ZIP 04556 vs ZIP 04537

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04556 (Edgecomb, ME) and ZIP 04537 (Boothbay, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04556 has a population of 1,249 at 27 people per square mile, while ZIP 04537 has 2,073 at 48 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 04556 reports a median household income of $108,750 against $76,667 in ZIP 04537, with per-capita income of $48,713 vs $47,104. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.8% in 04556 and 37.8% in 04537. Poverty rate reads 5.6% vs 11.3%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 1.4% — 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 $348,400 in 04556 versus $358,600 in 04537, with median rent of — and $1,048 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.7% vs 88.1%. 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.