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The 02138 ZIP Code is centered1 in Middlesex County at latitude 42.377 and longitude -71.131 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Middlesex County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 02138 was 35,407 with 14,993 housing units; a land area land area of 2.82 sq. miles; a water area of 0.3 sq. miles; and a population density of 12,566.16 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Old Cambridge, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Mount Auburn, MA (< 0.1 mile)
North Cambridge, MA (1.4 miles N)
East Watertown, MA (1.4 miles WSW)
Cambridge, MA (1.4 miles E)
West Somerville, MA (1.4 miles NNE)
Spring Hill, MA (1.4 miles NE)
Allston, MA (1.4 miles SSE)
North Brighton, MA (1.4 miles SSW)
Somerville, MA (1.9 miles ENE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Avon Hill, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Huron Village, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Larchwood, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Coolidge Hill, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Strawberry Hill, MA (1.4 miles W)
North Village, MA (3.6 miles WSW)
Beacon Hill, MA (3.6 miles ESE)
Bay Village, MA (3.6 miles ESE)
Dock Square, MA (4.1 miles ESE)
Downtown Crossing, MA (4.1 miles ESE)

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.