ZIP 02191 vs ZIP 02189

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02191 (North Weymouth, MA) and ZIP 02189 (East Weymouth, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02191 has a population of 8,457 at 1,614 people per square mile, while ZIP 02189 has 14,559 at 1,477 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 02191 reports a median household income of $120,324 against $94,541 in ZIP 02189, with per-capita income of $58,744 vs $59,067. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 43.3% in 02191 and 38.5% in 02189. Poverty rate reads 6.3% vs 11.1%, and unemployment 3.9% 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 $526,900 in 02191 versus $474,800 in 02189, with median rent of $2,082 and $1,703 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.9% vs 65.7%. 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.