02542 Zip Code (MA) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 765
Zip code population in 2010: 1,139
Zip code population in 2000: 1,582

Houses and condos: 312
Renter-occupied apartments: 226
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 02542: 116.7 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 30.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 25 people per square mile

(very low).

For population 25 years and over in 02542:

• High school or higher: 94.4%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 36.6%
• Graduate or professional degree: 16.4%
• Unemployed: 6.2%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 02542:

• Never married: 17.0%
• Now married: 76.1%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 0.0%
• Divorced: 6.9%

• 
• • 64184.2%White
  • 445.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 344.5%Two or more races
  • 293.8%Black
  • 131.7%Some other race

100% urban population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 02542, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $44,786 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$44,786
State:	$105,130

Salary/wage: $43,286 (reported on 100.0% of returns)

Here:	$43,286
State:	$82,951

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1370.0% for AGIs below $25k, 3372.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 4002.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 100.0%

Here:	100%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 100.0% for AGIs below $25k, 100.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 02542, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $39,008 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$39,008
State:	$81,425

Salary/wage: $39,442 (reported on 96.0% of returns)

Here:	$39,442
State:	$64,752

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 93.7% for AGIs below $25k, 96.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 98.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $60 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$60
Massachusetts:	$2,136

(% of AGI for various income ranges: )

Earned income credit: $2,044 (reported on 36.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,044
State:	$1,971

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.7% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 32.0%

Here:	32%
State:	56%

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 02542, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $39,442 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$39,442
State:	$62,877

Salary/wage: $39,036 (reported on 98.1% of returns)

Here:	$39,036
State:	$52,969

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 89.9% for AGIs below $10k, 95.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 98.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 96.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 96.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $245 (reported on 24.8% of returns)

This zip code:	$245
Massachusetts:	$1,945

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $140 (reported on 10.0% of returns)

Here:	$140
State:	$5,323

Net capital gain/loss: +$321 (reported on 6.5% of returns)

Here:	+$321
State:	+$20,377

IRA payment deduction: $1,273 (reported on 2.6% of returns)

02542:	$1,273
Massachusetts:	$3,100

Total itemized deductions: $10,818 (25% of AGI, reported on 2.6% of returns)

Here:	$10,818
State:	$22,573

Here:	25.2% of AGI
State:	19.5% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $1,364 (3% of AGI, reported on 2.6% of returns)

Here:	$1,364
State:	$3,295

Here:	2.8% of AGI
State:	2.7% of AGI

Total tax: $3,208 (reported on 71.7% of returns)

02542:	$3,208
State:	$11,494

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.0% for AGIs below $10k, 3.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 3.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,194 (reported on 14.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,194
State:	$1,518

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 30.8%

Here:	31%
State:	58%

Nearest zip codes: 02644, 02561, 02532, 02563, 02559, 02553.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 13
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 208

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 6 (7 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 233 (200 now married, 25 unmarried)

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 02542 household income distribution in 2022

• 4$20,000 to $24,999
• 14$25,000 to $29,999
• 6$30,000 to $34,999
• 14$35,000 to $39,999
• 71$40,000 to $44,999
• 11$45,000 to $49,999
• 12$50,000 to $59,999
• 6$60,000 to $74,999
• 38$75,000 to $99,999
• 39$100,000 to $124,999
• 12$125,000 to $149,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 02542

• 7$300 to $349
• 11$1,250 to $1,499
• 18$1,500 to $1,999
• 11$2,000 to $2,499
• 6$2,500 to $2,999
• 6$3,000 to $3,499
• 7$3,500 or more
• 152No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $1,952.

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 171
• One, attached: 60
• Two: 12
• 3 or 4: 48
• 5 to 9: 19

Unemployment: 6.2%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 02542

• 84.6%292Drove a car alone
• 5.5%19Carpooled
• 2.3%8Walked
• 4.1%14Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 02542

• 20Less than 5 minutes
• 655 to 9 minutes
• 3110 to 14 minutes
• 2715 to 19 minutes
• 2520 to 24 minutes
• 10525 to 29 minutes
• 630 to 34 minutes
• 1745 to 59 minutes
• 1260 to 89 minutes
• 690 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 97.1%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 765

• Male householders: 154 (0 living alone), Female householders: 70 (0 living alone)

• 216 spouses (216 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 217 children (218 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 27 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 77 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 83 2-persons, 67 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 12 5-persons

203 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (13 women).

78.8% of residents of 02542 zip code speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% very well, 12% well).
17.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% very well, 4% well, 6% not well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (100% well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• 102MSG/EM (120 REILLY ROAD in BUZZARDS BAY, MA) . Federal Facility. U.S. AIR FORCE

  AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  SUPERFUND NPL (Superfund database)
  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1996-0050, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
  Business SIC classification: GENERAL GOVERNMENT; NATIONAL SECURITY
  Business NAICS classification: OTHER GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT.
  Organizations: 102D FW / MAANG (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , U. S. GOVERNMENT (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: 102 FIGHTER WING OTIS ANG BASE, 102D FIGHTER WING, OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, 102D FIGHTER WING, OTIS ANG BASE, 102FW/SPTG-ESO, AIR NATIONAL GUARD OTIS, ANG OTIS, CAMP EDWARDS PDO STORAGE AREA, CAMP EDWARDS UTES, DOD/MMR/BASE LANDFILL, DOD/MMR/CURRENT FIRE TRAINING AREA, DOD/MMR/FORMER FIREFIGHTING TRAIN. AREA, DOD/MMR/USAF SANI LANDFILL, FLY ASH DISPOSAL AREA, MA AIR NATIONAL GUARD, MASS AIR NATIONAL GUARD, OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE/CAMP EDWARDS, OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD /CAMP EDWARDS, OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD (USAF), PLUME FROM WWTP, POD/MMR/USAF SANI LANDFILL, TEST LAB LEACH PIT, U.S. AIR FORCE MASS ANG BASE - 102ND FIGHTER WING, U.S. AIR NATIONAL GUARD, US AIR FORCE 102D FIGHTER WING, OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE

• OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE (971 SOUTH OUTER ROAD in BUZZARDS BAY, MA) . Federal Facility

  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (SDWIS) - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY, SDWIS-MA4096001 1T, WATER TREATMENT PLANT
  Alternative names: OTIS ANG, OTIS ANG BASE

• MA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CAMP EDWARDS (BUILDING 1203 WEST INNER RD in BUZZARDS BAY, MA)

  HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  Business NAICS classification: GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.
  Organizations: MASSACHUSETTS (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• OTIS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (5500 CURTIS BOULEVARD in BOURNE, MA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-036020
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
  Organizations: BOURNE (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  Alternative names: OTIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, OTIS MEM ELEM SCHOOL

• MA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CAMP EDWARDS (BLDG 4600 in BUZZARDS BAY, MA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  Business SIC classification: NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS
  Alternative names: ARMY NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING SITE, MA ARMY NATL GUARD

• MASSACHUSETTS AIR NATIONAL GUARD (197 GRANVILLE AVENUE in BOURNE, MA) . Federal Facility

  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Alternative names: OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD, OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE

• CAMP EDWARDS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD (NORTH INNER STREET, BLDG 2808 in BORNE, MA) . Federal Facility. U.S. ARMY

  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  

• ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL CORP (PB 519 GAFFNEY RD in OTIS, MA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  

• MASSACHUSETTS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD - CAMP EDWARDS (4690 TURPENTINE ROAD in BOURNE, MA)

  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4.3%

Population in 1990: 2,078.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 110
• Northeast: 77
• Midwest: 67
• South: 223
• West: 191

8% of the 02542 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 14% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Massachusetts.

43% of the 02542 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 10% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 84% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school):
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• CAMP EDWARDS TROOP WELFARE COU (BLDG 3468 in BUZZARDS BAY, MA) : $226,300 in 2 contracts from 2003 to 2005

  $116,800 with Army for Lodging - Hotel/Motel. Signed on 2003-04-09. Completion date: 2004-02-10.
  $109,500, same as above. Signed on 2005-03-16. Completion date: 2005-02-10.
  

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Construction: Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Engineering Services (10-19: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (5-9: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Other Individual and Family Services (5-9: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Campgrounds (5-9: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (1-4: 1)

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0141.00


Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0141.00