ZIP 02747 vs ZIP 02746

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02747 (North Dartmouth, MA) and ZIP 02746 (New Bedford, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02747 has a population of 22,927 at 181 people per square mile, while ZIP 02746 has 15,342 at 2,800 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 02747 reports a median household income of $102,079 against $41,917 in ZIP 02746, with per-capita income of $43,404 vs $23,007. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.7% in 02747 and 9.6% in 02746. Poverty rate reads 5.5% vs 35.2%, and unemployment 5.3% vs 12.8% — 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 $484,800 in 02747 versus $358,700 in 02746, with median rent of $1,321 and $1,179 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.6% vs 17.3%. 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.