ZIP 03908 vs ZIP 03869

This side-by-side compares ZIP 03908 (South Berwick, ME) and ZIP 03869 (Rollinsford, NH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 03908 has a population of 7,233 at 87 people per square mile, while ZIP 03869 has 2,469 at 135 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 03908 reports a median household income of $98,289 against $87,215 in ZIP 03869, with per-capita income of $49,697 vs $49,905. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.7% in 03908 and 41.1% in 03869. Poverty rate reads 3.5% vs 5.1%, and unemployment 5.1% vs 3.8% — 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 $425,700 in 03908 versus $413,500 in 03869, with median rent of $1,726 and $1,771 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.0% vs 77.7%. 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.