ZIP 03836 vs ZIP 03832

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03836 (Freedom, NH) and ZIP 03832 (Eaton Center, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03836 has a population of 1,489 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 03832 has 395 at 6 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 03836 reports a median household income of $66,136 against $79,063 in ZIP 03832, with per-capita income of $45,638 vs $44,857. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.4% in 03836 and 51.5% in 03832. Poverty rate reads 15.0% vs 11.0%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 2.7% — 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 $389,000 in 03836 versus $377,300 in 03832, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.0% vs 96.9%. 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.