| City: | Medford, Massachusetts |
| City Alias: | Tufts Univ, Tufts University |
| County: | Middlesex County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:51:10 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 617 / 857 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.4036, -71.1202 |
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The facility maintains 12 PO Boxes serving approximately 5 business establishments. The ZIP's official aliases include both "TUFTS UNIVERSITY" and "TUFTS UNIV," reflecting its primary association with the university community. However, this isn't a campus-wide ZIP code but rather a specialized PO Box service point. The absence of street delivery infrastructure means recipients at this location must collect mail directly from their assigned boxes at the Medford post office.
This ZIP code has no street delivery infrastructure. All mail is delivered through PO Boxes at the post office facility.
ZIP Code 02153 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 5 business establishments, employing about 168 people with an annual payroll of $4,549,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 33Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 5Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,178,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $4,549,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 168Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 02153 is located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, within the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 14460) and Massachusetts's 5th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 4,552,402 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 02153, 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: | 05Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 265.08 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Boston, MA-NH PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2539835Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Medford city; MassachusettsSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 02153 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.