ZIP 03275 vs ZIP 03106

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03275 (Suncook, NH) and ZIP 03106 (Hooksett, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03275 has a population of 11,437 at 103 people per square mile, while ZIP 03106 has 13,374 at 143 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 03275 reports a median household income of $82,910 against $118,442 in ZIP 03106, with per-capita income of $40,991 vs $51,742. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.2% in 03275 and 39.4% in 03106. Poverty rate reads 13.8% vs 3.3%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 2.5% — 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 $336,500 in 03275 versus $408,400 in 03106, with median rent of $1,236 and $1,661 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.0% vs 80.5%. 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.