Which ZIP code in Hancock County has the highest median age?

04622 (Cherryfield), at 57.3 (±3.3), among 18 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Oldest ZIP codes in Hancock County, ME

These are the 18 ZIP codes in Hancock County with the highest median age, out of 18 with at least 1,000 residents. 04622 (Cherryfield, 57.3), 04607 (Gouldsboro, 56.5) and 04640 (Hancock, 54.8) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Hancock County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Oldest ZIP codes in Hancock County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	04622	Cherryfield	57.3 ±3.3	1,050	505	571
2	04607	Gouldsboro	56.5 ±6.0	1,142	564	565
3	04640	Hancock	54.8 ±7.5	2,450	1,117	1,115
4	04627	Deer Isle	53.9 ±4.7	2,137	909	768
5	04476	Penobscot	53.4 ±5.7	1,154	531	569
6	04684	Surry	52.4 ±5.6	1,836	841	737
7	04660	Mount Desert	52.4 ±8.6	1,072	517	526
8	04676	Sedgwick	52.1 ±4.0	1,130	532	511
9	04472	Orland	51.2 ±3.5	1,852	890	883
10	04634	Franklin	49.9 ±5.5	2,374	1,055	886
11	04609	Bar Harbor	49.2 ±5.9	5,244	2,479	2,870
12	04679	Southwest Harbor	48.9 ±9.3	1,553	731	456
13	04614	Blue Hill	48.6 ±8.2	2,813	1,308	1,024
14	04664	Sullivan	47.1 ±15.0	1,246	532	536
15	04416	Bucksport	46.1 ±10.6	5,497	2,589	2,062
16	04429	Holden	45.3 ±2.5	5,008	2,235	2,010
17	04605	Ellsworth	44.0 ±1.9	14,529	6,414	7,111
18	04421	Castine	21.2 ±0.7	1,362	352	110

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 18 of 41 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Older ZIP codes respond to health care, hearing and vision, Medicare plans, home safety, estate planning and services that come to the door.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 3,626 households, on 10 carrier routes with 3,588 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Hancock County has the highest median age?: 04622 (Cherryfield), at 57.3 (±3.3), among 18 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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