ZIP 02465 vs ZIP 02460

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02465 (West Newton, MA) and ZIP 02460 (Newtonville, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02465 has a population of 11,710 at 2,016 people per square mile, while ZIP 02460 has 8,742 at 2,512 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 02465 reports a median household income of $194,265 against $177,837 in ZIP 02460, with per-capita income of $111,387 vs $92,495. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 77.8% in 02465 and 80.2% in 02460. Poverty rate reads 3.9% vs 2.7%, and unemployment 3.3% vs 3.7% — 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 $1,159,200 in 02465 versus $1,224,600 in 02460, with median rent of $2,270 and $2,654 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.9% vs 54.6%. 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.