| City: | Salem, Massachusetts |
| County: | Essex County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:50:00 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 508 / 978 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.5195, -70.8972 |
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ZIP code 01971 serves a single commercial location in downtown Salem, Massachusetts: the East India Square Mall. This isn't a residential neighborhood. It's a dedicated postal assignment for a retail complex that needed its own mail sorting identity. The 66 PO Boxes and 33 business delivery points all concentrate at this one address.
Salem's main ZIP code is 01970, which surrounds and contains this point location. Residents of Salem receive mail through 01970, while 01971 exists solely for the East India Square property. All 50 ZIP+4 records point to units within the same mall address, each representing a different store or business space.
The mall sits in Downtown Salem, part of the greater Boston metropolitan area. Essex County's historic port city draws tourists for its witch trial history and maritime heritage. But 01971 tells a simpler story: one building, one ZIP, streamlined mail processing for commercial tenants.
Single commercial address with unit designators for individual retail spaces.
ZIP Code 01971 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,246Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 01971 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 01971, 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: | 2559105Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Salem city; MassachusettsSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 01971 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.