ZIP 03860 vs ZIP 03847

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03860 (North Conway, 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 03860 has a population of 4,056 at 78 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 03860 reports a median household income of $71,759 against — in ZIP 03847, with per-capita income of $52,258 vs $112,523. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.2% in 03860 and 100.0% in 03847. Poverty rate reads 9.8% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 3.0% 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 $401,500 in 03860 versus — in 03847, with median rent of $1,033 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 63.7% 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.