ZIP 02048 vs ZIP 02035

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02048 (Mansfield, MA) and ZIP 02035 (Foxboro, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02048 has a population of 23,184 at 445 people per square mile, while ZIP 02035 has 16,865 at 328 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 02048 reports a median household income of $125,273 against $115,833 in ZIP 02035, with per-capita income of $60,638 vs $63,431. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.1% in 02048 and 58.3% in 02035. Poverty rate reads 4.7% vs 5.7%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 5.8% — 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 $603,500 in 02048 versus $606,300 in 02035, with median rent of $1,803 and $1,843 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.1% vs 73.7%. 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.