ZIP 03062 vs ZIP 01827

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03062 (Nashua, NH) and ZIP 01827 (Dunstable, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03062 has a population of 26,694 at 854 people per square mile, while ZIP 01827 has 3,179 at 75 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 03062 reports a median household income of $107,540 against $208,512 in ZIP 01827, with per-capita income of $60,229 vs $73,632. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 50.9% in 03062 and 62.4% in 01827. Poverty rate reads 3.0% vs 0.5%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 5.6% — 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 $436,600 in 03062 versus $674,000 in 01827, with median rent of $2,037 and $1,325 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.0% vs 96.5%. 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.