ZIP 04562 vs ZIP 04530

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04562 (Phippsburg, ME) and ZIP 04530 (Bath, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04562 has a population of 2,216 at 30 people per square mile, while ZIP 04530 has 10,818 at 145 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 04562 reports a median household income of $107,833 against $79,649 in ZIP 04530, with per-capita income of $50,930 vs $48,229. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.7% in 04562 and 45.0% in 04530. Poverty rate reads 7.5% vs 11.0%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 5.4% — 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 $335,800 in 04562 versus $336,800 in 04530, with median rent of $1,022 and $1,053 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.8% vs 68.5%. 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.