ZIP 01151 vs ZIP 01119

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01151 (Indian Orchard, MA) and ZIP 01119 (Springfield, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01151 has a population of 8,698 at 1,418 people per square mile, while ZIP 01119 has 14,152 at 1,539 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 01151 reports a median household income of $55,324 against $57,857 in ZIP 01119, with per-capita income of $26,921 vs $30,759. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.9% in 01151 and 19.5% in 01119. Poverty rate reads 17.7% vs 16.0%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 5.8% — 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 $237,200 in 01151 versus $245,100 in 01119, with median rent of $1,296 and $1,106 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 46.7% vs 76.5%. 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.