ZIP 04460 vs ZIP 04430

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04460 (Medway, ME) and ZIP 04430 (East Millinocket, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04460 has a population of 1,419 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 04430 has 1,728 at 74 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 04460 reports a median household income of $49,583 against $42,011 in ZIP 04430, with per-capita income of $27,579 vs $28,511. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 4.6% in 04460 and 20.9% in 04430. Poverty rate reads 18.7% vs 21.7%, and unemployment 13.6% vs 6.3% — 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 $101,200 in 04460 versus $86,200 in 04430, with median rent of $776 and $449 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.9% vs 79.3%. 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.