ZIP 01337 vs ZIP 01301

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01337 (Bernardston, MA) and ZIP 01301 (Greenfield, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01337 has a population of 2,596 at 27 people per square mile, while ZIP 01301 has 17,700 at 268 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 01337 reports a median household income of $85,045 against $56,176 in ZIP 01301, with per-capita income of $43,073 vs $35,641. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.3% in 01337 and 39.3% in 01301. Poverty rate reads 6.2% vs 15.1%, and unemployment 2.6% vs 6.2% — 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 $338,800 in 01337 versus $265,300 in 01301, with median rent of $1,333 and $1,109 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.7% vs 56.1%. 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.