| City: | West Medford, Massachusetts |
| Names to Avoid: | W Medford |
| County: | Middlesex County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:29:21 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 339 / 617 / 781 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.4293, -71.1285 |
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The facility serves 42 businesses alongside residential box holders. This is unusual for a PO Box-only ZIP in a densely populated metropolitan area. Most mail in West Medford goes to street addresses in the neighboring 02155 ZIP code, which handles regular carrier delivery for the community. The 02156 designation exists solely for those who've chosen or need PO Box service at the West Medford post office.
This ZIP code contains no street delivery routes. All mail service is provided through PO Boxes at the West Medford post office facility.
ZIP Code 02156 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: | 537Source: 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 02156 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 4,917,661 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 02156, 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: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 05Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 265.08 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 02156 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 January 1, 2026.