04988 Zip Code (Unity, ME) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 2,014
Zip code population in 2010: 2,134
Zip code population in 2000: 1,838

Houses and condos: 981
Renter-occupied apartments: 224
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 04988: 86.5 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 49.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 40 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,344 (1.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,953 (1.4%)

For population 25 years and over in 04988:

• High school or higher: 89.7%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.9%
• Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
• Unemployed: 4.0%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 04988:

• Never married: 50.5%
• Now married: 30.5%
• Separated: 0.7%
• Widowed: 6.4%
• Divorced: 11.9%

• 
• • 1,94796.7%White
  • 381.9%Two or more races
  • 110.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 90.4%Black
  • 60.3%American Indian
  • 20.10%Asian

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 04988, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $47,335 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$47,335
State:	$68,227

Salary/wage: $43,055 (reported on 78.8% of returns)

Here:	$43,055
State:	$55,127

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1172.0% for AGIs below $25k, 3476.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5994.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10795.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 19676.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $407 (reported on 31.8% of returns)

This zip code:	$407
Maine:	$1,162

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 13.5% for AGIs below $25k, 15.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 12.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 50.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 44.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,964 (reported on 12.9% of returns)

Here:	$2,964
State:	$7,695

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 29.5% for AGIs below $25k, 38.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 31.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 324.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$4,300 (reported on 9.4% of returns)

Here:	+$4,300
State:	+$22,201

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.0% for AGIs below $25k, 54.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 550.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$8,240 (reported on 17.6% of returns)

Here:	+$8,240
State:	+$15,095

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 190.5% for AGIs below $25k, 221.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 392.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 150.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $12,825 (reported on 9.4% of returns)

04988:	$12,825
Maine:	$18,314

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 81.0% for AGIs below $25k, 136.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 657.8% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Earned income credit: $2,093 (reported on 17.6% of returns)

Here:	$2,093
State:	$1,960

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 87.5% for AGIs below $25k, 69.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 89.4%

Here:	89%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 86.7% for AGIs below $25k, 92.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 92.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 85.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 88.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 04988, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $38,073 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$38,073
State:	$52,375

Salary/wage: $33,813 (reported on 83.6% of returns)

Here:	$33,813
State:	$43,415

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 74.5% for AGIs below $25k, 72.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 78.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 74.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 71.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $523 (reported on 30.1% of returns)

This zip code:	$523
Maine:	$1,221

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,082 (reported on 15.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,082
State:	$5,812

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.5% for AGIs below $25k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.8% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$1,444 (reported on 12.3% of returns)

Here:	+$1,444
State:	+$11,897

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.8% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Profit/loss from business: +$4,450 (reported on 19.2% of returns)

Here:	+$4,450
State:	+$12,144

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.0% for AGIs below $25k, 3.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $8,800 (reported on 9.6% of returns)

04988:	$8,800
Maine:	$13,385

Total itemized deductions: $17,169 (25% of AGI, reported on 21.9% of returns)

Here:	$17,169
State:	$21,859

Here:	25.2% of AGI
State:	20.9% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 12.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $2,680 (reported on 13.7% of returns)

Here:	$2,680
State:	$2,741

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $6,256 (reported on 21.9% of returns)

04988:	$6,256
State:	$9,996

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 6.4% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $1,900 (reported on 24.7% of returns)

Here:	$1,900
State:	$1,959

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.0% for AGIs below $25k, 1.3% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 52.1%

Here:	52%
State:	48%

(% for various income ranges: 42.4% for AGIs below $25k, 55.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 63.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 60.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 75.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 04988, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $32,952 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$32,952
State:	$42,606

Salary/wage: $28,859 (reported on 83.7% of returns)

Here:	$28,859
State:	$36,376

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 74.8% for AGIs below $10k, 71.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 84.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 82.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 86.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 37.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $986 (reported on 37.2% of returns)

This zip code:	$986
Maine:	$1,367

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.8% for AGIs below $10k, 1.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $966 (reported on 19.3% of returns)

Here:	$966
State:	$3,533

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.9% for AGIs below $10k, 0.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$6,115 (reported on 15.8% of returns)

Here:	+$6,115
State:	+$11,433

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -2.8% for AGIs below $10k, -0.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 15.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$5,383 (reported on 21.0% of returns)

Here:	+$5,383
State:	+$10,755

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 21.2% for AGIs below $10k, 8.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 3.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.3% for AGIs $50k-75k)

IRA payment deduction: $2,500 (reported on 3.1% of returns)

04988:	$2,500
Maine:	$3,014

Total itemized deductions: $14,301 (20% of AGI, reported on 17.6% of returns)

Here:	$14,301
State:	$18,231

Here:	20.2% of AGI
State:	21.7% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 13.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 7.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,038 (3% of AGI, reported on 13.5% of returns)

Here:	$2,038
State:	$2,466

Here:	2.9% of AGI
State:	2.8% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.7% for AGIs below $10k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $3,970 (reported on 72.9% of returns)

04988:	$3,970
State:	$6,047

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.0% for AGIs below $10k, 4.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.1% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,554 (reported on 21.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,554
State:	$1,520

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 50.5%

Here:	50%
State:	53%

(% for various income ranges: 43.0% for AGIs below $10k, 48.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 51.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 60.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 56.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 87.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 04910, 04922, 04941, 04987, 04986, 04926.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 141
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 590

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 4 (4 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 614 (111 now married, 502 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 04988 with a mortgage: 326 (42 second mortgage, 33 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,174
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $563

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 04988 household income distribution in 2022

• 57Less than $10,000
• 86$10,000 to $14,999
• 16$15,000 to $19,999
• 32$20,000 to $24,999
• 54$25,000 to $29,999
• 30$30,000 to $34,999
• 12$35,000 to $39,999
• 9$40,000 to $44,999
• 46$45,000 to $49,999
• 76$50,000 to $59,999
• 69$60,000 to $74,999
• 117$75,000 to $99,999
• 32$100,000 to $124,999
• 18$125,000 to $149,999
• 43$150,000 to $199,999
• 21$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 04988

• 2$15,000 to $19,999
• 10$20,000 to $24,999
• 6$30,000 to $34,999
• 4$35,000 to $39,999
• 6$40,000 to $49,999
• 3$50,000 to $59,999
• 6$60,000 to $69,999
• 6$80,000 to $89,999
• 28$90,000 to $99,999
• 27$100,000 to $124,999
• 23$125,000 to $149,999
• 79$150,000 to $174,999
• 40$175,000 to $199,999
• 16$200,000 to $249,999
• 13$250,000 to $299,999
• 55$300,000 to $399,999
• 53$400,000 to $499,999
• 80$500,000 to $749,999
• 1$750,000 to $999,999
• 5$2,000,000 or more

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 04988

• 21$100 to $149
• 12$150 to $199
• 12$200 to $249
• 7$250 to $299
• 7$350 to $399
• 5$400 to $449
• 4$450 to $499
• 16$550 to $599
• 7$650 to $699
• 10$700 to $749
• 19$750 to $799
• 22$800 to $899
• 12$900 to $999
• 16$1,000 to $1,249
• 24$1,250 to $1,499
• 13No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $809.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $218,897

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $205,248 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $135,137 - $407,752

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $375,877

Here:	$375,877
State:	$364,324

Mobile homes: $199,941

Here:	$199,941
State:	$142,980

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 706
• Two: 46
• 3 or 4: 87
• 5 to 9: 43
• 10 to 19: 21
• 20 to 49: 10
• Mobile homes: 62

Unemployment: 4.0%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 04988

• 56.4%519Drove a car alone
• 7.0%64Carpooled
• 1.1%10Bicycle
• 13.4%123Walked
• 1.2%11Other means
• 23.9%220Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 04988

• 159Less than 5 minutes
• 665 to 9 minutes
• 5110 to 14 minutes
• 3215 to 19 minutes
• 3720 to 24 minutes
• 6825 to 29 minutes
• 6930 to 34 minutes
• 2935 to 39 minutes
• 7340 to 44 minutes
• 8345 to 59 minutes
• 2060 to 89 minutes
• 2690 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 60.8%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,014

• Male householders: 358 (111 living alone), Female householders: 377 (152 living alone)

• 261 spouses (254 opposite-sex spouses), 81 unmarried partners, (81 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 314 children (315 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 foster children, 13 other relatives, 114 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 450 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 216 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 263 1-person, 94 2-persons, 19 3-persons

192 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (40 women).

90.8% of residents of 04988 zip code speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (19% very well, 81% well).
7.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% very well, 8% well, 8% not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• SCHOOL ST VARIETY (369 SCHOOL ST PO BOX 467 in UNITY, ME)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2002-0129, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  

• HAWK RIDGE COMPOST FACILITY (REYNOLDS ROAD in UNITY, ME)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  

• SAD 3 (* in UNITY, ME)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 6.1%

Population in 1990: 1,817. Population change in the 1990s: +21 (+1.2%).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 1,119
• Northeast: 557
• Midwest: 106
• South: 55
• West: 65

55% of the 04988 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Maine.

88% of the 04988 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 14% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 101
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7 Students in private undergraduate colleges: 463

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Educational Services: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (250-499 employees: 1 establishment)
• Information: Wired Telecommunications Carriers (20-49: 1)
• Information: Book Publishers (20-49: 1)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Solid Waste Collection (20-49: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (10-19: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Business Associations (10-19: 1)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 11. The highest number of fires - 33 took place in 2006, and the least - 2 in 2012. The data has an increasing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (80.2%), and Outside Fires (13.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 04988
• 13880.2%Structure Fires
• 2313.4%Outside Fires
• 116.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 04988, Maine

Most common first names in zip code 04988 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	11	75.2 years
Charles	7	85.7 years
Richard	7	62.3 years
Dorothy	7	81.6 years
Harold	7	73.6 years
George	6	68.2 years
Helen	6	78.5 years
Fred	5	64.8 years
Ralph	5	78.6 years
Doris	5	82.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 04988 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Reynolds	11	75.4 years
Ward	7	81.6 years
Stevens	6	73.0 years
Hubbard	6	76.7 years
Parsons	5	81.2 years
Mitchell	5	66.2 years
Berry	4	60.0 years
Perkins	4	62.7 years
Chase	4	65.5 years
Davis	4	73.2 years

Businesses in zip code 04988

• True Value: 1
• U-Haul: 1