ZIP 03845 vs ZIP 03847

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03845 (Intervale, NH) and ZIP 03847 (Kearsarge, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03845 has a population of 991 at 29 people per square mile, while ZIP 03847 has 294 at 133 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 03845 reports a median household income of $57,320 against — in ZIP 03847, with per-capita income of $45,554 vs $112,523. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 47.7% in 03845 and 100.0% in 03847. Poverty rate reads 11.0% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.0% — 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 — in 03845 versus — in 03847, with median rent of $1,630 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.8% vs 100.0%. 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.