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Waite, ME

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Waite, ME: 1 USPS ZIP, population 166. 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 WAITE-ME · Waite, ME 1 ZIPs · 166 pop · #16156/25278 · Washington County

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

  • INC-MID $63,438
  • RANK-LOWER #16156/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Calais
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 166
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $78,300

Nearest income peer: Calais, ME (+ $658 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 Waite

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Waite 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, Waite, 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
166
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$63,438
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 $63,438 and poverty 13.1% concentrate in 04492.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Waite's single ZIP 04492 carries the town

Waite is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 04492 is the entire residential footprint (166 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

No ZBP establishments filed for Waite's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Waite. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Waite, ME

These ZIP codes sit in Washington County, which covers 32 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Waite. See the Washington County roll-up →

Waite sits in the upper half of Washington County on income: Machias, Lubec and Princeton report less, while Baileyville, Perry and Jonesport report more. Cherryfield marks the far end of that range at $43,854, 31% below Waite.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
04492 166 $63,438 n/a 1
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