ZIP 04015 vs ZIP 04055

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04015 (Casco, ME) and ZIP 04055 (Naples, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04015 has a population of 3,808 at 46 people per square mile, while ZIP 04055 has 3,793 at 47 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 04015 reports a median household income of $69,313 against $78,188 in ZIP 04055, with per-capita income of $45,727 vs $48,361. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.9% in 04015 and 37.9% in 04055. Poverty rate reads 11.0% vs 9.5%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 0.9% — 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 $355,500 in 04015 versus $340,100 in 04055, with median rent of $1,395 and $1,941 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.0% vs 87.5%. 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.