ZIP 01913 vs ZIP 01860

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01913 (Amesbury, MA) and ZIP 01860 (Merrimac, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01913 has a population of 16,283 at 512 people per square mile, while ZIP 01860 has 6,338 at 288 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 01913 reports a median household income of $103,554 against $123,054 in ZIP 01860, with per-capita income of $58,352 vs $57,070. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.8% in 01913 and 41.0% in 01860. Poverty rate reads 7.1% vs 9.4%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 1.5% — 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 $519,300 in 01913 versus $553,400 in 01860, with median rent of $1,683 and $1,352 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.6% vs 81.3%. 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.