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Arlington, MA 02474
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The 02474 ZIP Code is centered1 in Middlesex County at latitude 42.421 and longitude -71.158 (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) 02474 was 25,496 with 11,611 housing units; a land area land area of 3.09 sq. miles; a water area of 0.16 sq. miles; and a population density of 8,260.64 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Brattle, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Arlington, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Arlington Heights, MA (1.4 miles W)
East Arlington, MA (1.4 miles SSE)
West Medford, MA (1.4 miles E)
Wedgemere, MA (1.9 miles NNE)
Symmes Corner, MA (1.9 miles NE)
Medford Hillside, MA (1.9 miles ESE)
Belmont, MA (1.9 miles SSW)
East Lexington, MA (2.4 miles W)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Sutherland Woods, MA (2.4 miles W)
Huron Village, MA (2.7 miles SSE)
Strawberry Hill, MA (2.7 miles S)
Larchwood, MA (3.1 miles SSE)
Shaker Glen, MA (3.1 miles NW)
Avon Hill, MA (3.1 miles SE)
Coolidge Hill, MA (3.4 miles SSE)
Fuller Heights, MA (3.4 miles WNW)
Cedar Hill Camp, MA (3.6 miles SW)
Malden Highlands, MA (3.9 miles ENE)

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.