ZIP 01536 vs ZIP 01519

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01536 (North Grafton, MA) and ZIP 01519 (Grafton, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01536 has a population of 6,888 at 319 people per square mile, while ZIP 01519 has 6,595 at 233 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 01536 reports a median household income of $115,938 against $178,263 in ZIP 01519, with per-capita income of $59,464 vs $67,785. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.5% in 01536 and 65.3% in 01519. Poverty rate reads 9.9% vs 4.6%, and unemployment 5.7% vs 1.8% — 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 $470,800 in 01536 versus $631,600 in 01519, with median rent of $1,293 and $1,829 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.9% vs 77.7%. 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.