ZIP 01860 · Merrimac
Who lives in ZIP code 01860 (Merrimac, MA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Merrimac, MA · Essex County
uszips 2026
People6,748
Median age49.4
Household income$123,054
Home value$554,596
Median rent$1,352/mo
Poverty9.4%
College degree+41.1%
Commute32 min
Place
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Wider region
- Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH
- Metro division
- Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 307 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,815
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
26.7% are 65 or older; 83.5% are adults.
Household income
57.0% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $59,464.
Education (adults 25+)
49.1% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
2.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 52.1%
- Never married
- 27.0%
- Divorced
- 14.8%
- Widowed
- 6.2%
- Family size
- 2.88
- Dual-income families
- 58.9%
Housing
- Own their home
- 81.3%
- Rent burden
- 34.8%
- Men / women
- 54% / 46%
Work
- In labor force
- 69.2%
- Unemployment
- 1.5%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 4.0%
- With a disability
- 14.3%
- No health insurance
- 1.6%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.