ZIP 04943 vs ZIP 04924

This side-by-side compares ZIP 04943 (Hartland, ME) and ZIP 04924 (Canaan, ME) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 04943 has a population of 1,792 at 19 people per square mile, while ZIP 04924 has 2,275 at 21 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 04943 reports a median household income of $46,141 against $57,781 in ZIP 04924, with per-capita income of $33,592 vs $29,477. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.8% in 04943 and 24.1% in 04924. Poverty rate reads 16.0% vs 12.9%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 3.5% — 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 $139,200 in 04943 versus $159,900 in 04924, with median rent of $911 and $922 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.7% vs 85.7%. 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.