ZIP 04083 vs ZIP 04076

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04083 (Springvale, ME) and ZIP 04076 (Shapleigh, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04083 has a population of 4,525 at 175 people per square mile, while ZIP 04076 has 2,683 at 27 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 04083 reports a median household income of $72,207 against $88,140 in ZIP 04076, with per-capita income of $41,846 vs $48,135. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.8% in 04083 and 29.7% in 04076. Poverty rate reads 15.6% vs 5.3%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 2.9% — 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 $272,000 in 04083 versus $356,000 in 04076, with median rent of $1,154 and $1,349 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.6% vs 95.4%. 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.