ZIP 02128 vs ZIP 02152

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02128 (East Boston, MA) and ZIP 02152 (Winthrop, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02128 has a population of 40,508 at 3,224 people per square mile, while ZIP 02152 has 17,497 at 3,425 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 02128 reports a median household income of $90,106 against $116,167 in ZIP 02152, with per-capita income of $49,626 vs $60,457. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.0% in 02128 and 45.6% in 02152. Poverty rate reads 15.7% vs 7.2%, and unemployment 6.6% vs 5.9% — 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 $668,000 in 02128 versus $649,600 in 02152, with median rent of $2,064 and $2,064 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 29.0% vs 56.9%. 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.