Código postal 02421 — Lexington, MA

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El código postal 02421 cubre Lexington, Massachusetts, con una población de unos 17,798 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $212,843.

Población: 17,7981,860 per square mile
Edad media: 47.79 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $212,8432.1× the Massachusetts median
Tasa de pobreza: 6%6.4 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $1,645,466up 33.6% in five years
Alquiler medio: $2,8471.7× the Massachusetts median
Título universitario o superior: 84.7%49.7 points above the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 76.3%11.3 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 555

Dónde está 02421

Lexington, 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	17,798
Edad media	47.7
Hogares familiares	75.8%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	36.3%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	40%
Blanca (no hispana)	55.8%
Negra (no hispana)	1.5%
Asiática (no hispana)	34.5%
Hispana o latina	2.8%
Veteranos	2.8%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$212,843
Ingreso por persona	$109,161
Tasa de pobreza	6%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	5.6%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	4.6%
$10–15k	1.8%
$15–20k	1.1%
$20–25k	1.5%
$25–30k	1.6%
$30–35k	1.1%
$35–40k	0.2%
$40–45k	0.8%
$45–50k	1.1%
$50–60k	2.1%
$60–75k	3.1%
$75–100k	5.1%
$100–125k	6.4%
$125–150k	4.2%
$150–200k	14.0%
$200k or more	51.2%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	8,580
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$338,979
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	43.2%
Returns, under $25k	19.5%
Returns, $25k–$50k	8.0%
Returns, $50k–$75k	6.4%
Returns, $75k–$100k	5.7%
Returns, $100k–$200k	17.1%
Returns, $200k or more	43.2%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$1,147,700
Alquiler bruto medio	$2,847
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	32.7%
Ocupada por su propietario	76.3%
Viviendas vacías	2.1%
Año medio de construcción	1966

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	68.6%
Casa adosada	7.5%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	4.9%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	8.2%
20 o más viviendas	10.8%

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	$1,645,466as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 3.2%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 33.6%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 69.4%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$3,964as of 2026-07

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$513,861 in 2000 to $1,645,466 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	2.2%
Licenciatura o superior	84.7%
Bachillerato o superior	97%
Trabaja desde casa	33.7%
Conduce solo al trabajo	53.8%
Usa el transporte público	5%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	30.7%

Salud

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

Obesidad	19.6% 13.8 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	9.1% 2.9 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	5.8% 7.4 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	29.7% 4.4 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	10.6% 9.7 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	2.2% 9.1 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	19.4% 2.5 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	15.7% 9.7 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	24.8% same as the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	13.2% 2.8 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	78.1% 3.4 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	10% 2.3 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	9.9% 0.5 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	5.1% 1.1 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	83.9% 7.2 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	94.2% 8.3 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	8.2% 6.6 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	71.1% 6.8 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	3.7% 2.9 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	80.6% 19.3 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	20.5% 10.2 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	19.1% 5.7 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	5.6% 11.5 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	5.2% 9.1 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	5.5% 1.2 pts below the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	39.3% 3.1 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	5.2% 8.6 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	4.6% 3.8 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	4% 5.2 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	30.4% 4 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	84.7% 8.8 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	10.7% 6.1 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	8.6% 5.4 pts below the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	8.6% 4.9 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	1.9% 2.1 pts below the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	3.2% 5.6 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	27.8% 8.6 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	2.5% 0.9 pts below the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	4.7% 8.3 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	2.7% 2.9 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	555
Personas empleadas	18,061
Nómina anual	$2,890,732,000

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 31.1% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low
Pérdida anual esperada	44.3 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	83.7 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.

Tormenta de hielo	90.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	78.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	69.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	57.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	52.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	43.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	40.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	40Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	38.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	33.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	31.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	22.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	11.9Very 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	$212,843	$101,341	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$109,161	$56,284	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	6%	10%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$1,147,700	$525,800	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$2,847	$1,687	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	76.3%	62.6%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	84.7%	46.6%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	2.2%	5.1%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	33.7%	16.7%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	36.3%	17.7%	13.9%
Edad media	47.7	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	BEDFORD HANSCOM FLD, MA US6 km away
Lluvia al año	43 in

Average high and low by month

enero	36.8°F / 18.2°F2.9 in rain
febrero	39.4°F / 19.3°F2.69 in rain
marzo	47.5°F / 27.2°F3.85 in rain
abril	59.9°F / 37.1°F3.84 in rain
mayo	70.4°F / 46.7°F3.36 in rain
junio	79.4°F / 56.2°F3.72 in rain
julio	85.1°F / 62°F3.51 in rain
agosto	83.6°F / 60.3°F3.47 in rain
septiembre	75.7°F / 51.8°F3.54 in rain
octubre	63.6°F / 40.8°F4.24 in rain
noviembre	52.4°F / 32.4°F3.72 in rain
diciembre	42°F / 24°F3.76 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	85% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	27% of this ZIP code's area

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%.

Lexington 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.

Vulnerabilidad social general	36más vulnerable que el 36% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	7más vulnerable que el 7% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	74más vulnerable que el 74% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	59más vulnerable que el 59% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	56más vulnerable que el 56% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	13.6 out of 20Above average

Códigos postales cercanos

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

02420 Lexington, MA	a 1.7 km
02475 Arlington Heights, MA	a 4.5 km
01731 Hanscom Afb, MA	a 4.6 km
02451 Waltham, MA	a 5.1 km
02476 Arlington, MA	a 5.1 km
02452 Waltham, MA	a 5.4 km
01730 Bedford, MA	a 6.2 km
02474 Arlington, MA	a 6.3 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.

Middlesex County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	9.57 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.16 sq mi
Densidad de población	1,860 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	42.4426, -71.2265

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.