código postal 02121 cubre Dorchester, Massachusetts, con una población de unos 28,298 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $38,565.

Población: 28,29815,007 per square mile
Edad media: 34.24.5 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $38,56562% below the Massachusetts median
Tasa de pobreza: 26.5%14.1 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $659,643up 10.2% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,31622% below the Massachusetts median
Título universitario o superior: 20.5%14.5 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 23.1%41.9 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 256

Dónde está 02121

Dorchester, Massachusetts — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	28,298
Edad media	34.2
Hogares familiares	63.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	37.9%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	44.4%
Blanca (no hispana)	7.1%
Negra (no hispana)	45%
Asiática (no hispana)	1.4%
Hispana o latina	38%
Veteranos	2.4%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$38,565
Ingreso por persona	$27,892
Tasa de pobreza	26.5%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	48%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	11.9%
$10–15k	10.5%
$15–20k	5.3%
$20–25k	4.4%
$25–30k	8.5%
$30–35k	4.4%
$35–40k	6.1%
$40–45k	2.0%
$45–50k	3.4%
$50–60k	5.5%
$60–75k	4.5%
$75–100k	7.9%
$100–125k	5.5%
$125–150k	5.2%
$150–200k	6.1%
$200k or more	8.8%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	13,050
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$43,499
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	0.9%
Returns, under $25k	37.7%
Returns, $25k–$50k	31.6%
Returns, $50k–$75k	17.2%
Returns, $75k–$100k	6.6%
Returns, $100k–$200k	6.0%
Returns, $200k or more	0.9%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$548,100
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,316
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	35.1%
Ocupada por su propietario	23.1%
Viviendas vacías	9%
Año medio de construcción	1950

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	7.9%
Casa adosada	6.1%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	52.2%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	27.8%
20 o más viviendas	6%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$659,643as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 1.4%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 10.2%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 65.4%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$3,223as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 3.5%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$151,635 in 2000 to $659,643 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	9.6%
Licenciatura o superior	20.5%
Bachillerato o superior	75.5%
Trabaja desde casa	5.8%
Conduce solo al trabajo	39.9%
Usa el transporte público	34.6%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	32.4%

Salud

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

Obesidad	34.6% 1.2 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	15.9% 3.9 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	18.4% 5.2 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	37.9% 3.8 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	30.9% 10.6 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	12.1% 0.8 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	22.9% 1 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	38.1% 12.7 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	24.5% 0.6 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	15.2% 0.8 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	76% 1.3 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	4.6% 3.1 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	14.2% 3.8 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	6.8% 0.6 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	80.6% 3.9 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	85.5% same as the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	21.4% 6.6 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	60.6% 3.7 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	8.5% 1.9 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	50% 11.3 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	38% 7.3 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	32.6% 7.8 pts above the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	39.1% 22 pts above the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	47.2% 32.9 pts above the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	5.6% 1.1 pts below the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	34.5% 1.7 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	32.5% 18.7 pts above the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	14% 5.6 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	21.7% 12.5 pts above the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	43.1% 8.7 pts above the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	82.4% 6.5 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	21.3% 4.5 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	20.2% 6.2 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	17.1% 3.6 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	7.6% 3.6 pts above the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	23.3% 14.5 pts above the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	41.9% 5.5 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	5% 1.6 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	23.1% 10.1 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	10.4% 4.8 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	256
Personas empleadas	2,097
Nómina anual	$100,919,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

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

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 6.3% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Very Low
Pérdida anual esperada	2.8 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	92.7 sobre 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.

Huracán	62.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	41.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	40.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	39.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	35.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	31.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	24.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	16.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	16.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	16.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	12.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	10.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	8.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Massachusetts y Estados Unidos

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

	This ZIP	Massachusetts	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$38,565	$101,341	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$27,892	$56,284	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	26.5%	10%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$548,100	$525,800	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,316	$1,687	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	23.1%	62.6%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	20.5%	46.6%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	9.6%	5.1%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	5.8%	16.7%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	37.9%	17.7%	13.9%
Edad media	34.2	40	38.7

Clima

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.

Estación meteorológica	JAMAICA PLAIN, MA US4.1 km away
Lluvia al año	49 in

Average high and low by month

enero	37°F / 19.4°F3.87 in rain
febrero	39.6°F / 21°F3.59 in rain
marzo	46.6°F / 28.4°F4.49 in rain
abril	58.8°F / 38.1°F4.32 in rain
mayo	69.4°F / 48.2°F3.64 in rain
junio	78.8°F / 57.9°F4.18 in rain
julio	84.7°F / 64°F3.49 in rain
agosto	83.1°F / 62.5°F3.72 in rain
septiembre	75.5°F / 54.9°F3.96 in rain
octubre	63.7°F / 43°F5.03 in rain
noviembre	52.6°F / 34.2°F3.99 in rain
diciembre	42.4°F / 25.7°F5.08 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

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.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code

Distritos escolares

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%.

Boston School District	100% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

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.

Minorías raciales y étnicas	76más vulnerable que el 76% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	13.1 out of 20Above average

Códigos postales cercanos

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

02122 Dorchester, MA	a 0 km
02125 Dorchester, MA	a 0 km
02124 Dorchester Center, MA	a 0.7 km
02126 Mattapan, MA	a 3.1 km
02187 Milton Village, MA	a 3.4 km
02130 Jamaica Plain, MA	a 3.5 km
02119 Roxbury, MA	a 3.5 km
02120 Roxbury Crossing, MA	a 4 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

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.

Suffolk County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	1.89 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.01 sq mi
Densidad de población	15,007 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	42.2973, -71.0745

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.