ZIP 03462 vs ZIP 03443

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03462 (Spofford, NH) and ZIP 03443 (Chesterfield, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03462 has a population of 1,562 at 31 people per square mile, while ZIP 03443 has 742 at 26 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 03462 reports a median household income of $115,313 against — in ZIP 03443, with per-capita income of $66,371 vs $66,595. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 50.6% in 03462 and 36.0% in 03443. Poverty rate reads 5.7% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 0.0% — 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 $396,200 in 03462 versus $373,300 in 03443, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.9% vs 100.0%. 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.