ZIP 04255 vs ZIP 04219

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04255 (Greenwood, ME) and ZIP 04219 (Bryant Pond, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04255 has a population of 802 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 04219 has 1,472 at 9 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 04255 reports a median household income of $75,938 against $62,361 in ZIP 04219, with per-capita income of $44,039 vs $35,244. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.3% in 04255 and 24.9% in 04219. Poverty rate reads 8.9% vs 13.8%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.0% — 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 $225,000 in 04255 versus $215,900 in 04219, with median rent of $1,263 and $850 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.8% vs 92.3%. 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.