ZIP 03303 vs ZIP 03229

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03303 (Concord, NH) and ZIP 03229 (Contoocook, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03303 has a population of 15,524 at 89 people per square mile, while ZIP 03229 has 5,589 at 50 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 03303 reports a median household income of $80,456 against $137,386 in ZIP 03229, with per-capita income of $41,418 vs $77,310. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.0% in 03303 and 58.1% in 03229. Poverty rate reads 11.2% vs 6.5%, and unemployment 3.3% 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 $296,200 in 03303 versus $506,100 in 03229, with median rent of $1,415 and $1,270 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.2% vs 87.4%. 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.