ZIP 04930 vs ZIP 04479

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04930 (Dexter, ME) and ZIP 04479 (Sangerville, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04930 has a population of 4,295 at 31 people per square mile, while ZIP 04479 has 1,343 at 14 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 04930 reports a median household income of $54,137 against $50,313 in ZIP 04479, with per-capita income of $35,552 vs $31,497. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.1% in 04930 and 12.6% in 04479. Poverty rate reads 21.9% vs 13.5%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 6.9% — 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 $168,600 in 04930 versus $124,000 in 04479, with median rent of $848 and $850 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.8% vs 82.4%. 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.