ZIP 04684 vs ZIP 04629

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04684 (Surry, ME) and ZIP 04629 (East Blue Hill, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04684 has a population of 1,466 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 04629 has 107 at 18 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 04684 reports a median household income of $74,508 against — in ZIP 04629, with per-capita income of $51,971 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.1% in 04684 and — in 04629. Poverty rate reads 7.0% vs —, and unemployment 4.8% vs — — 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 $296,300 in 04684 versus — in 04629, with median rent of $969 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.6% vs —. 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.