ZIP 05055 vs ZIP 05075

This side-by-side compares ZIP 05055 (Norwich, VT) and ZIP 05075 (Thetford Center, VT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 05055 has a population of 3,363 at 32 people per square mile, while ZIP 05075 has 1,113 at 17 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 05055 reports a median household income of $142,684 against $101,776 in ZIP 05075, with per-capita income of $76,199 vs $55,383. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 82.0% in 05055 and 70.3% in 05075. Poverty rate reads 2.5% vs 8.5%, and unemployment 3.2% vs 2.2% — 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 $632,400 in 05055 versus $388,600 in 05075, with median rent of $1,440 and $1,168 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.7% vs 85.5%. 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.