ZIP 01952 vs ZIP 03874

This side-by-side compares ZIP 01952 (Salisbury, MA) and ZIP 03874 (Seabrook, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 01952 has a population of 8,283 at 208 people per square mile, while ZIP 03874 has 8,776 at 376 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 01952 reports a median household income of $93,361 against $82,995 in ZIP 03874, with per-capita income of $52,352 vs $49,121. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 43.8% in 01952 and 27.3% in 03874. Poverty rate reads 5.0% vs 12.0%, and unemployment 6.9% vs 7.8% — 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 $478,700 in 01952 versus $446,100 in 03874, with median rent of $1,691 and $1,513 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.2% vs 67.7%. 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.