ZIP 03743 vs ZIP 03745

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03743 (Claremont, NH) and ZIP 03745 (Cornish, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03743 has a population of 14,103 at 89 people per square mile, while ZIP 03745 has 1,424 at 16 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 03743 reports a median household income of $59,625 against $91,821 in ZIP 03745, with per-capita income of $35,774 vs $51,664. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.4% in 03743 and 40.6% in 03745. Poverty rate reads 13.2% vs 4.7%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 4.8% — 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 $206,600 in 03743 versus $296,000 in 03745, with median rent of $1,146 and $1,221 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 58.2% vs 94.1%. 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.