ZIP 03465 vs ZIP 03455

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03465 (Troy, NH) and ZIP 03455 (Marlborough, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03465 has a population of 2,156 at 47 people per square mile, while ZIP 03455 has 2,086 at 34 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 03465 reports a median household income of $88,871 against $69,395 in ZIP 03455, with per-capita income of $41,775 vs $39,565. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.4% in 03465 and 39.6% in 03455. Poverty rate reads 4.1% vs 13.0%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 0.4% — 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 $266,600 in 03465 versus $268,000 in 03455, with median rent of $1,024 and $1,133 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.2% vs 68.7%. 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.