ZIP 04777 vs ZIP 04733

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04777 (Stacyville, ME) and ZIP 04733 (Benedicta, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04777 has a population of 422 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 04733 has 221 at 2 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 04777 reports a median household income of $53,472 against $59,050 in ZIP 04733, with per-capita income of $29,238 vs $16,893. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.9% in 04777 and 10.3% in 04733. Poverty rate reads 11.3% vs 1.7%, and unemployment 10.6% 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 $106,300 in 04777 versus $126,600 in 04733, with median rent of $880 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.8% vs 72.4%. 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.