ZIP 04219 vs ZIP 04289

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04219 (Bryant Pond, ME) and ZIP 04289 (West Paris, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04219 has a population of 1,472 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 04289 has 1,815 at 29 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 04219 reports a median household income of $62,361 against $56,324 in ZIP 04289, with per-capita income of $35,244 vs $25,785. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.9% in 04219 and 23.1% in 04289. Poverty rate reads 13.8% vs 24.1%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 4.5% — 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 $215,900 in 04219 versus $193,000 in 04289, with median rent of $850 and $838 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.3% vs 80.9%. 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.