ZIP 01013 vs ZIP 01107

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01013 (Chicopee, MA) and ZIP 01107 (Springfield, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01013 has a population of 23,188 at 1,590 people per square mile, while ZIP 01107 has 11,611 at 2,975 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 01013 reports a median household income of $59,759 against $35,632 in ZIP 01107, with per-capita income of $33,669 vs $22,840. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.4% in 01013 and 17.9% in 01107. Poverty rate reads 18.8% vs 37.2%, and unemployment 7.4% vs 12.0% — 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 $271,900 in 01013 versus $243,600 in 01107, with median rent of $1,054 and $944 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 49.2% vs 28.6%. 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.