ZIP 05089 vs ZIP 05037

This side-by-side compares ZIP 05089 (Windsor, VT) and ZIP 05037 (Brownsville, VT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 05089 has a population of 4,979 at 47 people per square mile, while ZIP 05037 has 560 at 21 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 05089 reports a median household income of $55,633 against $109,091 in ZIP 05037, with per-capita income of $42,551 vs $54,624. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 40.5% in 05089 and 56.9% in 05037. Poverty rate reads 7.4% vs 3.3%, and unemployment 6.4% 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 $228,100 in 05089 versus $388,100 in 05037, with median rent of $1,007 and $1,122 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.7% vs 88.3%. 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.