ZIP 04925 vs ZIP 04920

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04925 (Caratunk, ME) and ZIP 04920 (Bingham, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04925 has a population of 75 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 04920 has 1,713 at 3 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 04925 reports a median household income of $73,235 against $39,860 in ZIP 04920, with per-capita income of $39,909 vs $30,380. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 61.9% in 04925 and 13.2% in 04920. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 16.1%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 3.8% — 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 $470,000 in 04925 versus $128,100 in 04920, with median rent of — and $828 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.3% vs 79.7%. 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.