ZIP 02142 · Cambridge
Who lives in ZIP code 02142 (Cambridge, MA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Cambridge, MA · Middlesex County
uszips 2026
People4,737
Median age30.9
Household income$147,723
Home value$1,915,541
Median rent$3,501/mo
Poverty7.5%
College degree+89.4%
Commute23 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
- 5,830 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,153
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
6.3% are 65 or older; 89.7% are adults.
Household income
59.1% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $65,750.
Education (adults 25+)
69.5% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
5.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 33.8%
- Never married
- 58.2%
- Divorced
- 6.8%
- Widowed
- 1.1%
- Family size
- 2.50
- Dual-income families
- 51.4%
Housing
- Own their home
- 6.9%
- Rent burden
- 28.7%
- Men / women
- 53% / 47%
Work
- In labor force
- 74.1%
- Unemployment
- 2.2%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 0.4%
- With a disability
- 3.3%
- No health insurance
- 1.7%
- Limited English
- 4.1%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.