
Worcester County · Massachusetts
ZIP code 01561
- Population
- 0
- Median income
- —
- Median home
- —
- Sales tax
- 6.25%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Massachusetts state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 01561 sits in Worcester County, Massachusetts and is home to 0 people. Median household income is —, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is —. — of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6.25% (Massachusetts state rate).
- County
- Worcester County
- State
- Massachusetts (MA)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 25027
539 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 01561
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 0ZIP 01561 residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- —All residents
- Homeownership rate
- —Owner-occupied households
ZIP 01561 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 01561 is a very small community in Worcester County, Massachusetts, with 0 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #533 of 539 ranked by population — larger than 1% of them. The median age here is not published. 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 01561 earn a median of not published a year. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches an unpublished share of residents here.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 01561 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The homeownership rate is not published. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 0 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 01561 against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld household income, home value, gross rent, poverty rate for ZIP 01561 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Reading ZIP 01561 in context
How 01561 sits inside Worcester County and Massachusetts.
ZIP 01561 is tabulated inside Worcester County, Massachusetts, one of 85 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 539 across Massachusetts. This is one of the smallest tabulated ZIP areas in the state, the kind of rural route where a single subdivision or farm cluster accounts for most addresses. 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 01561 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 01561 reports a median household income of not published. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published 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 01561.
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 01561 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.
Sales tax in 01561
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
Massachusetts levies 6.25% statewide with no local add-ons. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.
Affordability in this ZIP
Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.
A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.
How 01561 compares
ZIP 01561 against the median ZIP in Worcester County and across Massachusetts.
| Measure | ZIP 01561 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | — | $101,902 | $107,198 | — |
| Median home value | — | $389,000 | $481,450 | — |
| Median gross rent | — | $1,275 | $1,591 | — |
| Population | 0 | 7,054 | 8,755 | -100% |
Medians are computed across the 85 ZIP areas in Worcester County and the 539 ZIP areas in Massachusetts.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 539 Massachusetts ZIP areas.
- Income
- —
- Home value
- —
- Population
- #533
Not published
Not published
larger than 1% of 539 state ZIPs
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Worcester County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
ZIP 01561 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 01561?
- ZIP 01561 lies mostly in Worcester County, Massachusetts. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
- What sales tax do I pay in 01561?
- Massachusetts charges 6.25% statewide.
- Is 01561 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth — — — against the typical Massachusetts ZIP.
- Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
- Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Massachusetts Department of Revenue — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.