ZIP 04941 vs ZIP 04949

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04941 (Freedom, ME) and ZIP 04949 (Liberty, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04941 has a population of 1,751 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 04949 has 913 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 04941 reports a median household income of $65,662 against $71,146 in ZIP 04949, with per-capita income of $34,963 vs $33,965. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.6% in 04941 and 43.4% in 04949. Poverty rate reads 11.0% vs 14.8%, and unemployment 3.7% vs 10.8% — 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 $214,000 in 04941 versus $229,600 in 04949, with median rent of $846 and $559 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.5% vs 84.1%. 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.