ZIP 04650 vs ZIP 04673

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04650 (Little Deer Isle, ME) and ZIP 04673 (Sargentville, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04650 has a population of 235 at 24 people per square mile, while ZIP 04673 has 112 at 14 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 04650 reports a median household income of $110,063 against $53,750 in ZIP 04673, with per-capita income of $47,614 vs $54,429. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 52.3% in 04650 and 56.9% in 04673. Poverty rate reads 16.8% vs 11.8%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.0% — 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 $332,400 in 04650 versus $335,200 in 04673, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.0% vs 85.0%. 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.