ZIP 02301 vs ZIP 02302

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02301 (Brockton, MA) and ZIP 02302 (Brockton, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02301 has a population of 61,025 at 1,894 people per square mile, while ZIP 02302 has 32,741 at 1,423 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 02301 reports a median household income of $74,214 against $92,274 in ZIP 02302, with per-capita income of $34,952 vs $37,492. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.7% in 02301 and 21.7% in 02302. Poverty rate reads 15.6% vs 9.5%, and unemployment 10.0% vs 6.0% — 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 $449,400 in 02301 versus $424,800 in 02302, with median rent of $1,659 and $1,570 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 50.2% vs 71.2%. 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.