ZIP 05356 vs ZIP 05341

This side-by-side compares ZIP 05356 (West Dover, VT) and ZIP 05341 (East Dover, VT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 05356 has a population of 717 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 05341 has 407 at 12 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 05356 reports a median household income of $51,222 against $54,511 in ZIP 05341, with per-capita income of $54,760 vs $46,160. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 50.8% in 05356 and 46.7% in 05341. Poverty rate reads 13.7% vs 0.8%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 2.5% — 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 $328,500 in 05356 versus $339,200 in 05341, with median rent of $528 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.1% vs 69.5%. 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.