ZIP 05052 vs ZIP 05048

This side-by-side compares ZIP 05052 (North Hartland, VT) and ZIP 05048 (Hartland, VT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 05052 has a population of 348 at 52 people per square mile, while ZIP 05048 has 2,429 at 34 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 05052 reports a median household income of $52,321 against $99,583 in ZIP 05048, with per-capita income of $36,662 vs $49,065. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.5% in 05052 and 33.4% in 05048. Poverty rate reads 26.3% vs 5.6%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 3.1% — 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 $408,200 in 05052 versus $338,800 in 05048, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 57.4% vs 94.7%. 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.