ZIP 02351 vs ZIP 02190

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02351 (Abington, MA) and ZIP 02190 (South Weymouth, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02351 has a population of 16,029 at 640 people per square mile, while ZIP 02190 has 16,119 at 875 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 02351 reports a median household income of $125,400 against $99,657 in ZIP 02190, with per-capita income of $53,541 vs $58,548. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 40.0% in 02351 and 47.6% in 02190. Poverty rate reads 5.2% vs 5.5%, and unemployment 6.0% vs 4.1% — 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 $539,600 in 02351 versus $589,700 in 02190, with median rent of $1,724 and $2,041 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.7% vs 68.4%. 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.