ZIP 06082 vs ZIP 01106

This side-by-side compares ZIP 06082 (Enfield, CT) and ZIP 01106 (Longmeadow, MA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 06082 has a population of 44,654 at 518 people per square mile, while ZIP 01106 has 16,021 at 667 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 06082 reports a median household income of $90,404 against $147,935 in ZIP 01106, with per-capita income of $47,134 vs $67,774. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.8% in 06082 and 66.8% in 01106. Poverty rate reads 8.3% vs 4.2%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 6.2% — 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 $252,900 in 06082 versus $452,100 in 01106, with median rent of $1,574 and $1,802 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.7% vs 89.1%. 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.