ZIP 04344 vs ZIP 04347

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04344 (Farmingdale, ME) and ZIP 04347 (Hallowell, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04344 has a population of 2,951 at 102 people per square mile, while ZIP 04347 has 2,355 at 155 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 04344 reports a median household income of $71,635 against $68,398 in ZIP 04347, with per-capita income of $43,816 vs $46,949. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 47.2% in 04344 and 52.5% in 04347. Poverty rate reads 13.8% vs 7.8%, and unemployment 4.9% vs 0.3% — 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 $249,700 in 04344 versus $295,300 in 04347, with median rent of $911 and $890 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.6% vs 58.3%. 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.