ZIP 03053 vs ZIP 03109

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03053 (Londonderry, NH) and ZIP 03109 (Manchester, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03053 has a population of 23,957 at 225 people per square mile, while ZIP 03109 has 10,314 at 541 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 03053 reports a median household income of $134,038 against $108,144 in ZIP 03109, with per-capita income of $57,329 vs $53,885. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.4% in 03053 and 32.3% in 03109. Poverty rate reads 2.6% vs 3.0%, and unemployment 5.1% vs 8.0% — 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 $507,600 in 03053 versus $387,900 in 03109, with median rent of $1,838 and $1,802 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.5% vs 77.1%. 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.