ZIP 05060 vs ZIP 05061

This side-by-side compares ZIP 05060 (Randolph, VT) and ZIP 05061 (Randolph Center, VT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 05060 has a population of 4,415 at 25 people per square mile, while ZIP 05061 has 1,679 at 25 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 05060 reports a median household income of $77,317 against $75,761 in ZIP 05061, with per-capita income of $44,727 vs $36,781. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.5% in 05060 and 34.9% in 05061. Poverty rate reads 11.0% vs 2.4%, and unemployment 3.3% 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 $255,500 in 05060 versus $337,300 in 05061, with median rent of $1,054 and $1,753 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.4% vs 79.8%. 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.