ZIP 04451 vs ZIP 04459

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04451 (Kingman, ME) and ZIP 04459 (Mattawamkeag, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04451 has a population of 259 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 04459 has 773 at 4 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 04451 reports a median household income of $31,957 against $48,750 in ZIP 04459, with per-capita income of $24,502 vs $28,944. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.4% in 04451 and 5.9% in 04459. Poverty rate reads 31.3% vs 30.9%, and unemployment 10.3% vs 11.9% — 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 $67,000 in 04451 versus $112,000 in 04459, with median rent of — and $488 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.5% vs 78.4%. 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.