ZIP 03238 vs ZIP 03279

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03238 (Glencliff, NH) and ZIP 03279 (Warren, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03238 has a population of 75 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 03279 has 829 at 7 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 03238 reports a median household income of $47,067 against $70,313 in ZIP 03279, with per-capita income of $44,566 vs $37,097. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.2% in 03238 and 25.0% in 03279. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 12.8%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 2.6% — 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 $189,900 in 03238 versus $253,100 in 03279, with median rent of — and $1,167 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 83.6%. 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.