ZIP 03258 vs ZIP 03234

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