ZIP 04640 vs ZIP 04677

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04640 (Hancock, ME) and ZIP 04677 (Sorrento, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04640 has a population of 2,261 at 32 people per square mile, while ZIP 04677 has 274 at 27 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 04640 reports a median household income of $71,699 against $83,438 in ZIP 04677, with per-capita income of $46,304 vs $42,879. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.2% in 04640 and 51.0% in 04677. Poverty rate reads 8.4% vs 5.8%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 3.4% — 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 $269,100 in 04640 versus $298,800 in 04677, with median rent of $1,171 and $1,696 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.6% vs 83.8%. 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.