ZIP 03242 vs ZIP 03278

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03242 (Henniker, NH) and ZIP 03278 (Warner, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03242 has a population of 4,836 at 42 people per square mile, while ZIP 03278 has 2,952 at 18 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 03242 reports a median household income of $95,206 against $94,783 in ZIP 03278, with per-capita income of $43,367 vs $59,983. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.4% in 03242 and 41.6% in 03278. Poverty rate reads 11.6% vs 7.8%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 1.3% — 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 $356,700 in 03242 versus $356,900 in 03278, with median rent of $1,081 and $1,209 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.5% vs 76.0%. 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.