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Boston, MA 02118
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Roxbury, MA 02118

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The 02118 ZIP Code is centered1 in Suffolk County at latitude 42.337 and longitude -71.064 (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) 02118 was 22,173 with 11,165 housing units; a land area land area of 1.06 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 20,830.53 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

South Boston, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Uphams Corner, MA (1.4 miles S)
Roxbury Crossing, MA (1.4 miles WSW)
Boston, MA (1.4 miles N)
Back Bay, MA (1.4 miles NW)
Dorchester Heights, MA (1.4 miles ESE)
Savin Hill, MA (1.9 miles S)
Grove Hall, MA (1.9 miles SSW)
Roxbury, MA (1.9 miles WSW)
Meeting House Hill, MA (1.9 miles S)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Downtown Crossing, MA (1.4 miles NNE)
Beacon Hill, MA (1.4 miles N)
Dock Square, MA (1.4 miles NNE)
Bay Village, MA (1.4 miles NNW)
North End, MA (1.9 miles NNE)
Forest Hills, MA (3.6 miles SW)
New Squantum, MA (3.6 miles SSE)
Admirals Hill, MA (3.9 miles NNE)
Coolidge Hill, MA (4.5 miles WNW)
Avon Hill, MA (4.5 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.