| City: | Peabody, Massachusetts |
| County: | Essex County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:25:53 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 508 / 978 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.5278, -70.9294 |
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ZIP code 01961 doesn't serve a town or neighborhood. It serves a single commercial address: Essex Center Drive in Peabody, Massachusetts. This business-oriented PO Box ZIP sits within the boundaries of the larger 01960 ZIP code, which handles residential delivery for the surrounding Proctor neighborhood.
The post office maintains 259 PO Boxes here, all tied to business operations rather than residential mail. With 166 registered business delivery points and zero residential population, 01961 functions as a corporate mail hub. Every ZIP+4 record points to Essex Center Drive, with 91 records using UNIT designators for different suite addresses.
Peabody sits in Essex County, about 15 miles north of Boston. The city's main residential areas use ZIP code 01960, while 01961 exists specifically for this commercial complex. Street delivery is available through one city carrier route, meaning businesses can choose between a PO Box at 01961 or street delivery via 01960.
This isn't a PO Box Only Zone. Businesses here have options. The PO Box classification simply reflects that 01961 was carved out specifically for this commercial center's mail operations, separate from Peabody's residential postal infrastructure.
Only one street exists in this ZIP: Essex Center Drive, a commercial office complex with multiple unit addresses.
ZIP Code 01961 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 8 business establishments, employing about 377 people with an annual payroll of $25,878,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 2,044Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 8Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $5,276,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $25,878,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 377Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 01961 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 4,917,661 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 01961, 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: | 4,917,661Source: 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: | 2552490Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Peabody city; MassachusettsSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 01961 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.