ZIP 04456 vs ZIP 04450

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04456 (Levant, ME) and ZIP 04450 (Kenduskeag, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04456 has a population of 2,851 at 37 people per square mile, while ZIP 04450 has 1,368 at 31 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 04456 reports a median household income of $86,071 against $79,792 in ZIP 04450, with per-capita income of $38,422 vs $33,236. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.6% in 04456 and 17.8% in 04450. Poverty rate reads 9.0% vs 15.9%, and unemployment 4.4% vs 2.1% — 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 $268,500 in 04456 versus $177,900 in 04450, with median rent of $1,370 and $1,033 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.4% vs 83.4%. 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.