ZIP 02045 vs ZIP 02043

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02045 (Hull, MA) and ZIP 02043 (Hingham, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02045 has a population of 10,293 at 1,493 people per square mile, while ZIP 02043 has 22,157 at 386 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 02045 reports a median household income of $115,485 against $178,390 in ZIP 02043, with per-capita income of $76,608 vs $106,998. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 50.4% in 02045 and 76.2% in 02043. Poverty rate reads 5.8% vs 4.3%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 2.4% — 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 $646,000 in 02045 versus $1,134,200 in 02043, with median rent of $2,081 and $2,465 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.6% vs 80.7%. 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.