ZIP 05658 vs ZIP 05650

This side-by-side compares ZIP 05658 (Marshfield, VT) and ZIP 05650 (East Calais, VT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 05658 has a population of 1,402 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 05650 has 1,123 at 18 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 05658 reports a median household income of $72,292 against $84,583 in ZIP 05650, with per-capita income of $34,514 vs $40,813. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.5% in 05658 and 56.9% in 05650. Poverty rate reads 10.5% vs 4.7%, and unemployment 1.7% vs 1.4% — 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 $243,800 in 05658 versus $379,700 in 05650, with median rent of $1,414 and $1,688 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.8% vs 91.0%. 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.