04685 Zip Code (ME) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 422
Zip code population in 2010: 332
Zip code population in 2000: 327

Houses and condos: 505
Renter-occupied apartments: 17
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 04685: 84.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 14.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 53.9 sq. mi.

Population density: 29 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: $2,949 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,027 (0.7%)

For population 25 years and over in 04685:

• High school or higher: 88.8%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 35.7%
• Graduate or professional degree: 17.4%
• Unemployed: 2.7%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 10.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 04685:

• Never married: 20.9%
• Now married: 65.2%
• Separated: 3.9%
• Widowed: 3.3%
• Divorced: 6.8%

• 
• • 37087.9%White
  • 337.8%Asian
  • 174.0%Two or more races
  • 10.2%Hispanic or Latino

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 04685, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $63,029 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$63,029
State:	$68,227

Salary/wage: $28,580 (reported on 58.8% of returns)

Here:	$28,580
State:	$55,127

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2096.7% for AGIs below $25k, 7430.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $233 (reported on 35.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$233
Maine:	$1,162

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 46.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,200 (reported on 23.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,200
State:	$7,695

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 160.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,533 (reported on 17.6% of returns)

Here:	+$2,533
State:	+$22,201

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 253.3% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Profit/loss from business: +$29,160 (reported on 58.8% of returns)

Here:	+$29,160
State:	+$15,095

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1283.3% for AGIs below $25k, 6716.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $43,650 (reported on 11.8% of returns)

04685:	$43,650
Maine:	$18,314

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2910.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Earned income credit: $1,733 (reported on 17.6% of returns)

Here:	$1,733
State:	$1,960

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 173.3% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 88.2%

Here:	88%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 83.3% for AGIs below $25k, 100.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 80.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 04685, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $47,788 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$47,788
State:	$52,375

Salary/wage: $26,375 (reported on 47.1% of returns)

Here:	$26,375
State:	$43,415

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 36.0% for AGIs below $25k, 35.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 82.1% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $183 (reported on 35.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$183
Maine:	$1,221

Ordinary dividends: $3,000 (reported on 17.6% of returns)

Here:	$3,000
State:	$5,812

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$1,550 (reported on 11.8% of returns)

Here:	+$1,550
State:	+$11,897

Profit/loss from business: +$23,700 (reported on 70.6% of returns)

Here:	+$23,700
State:	+$12,144

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 51.4% for AGIs below $25k, 60.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 95.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total itemized deductions: $22,300 (23% of AGI, reported on 23.5% of returns)

Here:	$22,300
State:	$21,859

Here:	23.4% of AGI
State:	20.9% of AGI

Charity contributions: $3,100 (reported on 17.6% of returns)

Here:	$3,100
State:	$2,741

Taxes paid: $8,125 (reported on 23.5% of returns)

04685:	$8,125
State:	$9,996

Earned income credit: $2,000 (reported on 23.5% of returns)

Here:	$2,000
State:	$1,959

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.2% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 58.8%

Here:	59%
State:	48%

(% for various income ranges: 50.0% for AGIs below $25k, 100.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 66.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 04685, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $27,274 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$27,274
State:	$42,606

Salary/wage: $15,792 (reported on 54.3% of returns)

Here:	$15,792
State:	$36,376

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 42.0% for AGIs below $10k, 33.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 61.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 21.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $654 (reported on 41.9% of returns)

This zip code:	$654
Maine:	$1,367

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.3% for AGIs below $10k, 1.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable dividends: $2,184 (reported on 20.4% of returns)

Here:	$2,184
State:	$3,533

Net capital gain/loss: +$1,806 (reported on 19.4% of returns)

Here:	+$1,806
State:	+$11,433

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -3.6% for AGIs below $10k, 2.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.8% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Profit/loss from business: +$14,616 (reported on 67.2% of returns)

Here:	+$14,616
State:	+$10,755

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 49.6% for AGIs below $10k, 57.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 48.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 65.5% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total itemized deductions: $14,279 (27% of AGI, reported on 23.1% of returns)

Here:	$14,279
State:	$18,231

Here:	27.1% of AGI
State:	21.7% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $2,833 (5% of AGI, reported on 16.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,833
State:	$2,466

Here:	4.6% of AGI
State:	2.8% of AGI

Total tax: $4,438 (reported on 82.3% of returns)

04685:	$4,438
State:	$6,047

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.4% for AGIs below $10k, 11.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 12.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 15.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 14.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,789 (reported on 20.4% of returns)

Here:	$1,789
State:	$1,520

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 66.7%

Here:	67%
State:	53%

(% for various income ranges: 55.1% for AGIs below $10k, 64.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 77.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 85.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 81.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 04612, 04635, 04674, 04616, 04653, 04627.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 2
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 205

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 3 (3 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 57 (35 now married, 21 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 04685 with a mortgage: 112 (4 second mortgage, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,595
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $514

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

• Zip code 04685 household income distribution in 2022

• 1$10,000 to $14,999
• 10$15,000 to $19,999
• 11$20,000 to $24,999
• 10$25,000 to $29,999
• 11$30,000 to $34,999
• 1$35,000 to $39,999
• 8$45,000 to $49,999
• 23$50,000 to $59,999
• 19$60,000 to $74,999
• 34$75,000 to $99,999
• 3$100,000 to $124,999
• 16$125,000 to $149,999
• 20$150,000 to $199,999
• 32$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 04685

• 1$10,000 to $14,999
• 2$20,000 to $24,999
• 1$50,000 to $59,999
• 3$70,000 to $79,999
• 4$90,000 to $99,999
• 30$150,000 to $174,999
• 1$175,000 to $199,999
• 17$200,000 to $249,999
• 11$250,000 to $299,999
• 57$300,000 to $399,999
• 25$400,000 to $499,999
• 26$500,000 to $749,999
• 11$750,000 to $999,999
• 3$1,000,000 to $1,499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 04685

• 1$1,250 to $1,499
• 14No cash rent

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $787,366.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $407,189

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $360,045 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $188,211 - $477,365

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $366,541

Here:	$366,541
State:	$364,324

Mobile homes: $386,593

Here:	$386,593
State:	$142,980

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 468
• 5 to 9: 5
• Mobile homes: 28

Unemployment: 2.7%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 04685

• 51.3%118Drove a car alone
• 23.5%54Carpooled
• 2.2%5Ferryboat
• 4.8%11Walked
• 3.9%9Other means
• 13.9%32Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 04685

• 71Less than 5 minutes
• 755 to 9 minutes
• 2210 to 14 minutes
• 715 to 19 minutes
• 420 to 24 minutes
• 130 to 34 minutes
• 535 to 39 minutes
• 140 to 44 minutes
• 160 to 89 minutes
• 290 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 98.3%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 422

• Male householders: 119 (52 living alone), Female householders: 88 (13 living alone)

• 120 spouses (120 opposite-sex spouses), 13 unmarried partners, (13 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 67 children (58 natural, 9 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 foster children, 18 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 104 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 10 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 63 1-person, 10 2-persons

35 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (5 women).

98.8% of residents of 04685 zip code speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% very well, 33% not well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• SWANS ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (PO BOX 13 in SWANS ISLAND, ME)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-42102
  Organizations: MSAD 76 SWANS ISLAND (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• A T & T SWAINS NOTCH REPEATER (LAT 44-35-53 LONG 70-37-35 in SWANS ISLAND, ME)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: OWNERNAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• SCRAG ISLAND HS (SCRAG ISLAND in SWANS ISLAND, ME)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: MISCELLANEOUS MARINE PRODUCTS (PLANT AQUACULTURE)
  Alternative names: FJORD SEAFOOD USA, ISLAND AQUACULTURE COMPANY INC

• SWANS ISLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE (1 QUARRY WHARF RD in MINTURN, ME)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: OWNERNAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• SWANS ISLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC (8 QUARRY WHARF ROAD in SWANS ISLAND, ME)

  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Business NAICS classification: ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION.
  Organizations: SWANS ISLAND ELECTRIC COOP INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
  

• SWANS ISLAND SCHOOL (ROSE HILL ROAD in SWANS ISLAND, ME)

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

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 6.8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2.0%

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

• This state: 232
• Northeast: 64
• Midwest: 19
• South: 40
• West: 24

70% of the 04685 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Maine.

96% of the 04685 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 7% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2 Students in private undergraduate colleges:

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

• Utilities: Electric Power Distribution (5-9 employees: 1 establishment)
• Wholesale Trade: Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (1-4: 2)
• Real Estate and Rental and Leasing: Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings (1-4: 1)
• Construction: Site Preparation Contractors (1-4: 1)
• Information: Newspaper Publishers (1-4: 1)
• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Musical Groups and Artists (1-4: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 04685 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Charles	4	73.7 years
James	2	87.0 years
Lillian	2	85.5 years
Norman	2	84.5 years
Priscilla	2	72.0 years
Robert	2	71.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 04685 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Staples	8	80.4 years
Burns	5	77.2 years
Joyce	4	85.3 years
Lunt	3	73.3 years
Lemoine	3	66.0 years
Stinson	3	80.4 years
Littlefield	2	67.0 years
Batchelder	2	73.0 years
Kent	2	86.4 years
Higgins	2	87.5 years

Businesses in zip code 04685

• Circle K: 1