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Penobscot, ME

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Penobscot, ME: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,259. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet PENOBSCOT-ME · Penobscot, ME 1 ZIPs · 1,259 pop · #16266/25278 · Hancock County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $63,194
  • RANK-LOWER #16266/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bucksport
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,259
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $296,400

Nearest income peer: Bucksport, ME (+ $1,393 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Penobscot

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Penobscot on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Penobscot, ME sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

36th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,259
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$63,194
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $63,194 and poverty 16.0% concentrate in 04476.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Penobscot as a pure owner town.

Within Maine, Windsor is the closest lower-income city and Waite the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Penobscot.

Population concentration

Penobscot's single ZIP 04476 carries the town

Penobscot is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 04476 is the entire residential footprint (1,259 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Penobscot's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 30 establishments, 72 employees , annual payroll $3,221k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 04476 (30 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (9) · also Retail trade · Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services .

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ZIP Codes in Penobscot, ME

These ZIP codes sit in Hancock County, which covers 41 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Penobscot. See the Hancock County roll-up →

Penobscot sits in the lower half of Hancock County on income: Ellsworth, Bar Harbor and Blue Hill report more, and only Southwest Harbor reports less. Castine marks the far end of that range at $113,750, 80% above Penobscot.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
04476 1,259 $63,194 30 12
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Penobscot roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Penobscot, .