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Boston, MA 02122
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Dorchester, MA 02122

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The 02122 ZIP Code is centered1 in Suffolk County at latitude 42.297 and longitude -71.055 (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) 02122 was 24,548 with 8,787 housing units; a land area land area of 1.71 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 14,392.78 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Mount Ida, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Neponset, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Meeting House Hill, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Fields Corner, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Dorchester Center, MA (< 0.1 mile)
 Dorchester, MA (1.4 miles W)
Savin Hill, MA (1.4 miles N)
Grove Hall, MA (1.4 miles NW)
Uphams Corner, MA (1.4 miles NNW)
Mount Bowdoin, MA (1.4 miles WNW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

New Squantum, MA (1.4 miles E)
Mattapan, MA (2.4 miles SW)
Forest Hills, MA (3.1 miles W)
Dock Square, MA (3.9 miles N)
Bay Village, MA (3.9 miles NNW)
Clarendon Hills, MA (3.9 miles WSW)
Downtown Crossing, MA (3.9 miles N)
Beacon Hill, MA (4.3 miles N)
North End, MA (4.7 miles N)
Admirals Hill, MA (6.4 miles N)

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.