ZIP 04041 vs ZIP 04091

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04041 (Hiram, ME) and ZIP 04091 (West Baldwin, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04041 has a population of 1,613 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 04091 has 911 at 18 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 04041 reports a median household income of $62,813 against $78,750 in ZIP 04091, with per-capita income of $41,929 vs $38,480. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.0% in 04041 and 25.5% in 04091. Poverty rate reads 12.6% vs 4.6%, and unemployment 4.4% vs 3.6% — 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 $256,600 in 04041 versus $304,200 in 04091, with median rent of $1,070 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.8% vs 88.1%. 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.