ZIP 05072 vs ZIP 05070

This side-by-side compares ZIP 05072 (Strafford, VT) and ZIP 05070 (South Strafford, VT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 05072 has a population of 526 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 05070 has 484 at 14 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 05072 reports a median household income of $113,438 against $125,938 in ZIP 05070, with per-capita income of $59,623 vs $48,023. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 53.4% in 05072 and 50.4% in 05070. Poverty rate reads 2.0% vs 10.0%, and unemployment 2.0% vs 4.6% — 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 $421,600 in 05072 versus $539,600 in 05070, with median rent of — and $1,385 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.9% vs 77.0%. 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.