ZIP 06525 vs ZIP 06515

This side-by-side compares ZIP 06525 (Woodbridge, CT) and ZIP 06515 (New Haven, CT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 06525 has a population of 8,990 at 185 people per square mile, while ZIP 06515 has 17,141 at 1,452 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 06525 reports a median household income of $188,750 against $73,709 in ZIP 06515, with per-capita income of $81,608 vs $39,228. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 71.7% in 06525 and 49.7% in 06515. Poverty rate reads 2.1% vs 26.5%, and unemployment 7.9% vs 9.9% — 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 $588,100 in 06525 versus $328,900 in 06515, with median rent of $1,808 and $1,392 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.1% vs 41.5%. 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.