ZIP 04005 vs ZIP 04072

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04005 (Biddeford, ME) and ZIP 04072 (Saco, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04005 has a population of 23,146 at 187 people per square mile, while ZIP 04072 has 18,482 at 186 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 04005 reports a median household income of $74,647 against $92,241 in ZIP 04072, with per-capita income of $40,052 vs $51,652. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.6% in 04005 and 43.5% in 04072. Poverty rate reads 14.3% vs 6.4%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 2.1% — 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 $396,000 in 04005 versus $413,100 in 04072, with median rent of $1,291 and $1,249 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 51.5% vs 72.8%. 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.