ZIP code 01009

ZIP 01009 is a very small community in Hampden County, Massachusetts, with 790 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #479 of 539 ranked by population — larger than 11% of them. The median age here is 31.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in ZIP 01009 earn a median of $70,763 a year, 9.9% below the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 14.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 01009 is valued at $275,800, 9.1% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,305 a month, 7.2% below the national figure, or roughly $15,660 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 57.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

With 790 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 01009 against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

ZIP 01009 is tabulated inside Hampden County, Massachusetts, one of 39 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 539 across Massachusetts. Fewer than 2,500 people are counted here, so the ZIP behaves like a village delivery route rather than a neighbourhood. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 01009 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 01009 reports a median household income of $70,763, 14% below the $82,364 county median, and 34% below the $107,198 typical MA ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $275,800, close to the county figure and 43% below the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,305 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Massachusetts charges 6.25% statewide, and no local sales tax is layered on top, so the state rate is the full amount collected in 01009.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 01009 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.