ZIP 04942 vs ZIP 04923

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04942 (Harmony, ME) and ZIP 04923 (Cambridge, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04942 has a population of 1,326 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 04923 has 482 at 9 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 04942 reports a median household income of $53,636 against $63,194 in ZIP 04923, with per-capita income of $28,572 vs $34,554. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.2% in 04942 and 22.1% in 04923. Poverty rate reads 16.1% vs 14.1%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 4.3% — 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 $170,300 in 04942 versus $214,900 in 04923, with median rent of $1,063 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.9% vs 93.1%. 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.