ZIP 01030 vs ZIP 01001

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01030 (Feeding Hills, MA) and ZIP 01001 (Agawam, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01030 has a population of 11,669 at 381 people per square mile, while ZIP 01001 has 16,769 at 563 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 01030 reports a median household income of $93,815 against $75,342 in ZIP 01001, with per-capita income of $48,738 vs $45,822. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.6% in 01030 and 35.8% in 01001. Poverty rate reads 7.2% vs 6.2%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 3.9% — 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 $327,700 in 01030 versus $295,700 in 01001, with median rent of $1,118 and $1,318 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.2% vs 73.8%. 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.