ZIP 02467 vs ZIP 02459

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02467 (Chestnut Hill, MA) and ZIP 02459 (Newton Center, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02467 has a population of 22,491 at 1,782 people per square mile, while ZIP 02459 has 19,095 at 1,474 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 02467 reports a median household income of $169,104 against $227,594 in ZIP 02459, with per-capita income of $81,912 vs $110,147. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 84.0% in 02467 and 84.8% in 02459. Poverty rate reads 5.8% vs 3.8%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 4.5% — 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 $1,339,100 in 02467 versus $1,450,900 in 02459, with median rent of $3,161 and $2,388 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.7% vs 82.7%. 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.