ZIP 03234 vs ZIP 03258

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03234 (Epsom, NH) and ZIP 03258 (Chichester, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03234 has a population of 4,572 at 51 people per square mile, while ZIP 03258 has 2,517 at 46 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 03234 reports a median household income of $97,941 against $108,906 in ZIP 03258, with per-capita income of $46,509 vs $47,690. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 40.6% in 03234 and 37.7% in 03258. Poverty rate reads 3.4% vs 6.0%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 2.2% — 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 $338,400 in 03234 versus $410,100 in 03258, with median rent of $1,212 and $2,055 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.6% vs 85.5%. 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.