ZIP 04096 vs ZIP 04110

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04096 (Yarmouth, ME) and ZIP 04110 (Cumberland Foreside, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04096 has a population of 8,349 at 241 people per square mile, while ZIP 04110 has 1,391 at 239 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 04096 reports a median household income of $110,216 against $194,205 in ZIP 04110, with per-capita income of $66,562 vs $133,146. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 66.8% in 04096 and 76.6% in 04110. Poverty rate reads 10.2% vs 0.2%, and unemployment 4.4% vs 0.0% — 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 $639,700 in 04096 versus $923,600 in 04110, with median rent of $1,693 and $1,839 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.4% vs 77.5%. 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.