
Essex County · Massachusetts
ZIP code 01937
- Population
- 146
- Median income
- —
- Median home
- —
- Sales tax
- 6.25%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Massachusetts state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 01937 sits in Essex County, Massachusetts and is home to 146 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
- Essex County
- State
- Massachusetts (MA)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 25009
539 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 01937
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 146ZIP 01937 residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 53.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- —Owner-occupied households
ZIP 01937 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 01937 is a very small community in Essex County, Massachusetts, with 146 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #518 of 539 ranked by population — larger than 3% of them. The median age here is 53.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 01937 earn a median of not published a year. 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 84.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 01937 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The homeownership rate is not published. 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.
A median age of 53.6 puts ZIP 01937 well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages. With 146 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 01937 against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld household income, home value, gross rent for ZIP 01937 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 01937 in context
How 01937 sits inside Essex County and Massachusetts.
ZIP 01937 is tabulated inside Essex County, Massachusetts, one of 44 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 01937 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 01937 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 01937.
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 01937 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 01937
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 01937 compares
ZIP 01937 against the median ZIP in Essex County and across Massachusetts.
| Measure | ZIP 01937 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | — | $117,072 | $107,198 | — |
| Median home value | — | $626,750 | $481,450 | — |
| Median gross rent | — | $1,744 | $1,591 | — |
| Population | 146 | 13,502 | 8,755 | -98% |
Medians are computed across the 44 ZIP areas in Essex County and the 539 ZIP areas in Massachusetts.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 539 Massachusetts ZIP areas.
- Income
- —
- Home value
- —
- Population
- #518
Not published
Not published
larger than 4% of 539 state ZIPs
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Essex County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Essex County, Massachusetts.
ZIP 01937 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 01937?
- ZIP 01937 lies mostly in Essex 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 01937?
- Massachusetts charges 6.25% statewide.
- Is 01937 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.