Which ZIP code in Boston has the highest median household income?

02108 (Boston), at $212,928 (±$81,934), among 30 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Richest ZIP codes in Boston, MA

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Boston, MA with the highest median household income, out of 30 with at least 1,000 residents. 02108 (Boston, $212,928), 02210 (Boston, $172,124) and 02467 (Chestnut Hill, $169,104) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Boston; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Richest ZIP codes in Boston

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median household income	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	02108	Boston	$212,928 ±$81,934	3,794	1,973	2,199
2	02210	Boston	$172,124 ±$11,299	6,971	4,588	5,821
3	02467	Chestnut Hill	$169,104 ±$14,909	23,001	6,852	7,378
4	02127	South Boston	$164,387 ±$15,055	36,769	18,066	18,777
5	02109	Boston	$158,843 ±$30,537	3,612	2,085	2,420
6	02129	Charlestown	$157,247 ±$15,277	20,032	9,606	8,934
7	02132	West Roxbury	$138,724 ±$11,332	26,444	11,107	11,927
8	02110	Boston	$138,438 ±$68,527	2,342	1,322	2,069
9	02114	Boston	$132,210 ±$19,556	14,418	8,396	10,282
10	02130	Jamaica Plain	$131,551 ±$9,878	40,055	18,237	17,056
11	02116	Boston	$126,496 ±$10,226	21,978	11,513	12,745
12	02199	Boston	$122,285 ±$61,720	1,292	775	921
13	02113	Boston	$113,314 ±$11,332	6,385	4,112	4,467
14	02131	Roslindale	$111,006 ±$4,829	31,151	12,694	12,056
15	02118	Boston	$98,224 ±$21,234	28,946	14,497	15,092
16	02136	Hyde Park	$96,737 ±$8,822	37,265	13,719	12,643
17	02135	Brighton	$90,829 ±$4,760	43,149	21,143	23,973
18	02128	East Boston	$90,106 ±$8,311	43,345	17,736	18,362
19	02111	Boston	$87,404 ±$25,694	8,407	3,711	4,994
20	02122	Dorchester	$86,150 ±$8,962	23,479	9,299	9,229
21	02163	Boston	$84,583 ±$55,185	1,817	410	700
22	02125	Dorchester	$82,953 ±$12,485	33,662	14,246	13,683
23	02124	Dorchester Center	$81,923 ±$10,617	56,216	20,287	18,146
24	02134	Allston	$78,679 ±$7,086	17,667	8,217	11,164
25	02215	Boston	$72,095 ±$11,420	24,581	8,016	11,648

How we ranked them

Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 30 of 33 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Higher-income ZIP codes suit offers with a bigger ticket: remodeling, pools, roofing, financial planning, private schools, premium dining. A median describes the middle household, not every door, so the routes inside each ZIP still vary.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 33,564 households, on 70 carrier routes with 36,595 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Boston has the highest median household income?: 02108 (Boston), at $212,928 (±$81,934), among 30 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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