ZIP 04645 vs ZIP 04681

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04645 (Isle Au Haut, ME) and ZIP 04681 (Stonington, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04645 has a population of 73 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 04681 has 1,043 at 41 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 04645 reports a median household income of $49,500 against $60,223 in ZIP 04681, with per-capita income of $128,106 vs $39,625. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 56.5% in 04645 and 28.8% in 04681. Poverty rate reads 2.9% vs 10.8%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 15.9% — 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 $593,800 in 04645 versus $306,700 in 04681, with median rent of $967 and $823 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.0% vs 77.1%. 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.