ZIP 04022 vs ZIP 04041

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04022 (Denmark, ME) and ZIP 04041 (Hiram, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04022 has a population of 1,148 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 04041 has 1,613 at 17 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 04022 reports a median household income of $64,167 against $62,813 in ZIP 04041, with per-capita income of $41,033 vs $41,929. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.8% in 04022 and 25.0% in 04041. Poverty rate reads 8.9% vs 12.6%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 4.4% — 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 $250,000 in 04022 versus $256,600 in 04041, with median rent of $1,409 and $1,070 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.7% vs 83.8%. 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.