ZIP 04360 vs ZIP 04955

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04360 (Vienna, ME) and ZIP 04955 (New Sharon, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04360 has a population of 560 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 04955 has 1,362 at 12 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 04360 reports a median household income of $75,481 against $63,889 in ZIP 04955, with per-capita income of $51,608 vs $34,619. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.7% in 04360 and 29.9% in 04955. Poverty rate reads 13.2% vs 9.6%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 0.0% — 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 $276,400 in 04360 versus $171,200 in 04955, with median rent of — and $961 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.8% vs 90.2%. 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.