ZIP 04282 vs ZIP 04263

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04282 (Turner, ME) and ZIP 04263 (Leeds, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04282 has a population of 5,734 at 37 people per square mile, while ZIP 04263 has 2,326 at 22 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 04282 reports a median household income of $100,036 against $85,208 in ZIP 04263, with per-capita income of $38,303 vs $34,190. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.4% in 04282 and 23.0% in 04263. Poverty rate reads 3.0% vs 19.8%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 2.6% — 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 $284,900 in 04282 versus $257,800 in 04263, with median rent of $584 and $940 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.6% vs 93.8%. 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.