ZIP 02032 vs ZIP 02062

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02032 (East Walpole, MA) and ZIP 02062 (Norwood, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02032 has a population of 4,226 at 698 people per square mile, while ZIP 02062 has 28,602 at 1,066 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 02032 reports a median household income of $180,682 against $107,030 in ZIP 02062, with per-capita income of $69,200 vs $63,827. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 70.4% in 02032 and 55.4% in 02062. Poverty rate reads 2.7% vs 8.8%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 3.6% — 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 $702,300 in 02032 versus $651,700 in 02062, with median rent of $2,564 and $2,116 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.1% vs 54.0%. 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.