ZIP 02054 vs ZIP 02052

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02054 (Millis, MA) and ZIP 02052 (Medfield, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02054 has a population of 7,891 at 253 people per square mile, while ZIP 02052 has 12,024 at 322 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 02054 reports a median household income of $155,996 against $235,800 in ZIP 02052, with per-capita income of $71,331 vs $107,234. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 54.5% in 02054 and 78.1% in 02052. Poverty rate reads 4.8% vs 2.1%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 4.1% — 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 02054 versus $911,100 in 02052, with median rent of $1,696 and $2,035 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.2% vs 86.1%. 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.