ZIP 02066 vs ZIP 02025

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02066 (Scituate, 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 02066 has a population of 17,656 at 402 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 02066 reports a median household income of $136,689 against $199,306 in ZIP 02025, with per-capita income of $84,296 vs $113,599. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 67.2% in 02066 and 76.7% in 02025. Poverty rate reads 2.9% vs 3.0%, and unemployment 3.5% 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 $850,800 in 02066 versus $1,318,900 in 02025, with median rent of $1,609 and $2,755 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.6% 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.