ZIP 03741 vs ZIP 03240

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03741 (Canaan, NH) and ZIP 03240 (Grafton, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03741 has a population of 4,208 at 21 people per square mile, while ZIP 03240 has 1,340 at 13 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 03741 reports a median household income of $82,181 against $81,563 in ZIP 03240, with per-capita income of $42,385 vs $37,423. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.8% in 03741 and 24.7% in 03240. Poverty rate reads 13.3% vs 7.7%, and unemployment 9.1% vs 4.7% — 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 $257,500 in 03741 versus $267,300 in 03240, with median rent of $1,140 and $1,243 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.7% vs 83.1%. 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.