ZIP 01504 vs ZIP 01529

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01504 (Blackstone, MA) and ZIP 01529 (Millville, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01504 has a population of 9,026 at 314 people per square mile, while ZIP 01529 has 3,190 at 253 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 01504 reports a median household income of $94,191 against $127,188 in ZIP 01529, with per-capita income of $49,647 vs $50,388. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.9% in 01504 and 30.6% in 01529. Poverty rate reads 8.0% vs 4.6%, and unemployment 2.6% vs 3.0% — 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 $404,400 in 01504 versus $444,600 in 01529, with median rent of $1,189 and $1,468 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.2% vs 86.9%. 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.