ZIP 03740 vs ZIP 03774

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03740 (Bath, NH) and ZIP 03774 (North Haverhill, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03740 has a population of 911 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 03774 has 1,966 at 29 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 03740 reports a median household income of $67,813 against $58,452 in ZIP 03774, with per-capita income of $36,755 vs $40,080. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.8% in 03740 and 9.6% in 03774. Poverty rate reads 8.1% vs 22.3%, and unemployment 3.9% 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 $234,400 in 03740 versus $227,900 in 03774, with median rent of $1,438 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.9% vs 92.1%. 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.