| City: | Hamilton, Massachusetts |
| County: | Essex County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:49:48 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 351 / 978 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.6208, -70.8578 |
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Hamilton, Massachusetts has two ZIP codes, and 01936 is the one assigned exclusively to PO Boxes. This isn't a geographic territory. It's a point on Bay Road where the Hamilton Post Office stands. Residents who want a PO Box get a 01936 address. Everyone else in town uses 01982 for street delivery.
The post office maintains 139 PO Boxes for this affluent Essex County community north of Boston. Hamilton is horse country, known for estates and equestrian properties that don't always suit standard street addressing. Some residents prefer the privacy of a PO Box. Others need one for business purposes.
ZIP 01936 sits physically inside 01982, which covers the actual residential and commercial areas of Hamilton and South Hamilton. The relationship is common in New England towns: one ZIP handles PO Boxes while another handles carrier routes. Bay Road, the only street listed for 01936, is simply the post office's address. The 28 records there include individual box assignments and the postal facility itself.
With 14 businesses and 88 employees associated with this ZIP, 01936 serves both residents and local enterprises. The PO Box Only Zone designation means mail addressed to 01936 must go to a PO Box. There's no carrier delivery under this ZIP code. For packages or letters that need street delivery, use 01982 with the physical address instead.
Bay Road is the only street address for 01936, representing the post office location itself rather than residential delivery.
ZIP Code 01936 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 12 business establishments, employing about 65 people with an annual payroll of $3,409,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 183Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 12Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $814,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $3,409,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 65Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 01936 is located in Essex County, Massachusetts, within the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 14460) and Massachusetts's 6th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 4,552,402 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 01936, and is subdivided into the Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 14460Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA (CBSA Div 15764)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 4,552,402Source: Census |
| MSA: | Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 06Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 526.79 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Boston, MA-NH PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 01936 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.