ZIP 04652 vs ZIP 04631

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04652 (Lubec, ME) and ZIP 04631 (Eastport, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04652 has a population of 1,690 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 04631 has 1,331 at 141 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 04652 reports a median household income of $52,083 against $45,573 in ZIP 04631, with per-capita income of $38,064 vs $34,957. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.4% in 04652 and 36.2% in 04631. Poverty rate reads 15.7% vs 15.2%, and unemployment 2.4% vs 2.7% — 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 $187,800 in 04652 versus $179,800 in 04631, with median rent of $575 and $565 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.2% vs 64.9%. 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.