ZIP 04730 vs ZIP 04761

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04730 (Houlton, ME) and ZIP 04761 (New Limerick, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04730 has a population of 9,992 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 04761 has 529 at 11 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 04730 reports a median household income of $61,980 against $53,810 in ZIP 04761, with per-capita income of $33,599 vs $37,714. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.0% in 04730 and 18.9% in 04761. Poverty rate reads 15.5% vs 15.6%, and unemployment 8.0% vs 6.2% - 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 $145,200 in 04730 versus $196,900 in 04761, with median rent of $778 and $775 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.5% vs 80.0%. 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.