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Suffolk County · Massachusetts

ZIP code 02199

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 02199 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
1,253

ZCTA residents

Median income
$118,367

Household, past 12 months

Median home
—

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6.25%

Massachusetts state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 02199 sits in Suffolk County, Massachusetts and is home to 1,253 people. Median household income is $118,367, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is $3,404. 3.4% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6.25% (Massachusetts state rate).

County
Suffolk County

FIPS 25025

State
Massachusetts (MA)

539 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 02199

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
1,253ZIP 02199 residents
Median household income
$118,367Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
—Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$3,404Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
36.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
3.4%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 02199 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 02199 is a small town in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, with 1,253 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #456 of 539 ranked by population — larger than 15% of them. The median age here is 36.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 02199 earn a median of $118,367 a year, 50.7% above the national figure of $78,538. 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 8.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 02199 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $3,404 a month, 142.1% above the national figure, or roughly $40,848 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 34.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. 3.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

The Census withheld home value for ZIP 02199 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 02199 in context

How 02199 sits inside Suffolk County and Massachusetts.

ZIP 02199 is tabulated inside Suffolk County, Massachusetts, one of 35 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 02199 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 02199 reports a median household income of $118,367, 30% above the $91,111 county median, and 10% above the $107,198 typical MA ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $3,404 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 02199.

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 02199 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 02199

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
6.25%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$6Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$63Before any exemptions

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.

Rent burden
35%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
—Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
—20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
8.3%Residents below poverty line

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 02199 compares

ZIP 02199 against the median ZIP in Suffolk County and across Massachusetts.

MeasureZIP 02199County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$118,367$91,111$107,198+10%
Median home value—$688,950$481,450—
Median gross rent$3,404$2,096$1,591+114%
Population1,25323,4718,755-86%

Medians are computed across the 35 ZIP areas in Suffolk County and the 539 ZIP areas in Massachusetts.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 539 Massachusetts ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 62% of 507 state ZIPs

#192
Home value

Not published

—
Population

larger than 15% of 539 state ZIPs

#456

Comparable ZIP codes

Massachusetts ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
01540Worcester County$118,389$346,000$1,135
01611Worcester County$118,389$306,400$1,040
02155Middlesex County$118,403$715,500$2,483
02635Barnstable County$118,295$649,900$2,122
01522Worcester County$118,824$386,100$1,100
02375Bristol County$117,717$492,000$2,080

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Suffolk County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

ZIP 02199 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 02199?
ZIP 02199 lies mostly in Suffolk 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 02199?
Massachusetts charges 6.25% statewide.
Is 02199 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $3,404 a month, about 35% of median household income, 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.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 02199, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

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.