ZIP 02132 vs ZIP 02467

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02132 (West Roxbury, MA) and ZIP 02467 (Chestnut Hill, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02132 has a population of 25,861 at 2,190 people per square mile, while ZIP 02467 has 22,491 at 1,782 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 02132 reports a median household income of $138,724 against $169,104 in ZIP 02467, with per-capita income of $75,546 vs $81,912. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 66.8% in 02132 and 84.0% in 02467. Poverty rate reads 4.3% vs 5.8%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 4.0% — 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 $746,100 in 02132 versus $1,339,100 in 02467, with median rent of $2,184 and $3,161 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.1% vs 67.7%. 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.