ZIP 06066 vs ZIP 06029

This side-by-side compares ZIP 06066 (Vernon Rockville, CT) and ZIP 06029 (Ellington, CT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 06066 has a population of 29,219 at 637 people per square mile, while ZIP 06029 has 15,547 at 178 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 06066 reports a median household income of $85,356 against $129,331 in ZIP 06029, with per-capita income of $46,295 vs $57,813. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.0% in 06066 and 51.3% in 06029. Poverty rate reads 13.4% vs 2.4%, and unemployment 6.6% vs 2.7% — 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 $275,500 in 06066 versus $367,200 in 06029, with median rent of $1,425 and $1,728 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 53.2% vs 72.2%. 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.