ZIP 04048 vs ZIP 04061

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04048 (Limerick, ME) and ZIP 04061 (North Waterboro, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04048 has a population of 2,946 at 40 people per square mile, while ZIP 04061 has 3,369 at 66 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 04048 reports a median household income of $101,172 against $94,023 in ZIP 04061, with per-capita income of $40,655 vs $38,359. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.5% in 04048 and 26.1% in 04061. Poverty rate reads 6.9% vs 1.9%, and unemployment 1.8% vs 0.9% — 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 $269,400 in 04048 versus $274,300 in 04061, with median rent of $1,758 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.8% vs 97.1%. 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.