ZIP 03440 vs ZIP 03449

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03440 (Antrim, NH) and ZIP 03449 (Hancock, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03440 has a population of 2,692 at 29 people per square mile, while ZIP 03449 has 1,654 at 21 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 03440 reports a median household income of $88,889 against $92,708 in ZIP 03449, with per-capita income of $45,098 vs $50,786. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.8% in 03440 and 52.6% in 03449. Poverty rate reads 7.7% vs 4.0%, and unemployment 1.9% vs 0.9% — 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 $300,000 in 03440 versus $432,200 in 03449, with median rent of $1,040 and $1,208 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.9% vs 85.9%. 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.