ZIP 02673 vs ZIP 02601

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02673 (West Yarmouth, MA) and ZIP 02601 (Hyannis, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02673 has a population of 8,402 at 325 people per square mile, while ZIP 02601 has 14,089 at 633 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 02673 reports a median household income of $73,854 against $61,143 in ZIP 02601, with per-capita income of $48,699 vs $38,343. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.3% in 02673 and 28.0% in 02601. Poverty rate reads 7.8% vs 14.6%, and unemployment 6.2% vs 2.8% — 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 $502,200 in 02673 versus $440,100 in 02601, with median rent of $1,463 and $1,767 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.2% vs 52.2%. 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.