ZIP 04043 vs ZIP 04046

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04043 (Kennebunk, ME) and ZIP 04046 (Kennebunkport, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04043 has a population of 10,810 at 118 people per square mile, while ZIP 04046 has 7,496 at 65 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 04043 reports a median household income of $107,804 against $102,529 in ZIP 04046, with per-capita income of $59,309 vs $63,726. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.2% in 04043 and 41.0% in 04046. Poverty rate reads 7.3% vs 5.3%, and unemployment 4.4% vs 3.3% — 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 $487,700 in 04043 versus $586,100 in 04046, with median rent of $1,425 and $1,477 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.6% vs 81.8%. 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.