ZIP 04564 vs ZIP 04541

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04564 (Round Pond, ME) and ZIP 04541 (Chamberlain, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04564 has a population of 489 at 22 people per square mile, while ZIP 04541 has 80 at 17 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 04564 reports a median household income of $132,604 against — in ZIP 04541, with per-capita income of $87,051 vs $55,071. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 75.3% in 04564 and 51.1% in 04541. Poverty rate reads 0.4% vs 28.9%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.0% — 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 $578,500 in 04564 versus — in 04541, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.5% vs 100.0%. 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.