ZIP 01950 vs ZIP 01952

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01950 (Newburyport, MA) and ZIP 01952 (Salisbury, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01950 has a population of 17,416 at 805 people per square mile, while ZIP 01952 has 8,283 at 208 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 01950 reports a median household income of $139,625 against $93,361 in ZIP 01952, with per-capita income of $83,895 vs $52,352. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 67.0% in 01950 and 43.8% in 01952. Poverty rate reads 5.0% vs 5.0%, and unemployment 5.1% vs 6.9% — 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 $834,000 in 01950 versus $478,700 in 01952, with median rent of $1,592 and $1,691 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.5% vs 71.2%. 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.