ZIP 03811 vs ZIP 03841

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03811 (Atkinson, NH) and ZIP 03841 (Hampstead, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03811 has a population of 6,753 at 234 people per square mile, while ZIP 03841 has 6,334 at 223 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 03811 reports a median household income of $146,380 against $104,044 in ZIP 03841, with per-capita income of $70,052 vs $51,574. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.7% in 03811 and 42.2% in 03841. Poverty rate reads 1.8% vs 4.5%, and unemployment 5.6% vs 5.6% — 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 $555,200 in 03811 versus $510,100 in 03841, with median rent of $1,140 and $1,420 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.6% vs 86.1%. 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.