ZIP 01011 vs ZIP 01050

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01011 (Chester, MA) and ZIP 01050 (Huntington, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01011 has a population of 1,370 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 01050 has 2,530 at 26 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 01011 reports a median household income of $89,299 against $95,882 in ZIP 01050, with per-capita income of $40,510 vs $44,395. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.9% in 01011 and 31.9% in 01050. Poverty rate reads 3.7% vs 11.0%, and unemployment 1.1% vs 3.6% — 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 $291,400 in 01011 versus $289,500 in 01050, with median rent of $1,122 and $1,326 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.7% vs 86.2%. 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.