ZIP 01010 vs ZIP 01083

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01010 (Brimfield, MA) and ZIP 01083 (Warren, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01010 has a population of 3,609 at 40 people per square mile, while ZIP 01083 has 2,888 at 71 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 01010 reports a median household income of $111,250 against $64,032 in ZIP 01083, with per-capita income of $55,010 vs $31,996. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.7% in 01010 and 25.8% in 01083. Poverty rate reads 3.6% vs 11.1%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 8.1% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $389,100 in 01010 versus $364,800 in 01083, with median rent of $886 and $1,041 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.5% vs 61.8%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.