ZIP 02072 vs ZIP 02322

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02072 (Stoughton, MA) and ZIP 02322 (Avon, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02072 has a population of 26,999 at 648 people per square mile, while ZIP 02322 has 4,356 at 392 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 02072 reports a median household income of $104,794 against $130,625 in ZIP 02322, with per-capita income of $52,647 vs $47,608. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.9% in 02072 and 30.6% in 02322. Poverty rate reads 8.4% vs 4.6%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 2.5% — 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 $523,800 in 02072 versus $509,600 in 02322, with median rent of $2,050 and $1,558 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.1% vs 75.7%. 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.