ZIP 05476 vs ZIP 05447

This side-by-side compares ZIP 05476 (Richford, VT) and ZIP 05447 (East Berkshire, VT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 05476 has a population of 3,183 at 19 people per square mile, while ZIP 05447 has 79 at 100 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 05476 reports a median household income of $57,361 against — in ZIP 05447, with per-capita income of $28,266 vs $34,991. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.3% in 05476 and 9.6% in 05447. Poverty rate reads 16.6% vs 30.0%, and unemployment 9.3% 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 $196,700 in 05476 versus $156,300 in 05447, with median rent of $1,175 and $985 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.1% vs 33.8%. 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.