ZIP 04038 vs ZIP 04092

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04038 (Gorham, ME) and ZIP 04092 (Westbrook, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04038 has a population of 16,381 at 125 people per square mile, while ZIP 04092 has 17,515 at 393 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 04038 reports a median household income of $112,312 against $85,038 in ZIP 04092, with per-capita income of $51,367 vs $44,851. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.3% in 04038 and 41.3% in 04092. Poverty rate reads 3.7% vs 8.0%, and unemployment 2.6% vs 2.2% — 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 $460,900 in 04038 versus $383,300 in 04092, with median rent of $1,680 and $1,392 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.5% vs 61.2%. 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.