ZIP 02668 vs ZIP 02632

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02668 (West Barnstable, MA) and ZIP 02632 (Centerville, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02668 has a population of 3,278 at 83 people per square mile, while ZIP 02632 has 10,742 at 567 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 02668 reports a median household income of $111,731 against $121,317 in ZIP 02632, with per-capita income of $48,631 vs $57,301. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 47.6% in 02668 and 44.0% in 02632. Poverty rate reads 3.4% vs 5.5%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 4.6% — 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 $709,300 in 02668 versus $616,700 in 02632, with median rent of — and $2,370 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.2% vs 81.4%. 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.