ZIP 04781 vs ZIP 04743

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04781 (Wallagrass, ME) and ZIP 04743 (Fort Kent, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04781 has a population of 560 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 04743 has 4,676 at 13 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 04781 reports a median household income of $49,583 against $56,422 in ZIP 04743, with per-capita income of $30,620 vs $46,724. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.5% in 04781 and 32.7% in 04743. Poverty rate reads 3.4% vs 11.1%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 2.3% — 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 $189,800 in 04781 versus $165,800 in 04743, with median rent of $932 and $918 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.2% vs 79.8%. 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.