ZIP 04057 vs ZIP 04040

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04057 (North Bridgton, ME) and ZIP 04040 (Harrison, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04057 has a population of 56 at 392 people per square mile, while ZIP 04040 has 3,111 at 20 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 04057 reports a median household income of — against $57,218 in ZIP 04040, with per-capita income of $18,221 vs $41,133. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.4% in 04057 and 31.4% in 04040. Poverty rate reads 38.3% vs 18.3%, and unemployment 23.6% vs 8.4% — 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 — in 04057 versus $256,300 in 04040, with median rent of — and $890 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 90.4%. 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.