ZIP 02338 vs ZIP 02341

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02338 (Halifax, MA) and ZIP 02341 (Hanson, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02338 has a population of 7,518 at 182 people per square mile, while ZIP 02341 has 10,218 at 263 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 02338 reports a median household income of $118,556 against $132,250 in ZIP 02341, with per-capita income of $50,500 vs $61,507. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.1% in 02338 and 42.7% in 02341. Poverty rate reads 2.6% vs 2.7%, and unemployment 1.1% vs 4.3% — 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 $481,500 in 02338 versus $536,100 in 02341, with median rent of $1,804 and $1,821 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.5% vs 88.9%. 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.