ZIP Code 02121
About Dorchester
Dorchester is a neighborhood comprising more than 6 square miles (16 km2) in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Originally, Dorchester was a separate town, founded by Puritans who emigrated in 1630 from Dorchester, Dorset, England, to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This dissolved municipality, Boston's largest neighborhood by far, is often divided by city planners in order to create two planning areas roughly equivalent in size and population to other Boston neighborhoods.
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Area Profile
US Census (ACS 5-year · Gazetteer)
28,298
population
$38,565
median household income
15,004
people / sq mi
$548,100
median home value
$1,316
median gross rent
34.2
median age
11,384
housing units
10,363
households
1.9
land area (sq mi)
Key places in 02121
- National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) Museum museum
- Franklin Park Zoo zoo
- William Lloyd Garrison School historic
Points of interest
- grocery
- pharmacy
Brands
- CVS (1)
- Stop & Shop (1)