ZIP 04541 vs ZIP 04558

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04541 (Chamberlain, ME) and ZIP 04558 (Pemaquid, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04541 has a population of 80 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 04558 has 308 at 29 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 04541 reports a median household income of — against $91,477 in ZIP 04558, with per-capita income of $55,071 vs $58,121. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.1% in 04541 and 50.6% in 04558. Poverty rate reads 28.9% vs 7.4%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.8% — 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 — in 04541 versus $526,800 in 04558, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 87.0%. 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.