ZIP 03034 vs ZIP 03032

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03034 (Candia, NH) and ZIP 03032 (Auburn, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03034 has a population of 3,970 at 47 people per square mile, while ZIP 03032 has 4,953 at 76 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 03034 reports a median household income of $131,350 against $153,253 in ZIP 03032, with per-capita income of $49,643 vs $62,957. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.8% in 03034 and 55.3% in 03032. Poverty rate reads 1.3% vs 2.5%, and unemployment 5.2% vs 1.5% — 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 $412,700 in 03034 versus $600,300 in 03032, with median rent of $1,213 and $1,893 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.0% vs 93.9%. 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.