ZIP 02762 vs ZIP 02760

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02762 (Plainville, MA) and ZIP 02760 (North Attleboro, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02762 has a population of 8,264 at 290 people per square mile, while ZIP 02760 has 26,739 at 575 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 02762 reports a median household income of $104,106 against $112,027 in ZIP 02760, with per-capita income of $53,886 vs $57,633. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.4% in 02762 and 45.3% in 02760. Poverty rate reads 7.4% vs 4.7%, and unemployment 6.4% vs 5.7% — 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 $476,000 in 02762 versus $478,700 in 02760, with median rent of $1,977 and $1,497 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.4% vs 72.6%. 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.