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02205 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 02205 covers Boston, Massachusetts, with a population of about 0.

Population
0
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
20

Where 02205 is

Boston, Massachusetts — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population0
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments20
People employed130
Annual payroll$14,381,000
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 61.7% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate
Expected annual loss57.6 out of 100
Community resilience92.7 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.

Coastal flooding93.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane88.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake82.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail68Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning67.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding65.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado52.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm50.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave48.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide47.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave40.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind31.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather30.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
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
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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 stationBOSTON LOGAN INTL AP, MA US3.7 km away
Rain in a year44 in
Snow in a year49 in

Average high and low by month

January36.8°F / 23.1°F3.39 in rain, 14.3 in snow
February39°F / 24.6°F3.21 in rain, 14.4 in snow
March45.5°F / 31.1°F4.17 in rain, 9 in snow
April56.4°F / 40.8°F3.63 in rain, 1.6 in snow
May66.5°F / 50.3°F3.25 in rain
June76.2°F / 59.7°F3.89 in rain
July82.1°F / 66°F3.27 in rain
August80.4°F / 65.1°F3.23 in rain
September73.1°F / 58.2°F3.56 in rain
October62.1°F / 47.5°F4.03 in rain, 0.2 in snow
November51.6°F / 37.9°F3.66 in rain, 0.7 in snow
December42.2°F / 29.2°F4.3 in rain, 9 in snow
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 supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
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%.

Boston 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 vulnerability32more vulnerable than 32% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status17more vulnerable than 17% of US census tracts
Household characteristics3more vulnerable than 3% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status53more vulnerable than 53% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport94more vulnerable than 94% of US census tracts
Walkability17.5 out of 20Most walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

02210 Boston, MA0.6 km away
02111 Boston, MA0.7 km away
02110 Boston, MA0.8 km away
02117 Boston, MA1 km away
02112 Boston, MA1 km away
02133 Boston, MA1 km away
02196 Boston, MA1 km away
02201 Boston, MA1 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.

Suffolk County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.06 sq mi
Latitude, longitude42.3503, -71.0539

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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