ZIP 02189 vs ZIP 02188

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02189 (East Weymouth, MA) and ZIP 02188 (Weymouth, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02189 has a population of 14,559 at 1,477 people per square mile, while ZIP 02188 has 14,608 at 1,516 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 02189 reports a median household income of $94,541 against $107,335 in ZIP 02188, with per-capita income of $59,067 vs $59,184. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.5% in 02189 and 40.8% in 02188. Poverty rate reads 11.1% vs 8.0%, and unemployment 5.6% vs 5.6% — 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 $474,800 in 02189 versus $594,000 in 02188, with median rent of $1,703 and $2,012 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.7% vs 59.0%. 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.