ZIP 04046 vs ZIP 04005

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04046 (Kennebunkport, ME) and ZIP 04005 (Biddeford, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04046 has a population of 7,496 at 65 people per square mile, while ZIP 04005 has 23,146 at 187 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 04046 reports a median household income of $102,529 against $74,647 in ZIP 04005, with per-capita income of $63,726 vs $40,052. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.0% in 04046 and 31.6% in 04005. Poverty rate reads 5.3% vs 14.3%, and unemployment 3.3% vs 2.8% — 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 $586,100 in 04046 versus $396,000 in 04005, with median rent of $1,477 and $1,291 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.8% vs 51.5%. 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.