ZIP 02657 vs ZIP 02652

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02657 (Provincetown, MA) and ZIP 02652 (North Truro, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02657 has a population of 2,942 at 118 people per square mile, while ZIP 02652 has 1,175 at 57 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 02657 reports a median household income of $136,904 against — in ZIP 02652, with per-capita income of $91,730 vs $99,158. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 61.3% in 02657 and 44.5% in 02652. Poverty rate reads 6.2% vs 4.3%, and unemployment 7.2% 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 $902,200 in 02657 versus $893,200 in 02652, with median rent of $1,261 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.3% vs 78.2%. 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.