ZIP 04226 vs ZIP 04237

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04226 (East Andover, ME) and ZIP 04237 (Hanover, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04226 has a population of 190 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 04237 has 238 at 13 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 04226 reports a median household income of $47,955 against $55,417 in ZIP 04237, with per-capita income of $26,477 vs $90,475. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.7% in 04226 and 44.7% in 04237. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 18.8%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 3.4% — 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 $125,000 in 04226 versus $334,500 in 04237, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 91.8%. 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.