ZIP 03060 vs ZIP 03062

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03060 (Nashua, NH) and ZIP 03062 (Nashua, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03060 has a population of 29,357 at 1,734 people per square mile, while ZIP 03062 has 26,694 at 854 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 03060 reports a median household income of $79,855 against $107,540 in ZIP 03062, with per-capita income of $42,521 vs $60,229. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.8% in 03060 and 50.9% in 03062. Poverty rate reads 12.5% vs 3.0%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 5.4% — 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 $362,600 in 03060 versus $436,600 in 03062, with median rent of $1,597 and $2,037 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 37.1% vs 71.0%. 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.