ZIP 01475 vs ZIP 01436

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01475 (Winchendon, MA) and ZIP 01436 (Baldwinville, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01475 has a population of 10,270 at 93 people per square mile, while ZIP 01436 has 3,336 at 134 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 01475 reports a median household income of $76,552 against $77,721 in ZIP 01436, with per-capita income of $36,178 vs $34,070. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.5% in 01475 and 19.7% in 01436. Poverty rate reads 17.6% vs 14.6%, and unemployment 6.7% vs 13.4% — 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 $323,800 in 01475 versus $342,700 in 01436, with median rent of $1,240 and $1,123 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.0% 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.