ZIP 03903 vs ZIP 03904

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03903 (Eliot, ME) and ZIP 03904 (Kittery, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03903 has a population of 6,211 at 121 people per square mile, while ZIP 03904 has 7,703 at 265 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 03903 reports a median household income of $101,522 against $85,084 in ZIP 03904, with per-capita income of $57,293 vs $51,533. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 43.6% in 03903 and 41.4% in 03904. Poverty rate reads 4.8% vs 7.1%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 4.7% — 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 $498,900 in 03903 versus $448,900 in 03904, with median rent of $1,948 and $1,651 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.8% vs 63.6%. 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.