ZIP 03840 vs ZIP 03885

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03840 (Greenland, NH) and ZIP 03885 (Stratham, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03840 has a population of 3,566 at 131 people per square mile, while ZIP 03885 has 7,261 at 185 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 03840 reports a median household income of $162,837 against $151,998 in ZIP 03885, with per-capita income of $83,889 vs $69,523. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 59.6% in 03840 and 69.9% in 03885. Poverty rate reads 0.5% vs 2.4%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 2.5% — 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 $662,800 in 03840 versus $655,400 in 03885, with median rent of $2,331 and $2,511 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.3% vs 92.6%. 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.