ZIP 04352 vs ZIP 04355

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04352 (Mount Vernon, ME) and ZIP 04355 (Readfield, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04352 has a population of 1,632 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 04355 has 2,600 at 34 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 04352 reports a median household income of $74,395 against $86,504 in ZIP 04355, with per-capita income of $45,372 vs $41,938. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.3% in 04352 and 48.8% in 04355. Poverty rate reads 4.8% vs 5.0%, and unemployment 2.6% vs 6.3% — 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 $264,200 in 04352 versus $326,400 in 04355, with median rent of $893 and $1,125 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.8% vs 89.9%. 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.