ZIP 02061 vs ZIP 02025

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02061 (Norwell, MA) and ZIP 02025 (Cohasset, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02061 has a population of 10,506 at 194 people per square mile, while ZIP 02025 has 7,542 at 298 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 02061 reports a median household income of $188,699 against $199,306 in ZIP 02025, with per-capita income of $78,866 vs $113,599. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 69.6% in 02061 and 76.7% in 02025. Poverty rate reads 2.7% vs 3.0%, and unemployment 1.9% vs 4.6% — 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 $865,700 in 02061 versus $1,318,900 in 02025, with median rent of $2,215 and $2,755 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.6% vs 83.0%. 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.