ZIP 03833 vs ZIP 03827

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03833 (Exeter, NH) and ZIP 03827 (East Kingston, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03833 has a population of 20,955 at 166 people per square mile, while ZIP 03827 has 3,150 at 68 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 03833 reports a median household income of $119,393 against $142,794 in ZIP 03827, with per-capita income of $68,143 vs $63,424. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 56.1% in 03833 and 48.5% in 03827. Poverty rate reads 4.2% vs 11.0%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 1.6% — 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 $480,500 in 03833 versus $600,500 in 03827, with median rent of $1,871 and $1,769 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.4% 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.