ZIP 02910 vs ZIP 02907

This side-by-side compares ZIP 02910 (Cranston, RI) and ZIP 02907 (Providence, RI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 02910 has a population of 21,000 at 2,352 people per square mile, while ZIP 02907 has 27,445 at 4,815 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 02910 reports a median household income of $90,698 against $52,485 in ZIP 02907, with per-capita income of $40,947 vs $25,184. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.6% in 02910 and 22.5% in 02907. Poverty rate reads 11.5% vs 22.2%, and unemployment 6.4% vs 7.6% — 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 $338,700 in 02910 versus $349,200 in 02907, with median rent of $1,459 and $1,170 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.0% vs 36.3%. 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.