ZIP 02322 vs ZIP 02368

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02322 (Avon, MA) and ZIP 02368 (Randolph, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02322 has a population of 4,356 at 392 people per square mile, while ZIP 02368 has 32,158 at 1,233 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 02322 reports a median household income of $130,625 against $109,665 in ZIP 02368, with per-capita income of $47,608 vs $50,412. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.6% in 02322 and 35.6% in 02368. Poverty rate reads 4.6% vs 8.4%, and unemployment 2.5% vs 7.7% — 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 $509,600 in 02322 versus $496,800 in 02368, with median rent of $1,558 and $2,103 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.7% vs 71.3%. 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.