ZIP 04429 vs ZIP 04428

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04429 (Holden, ME) and ZIP 04428 (Eddington, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04429 has a population of 4,717 at 26 people per square mile, while ZIP 04428 has 3,146 at 20 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 04429 reports a median household income of $97,244 against $72,857 in ZIP 04428, with per-capita income of $63,612 vs $40,289. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 46.2% in 04429 and 29.2% in 04428. Poverty rate reads 5.1% vs 7.5%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 1.8% — 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 $313,600 in 04429 versus $244,500 in 04428, with median rent of $1,348 and $1,145 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.2% vs 82.8%. 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.