ZIP 02302 vs ZIP 02301

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