ZIP 04855 vs ZIP 04860

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04855 (Port Clyde, ME) and ZIP 04860 (Tenants Harbor, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04855 has a population of 307 at 51 people per square mile, while ZIP 04860 has 1,591 at 34 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 04855 reports a median household income of $250,001 against $86,833 in ZIP 04860, with per-capita income of $141,449 vs $50,883. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 85.3% in 04855 and 44.4% in 04860. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 11.5%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $358,100 in 04855 versus $271,400 in 04860, with median rent of — and $1,603 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 83.1%. 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.