ZIP Code 02494

Households in ZIP code 02494, near Quincy, bring in a median of $179,720 a year, with per-capita income at $102,850 — earnings that sit well above statewide norms and shape how taxes land on local budgets. A median home value of $1,107,700, taxed at the county's 1.06% effective rate, works out to a substantial annual property tax bill, though the income base absorbs it more easily than in most places. Sales tax runs 6.25% on purchases, a cost that shows up steadily rather than in one lump. Together these figures describe an affluent area where high earnings and high housing values move in tandem.