ZIP 04673 vs ZIP 04650

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