ZIP 03852 vs ZIP 04001

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03852 (Milton Mills, NH) and ZIP 04001 (Acton, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03852 has a population of 558 at 32 people per square mile, while ZIP 04001 has 2,429 at 26 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 03852 reports a median household income of $154,583 against $78,750 in ZIP 04001, with per-capita income of $110,405 vs $40,494. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.2% in 03852 and 24.2% in 04001. Poverty rate reads 10.2% vs 7.8%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.5% — 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 $357,100 in 03852 versus $334,300 in 04001, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 96.1%. 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.