ZIP 04910 vs ZIP 04926

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04910 (Albion, ME) and ZIP 04926 (China Village, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04910 has a population of 2,041 at 20 people per square mile, while ZIP 04926 has 52 at 184 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 04910 reports a median household income of $62,361 against — in ZIP 04926, with per-capita income of $33,546 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.4% in 04910 and — in 04926. Poverty rate reads 18.4% vs —, and unemployment 2.8% 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 $230,900 in 04910 versus — in 04926, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.0% 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.