ZIP 01756 vs ZIP 01747

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01756 (Mendon, MA) and ZIP 01747 (Hopedale, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01756 has a population of 5,839 at 127 people per square mile, while ZIP 01747 has 5,911 at 441 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 01756 reports a median household income of $132,256 against $115,722 in ZIP 01747, with per-capita income of $51,493 vs $57,032. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 46.9% in 01756 and 48.3% in 01747. Poverty rate reads 7.1% vs 2.9%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 1.6% — 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 $616,000 in 01756 versus $466,100 in 01747, with median rent of $1,840 and $1,788 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.9% vs 79.5%. 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.