ZIP 02601 vs ZIP 02647

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02601 (Hyannis, MA) and ZIP 02647 (Hyannis Port, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02601 has a population of 14,089 at 633 people per square mile, while ZIP 02647 has 129 at 105 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 02601 reports a median household income of $61,143 against — in ZIP 02647, with per-capita income of $38,343 vs $86,980. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.0% in 02601 and 86.3% in 02647. Poverty rate reads 14.6% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 0.0% — 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 $440,100 in 02601 versus — in 02647, with median rent of $1,767 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 52.2% vs 79.1%. 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.