ZIP 05061 vs ZIP 05041

This side-by-side compares ZIP 05061 (Randolph Center, VT) and ZIP 05041 (East Randolph, VT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 05061 has a population of 1,679 at 25 people per square mile, while ZIP 05041 has 354 at 23 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 05061 reports a median household income of $75,761 against $85,479 in ZIP 05041, with per-capita income of $36,781 vs $27,416. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.9% in 05061 and 36.1% in 05041. Poverty rate reads 2.4% vs 16.9%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $337,300 in 05061 versus $216,300 in 05041, with median rent of $1,753 and $1,133 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.8% vs 47.4%. 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.