ZIP 04453 vs ZIP 04410

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04453 (Lagrange, ME) and ZIP 04410 (Bradford, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04453 has a population of 779 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 04410 has 1,290 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 04453 reports a median household income of $59,250 against $82,955 in ZIP 04410, with per-capita income of $27,879 vs $34,973. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.0% in 04453 and 19.0% in 04410. Poverty rate reads 17.5% vs 9.0%, and unemployment 5.3% vs 2.7% — 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 $134,800 in 04453 versus $176,200 in 04410, with median rent of $831 and $742 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.1% vs 86.8%. 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.