ZIP 02176 · Melrose
Who lives in ZIP code 02176 (Melrose, MA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Melrose, MA · Middlesex County
uszips 2026
People29,650
Median age43.6
Household income$133,953
Home value$819,759
Median rent$1,970/mo
Poverty3.8%
College degree+61.9%
Commute35 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
- 2,444 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 12,401
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
20.6% are 65 or older; 79.8% are adults.
Household income
60.7% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $69,715.
Education (adults 25+)
50.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
5.2% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 54.9%
- Never married
- 29.1%
- Divorced
- 10.5%
- Widowed
- 5.5%
- Family size
- 3.01
- Dual-income families
- 63.9%
Housing
- Own their home
- 67.2%
- Rent burden
- 35.0%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 68.7%
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 2.6%
- With a disability
- 10.5%
- No health insurance
- 0.9%
- Limited English
- 3.6%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.