ZIP 02341 vs ZIP 02338

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