ZIP 03301 vs ZIP 03304

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03301 (Concord, NH) and ZIP 03304 (Bow, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03301 has a population of 33,008 at 258 people per square mile, while ZIP 03304 has 7,519 at 103 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 03301 reports a median household income of $86,840 against $172,857 in ZIP 03304, with per-capita income of $48,278 vs $70,406. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.9% in 03301 and 60.3% in 03304. Poverty rate reads 8.8% vs 2.7%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 3.7% — 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 $371,300 in 03301 versus $506,500 in 03304, with median rent of $1,441 and $1,539 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 55.5% vs 87.5%. 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.