ZIP 01050 vs ZIP 01011

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