ZIP 02421 · Lexington
Who lives in ZIP code 02421 (Lexington, MA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Lexington, MA · Middlesex County
uszips 2026
People18,080
Median age48.2
Household income$227,813
Home value$1,196,561
Median rent$2,948/mo
Poverty6.4%
College degree+83.3%
Commute31 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
- 730 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 6,824
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
22.8% are 65 or older; 74.6% are adults.
Household income
75.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $102,759.
Education (adults 25+)
65.6% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.0% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 67.2%
- Never married
- 20.5%
- Divorced
- 6.3%
- Widowed
- 6.0%
- Family size
- 3.02
- Dual-income families
- 57.9%
Housing
- Own their home
- 75.9%
- Rent burden
- 46.9%
- Men / women
- 48% / 52%
Work
- In labor force
- 60.1%
- Unemployment
- 2.4%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 3.0%
- With a disability
- 7.8%
- No health insurance
- 1.4%
- Limited English
- 7.9%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.