ZIP 06010 vs ZIP 06082

This side-by-side compares ZIP 06010 (Bristol, CT) and ZIP 06082 (Enfield, CT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 06010 has a population of 60,448 at 884 people per square mile, while ZIP 06082 has 44,654 at 518 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 06010 reports a median household income of $79,314 against $90,404 in ZIP 06082, with per-capita income of $40,530 vs $47,134. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.4% in 06010 and 31.8% in 06082. Poverty rate reads 10.7% vs 8.3%, and unemployment 7.3% vs 4.1% — 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 $277,900 in 06010 versus $252,900 in 06082, with median rent of $1,342 and $1,574 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.8% vs 75.7%. 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.