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The 02116 ZIP Code is centered1 in Suffolk County at latitude 42.347 and longitude -71.075 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Suffolk County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 02116 was 19,682 with 11,883 housing units; a land area land area of 0.66 sq. miles; a water area of 0.08 sq. miles; and a population density of 29,916.31 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Back Bay, MA (< 0.1 mile)
South Boston, MA (1.4 miles SE)
Roxbury Crossing, MA (1.4 miles SW)
Cambridgeport, MA (1.4 miles WNW)
East Cambridge, MA (1.4 miles N)
Boston, MA (1.4 miles NE)
Dorchester Heights, MA (1.9 miles ESE)
Longwood Station, MA (1.9 miles W)
Roxbury, MA (1.9 miles SW)
Uphams Corner, MA (2.4 miles SSE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Beacon Hill, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Dock Square, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Bay Village, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Downtown Crossing, MA (1.4 miles ENE)
North End, MA (1.4 miles NE)
Admirals Hill, MA (3.4 miles NNE)
Avon Hill, MA (3.6 miles NW)
Coolidge Hill, MA (3.9 miles WNW)
Forest Hills, MA (3.9 miles SSW)
Huron Village, MA (4.1 miles NW)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.