ZIP 05701 vs ZIP 05736

This side-by-side compares ZIP 05701 (Rutland, VT) and ZIP 05736 (Center Rutland, VT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 05701 has a population of 20,802 at 138 people per square mile, while ZIP 05736 has 684 at 44 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 05701 reports a median household income of $61,610 against $38,854 in ZIP 05736, with per-capita income of $40,874 vs $30,798. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.3% in 05701 and 37.1% in 05736. Poverty rate reads 14.2% vs 3.9%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 13.4% — 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 $217,700 in 05701 versus $170,600 in 05736, with median rent of $1,024 and $1,102 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 60.5% vs 49.8%. 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.