Maine Towns & Cities — Cost of Living and Business Climate

TownPopulationHome valueRentIncome

Abbot 584 $171k $1111 $59k

Acton 2,721 $334k — $79k

Addison 1,045 $164k $900 $51k

Albion 2,204 $231k — $62k

Alexander 553 $194k — $94k

Alfred 661 $365k $769 —

Allagash 224 $96k $467 $33k

Alna 818 $367k $1088 $93k

Alton 819 $180k $866 $63k

Amherst 424 $210k — $73k

Amity 395 $155k — $65k

Andover 679 $168k — $50k

Anson 680 $100k $914 $88k

Appleton 1,360 $236k $1104 $54k

Argyle 286 $154k — $102k

Arrowsic 597 $584k $1600 $99k

Arundel 4,418 $421k $1607 $102k

Ashland 614 $140k — $51k

Athens 791 $153k $538 $51k

Atkinson 306 — — —

Auburn 24,602 $282k $1041 $67k

Augusta 19,077 $201k $919 $48k

Aurora 132 $189k $1125 —

Avon 359 $142k $465 $63k

Baileyville 1,339 $112k $873 $60k

Baldwin 1,170 $263k — $68k

Bancroft 78 $111k — $23k

Bangor 31,938 $220k $1055 $60k

Bar Harbor 2,296 $627k $1070 $68k

Baring 166 $118k — —

Bath 8,815 $311k $1044 $69k

Beals 498 $257k $907 $64k

Beaver Cove 394 $523k — $98k

Beddington 38 $238k — $147k

Belfast 6,986 $341k $962 $68k

Belgrade 3,351 $312k $857 $88k

Belmont 876 $218k $1045 $61k

Benton 2,770 $177k $1110 $61k

Berwick 1,998 $323k $1041 $81k

Bethel 537 $380k $860 —

Biddeford 22,498 $397k $1292 $72k

Bingham 564 $105k $354 $35k

Blaine 206 — — $95k

Blanchard 81 — — $51k

Blue Hill 799 $385k $1038 —

Boothbay 3,102 $342k $1147 $60k

Boothbay Harbor 1,047 $328k $721 $50k

Bowdoin 3,188 $293k — $91k

Bowdoinham 766 $419k — —

Bowerbank 211 $200k — $93k

Bradford 1,254 $176k $742 $83k

Bradley 845 $169k $1034 $63k

Bremen 917 $425k — $100k

Brewer 9,652 $245k $1086 $67k

Bridgewater 484 $155k $768 $65k

Bridgton 1,756 $264k $781 $55k

Brighton 98 — — $74k

Bristol 2,917 $406k $1051 $101k

Brooklin 869 $339k $1236 $69k

Brooks 1,208 $197k $1116 $59k

Brooksville 853 $391k $1307 $56k

Brownfield 1,830 $288k $1617 $61k

Brownville 983 $97k $1057 $64k

Brunswick 17,652 $363k $1465 $71k

Buckfield 2,403 $228k $521 $78k

Bucksport 3,105 $214k $855 $62k

Burlington 328 $100k — $49k

Burnham 953 $178k $1308 $59k

Buxton 8,512 $357k $1613 $100k

Byron 174 $123k — $90k

Calais 3,097 $111k $1010 $64k

Cambridge 532 $215k — $63k

Camden 3,682 $499k $1149 $79k

Canaan 2,063 $160k $922 $58k

Canton 1,191 $165k $485 $52k

Cape Elizabeth 9,606 $732k $2185 $146k

Caratunk 101 $470k — $73k

Caribou 7,382 $134k $757 $54k

Carmel 2,941 $257k $1276 $82k

Carrabassett Valley 637 $344k — $89k

Carroll 134 $84k — $25k

Carthage 845 $144k $811 $79k

Cary 201 — — —

Casco 618 $249k $1375 —

Castine 996 $799k — $169k

Castle Hill 281 $145k $950 $54k

Caswell 243 $85k $836 $43k

Central Aroostook 268 $413k — $89k

Central Hancock 153 $181k — $44k

Central Somerset 333 $136k — $39k

Chapman 388 $186k — $93k

Charleston 1,117 $227k $988 $75k

Charlotte 377 $141k — $68k

Chebeague Island 555 $651k $2063 $68k

Chelsea 2,823 $182k $1373 $85k

Cherryfield 809 $196k $428 $37k

Chester 598 $173k $833 $65k

Chesterville 1,397 $214k $1088 $62k

China 4,526 $240k — $96k

Clifton 1,111 $203k $1217 $70k

Clinton 1,381 $164k — $71k

Codyville 14 — — $45k

Columbia 529 $159k $894 $57k

Columbia Falls 475 $219k $725 $44k

Connor 440 $179k $808 $48k

Cooper 157 $213k — $49k

Coplin 51 $322k — $52k

Corinna 711 $138k $1043 $51k

Corinth 2,990 $136k $883 $64k

Cornish 1,024 — $1135 $69k

Cornville 1,419 $167k $1366 $80k

Cranberry Isles 196 $439k $1000 $65k

Crawford 97 $121k — $32k

Criehaven 0 — — —

Crystal 247 $129k $1563 $48k

Cumberland 8,647 $617k $2143 $174k

Cushing 1,460 $410k $1553 $84k

Cutler 492 $156k — $73k

Cyr 59 $165k — $88k

Dallas 220 — — $78k

Damariscotta 1,100 $419k $930 $68k

Danforth 452 $85k $629 $42k

Dayton 2,313 $398k $1215 $114k

Deblois 148 $133k — $52k

Dedham 1,656 $356k $1422 $111k

Deer Isle 2,470 $308k $1909 $62k

Denmark 1,054 $250k $1409 $64k

Dennistown 134 $387k — —

Dennysville 218 $219k — $39k

Detroit 650 $138k $1098 $51k

Dexter 1,852 $138k $827 $54k

Dixfield 1,738 $172k $534 $71k

Dixmont 1,207 $191k $1348 $76k

Dover-Foxcroft 2,745 $159k $909 $56k

Dresden 1,645 $240k $1194 $75k

Drew 33 $217k — $78k

Durham 4,262 $322k — $99k

Dyer Brook 275 $135k — $73k

Eagle Lake 360 $171k $508 $37k

East Central Franklin 1,074 $211k — $63k

East Central Penobscot 307 $99k — $37k

East Central Washington 573 $167k $1119 $53k

East Hancock 42 $171k — $83k

East Machias 1,223 $211k $907 $58k

East Millinocket 1,495 $86k $449 $42k

Eastbrook 742 $301k $823 $69k

Easton 1,433 $164k $510 $53k

Eastport 1,263 $180k $565 $46k

Eddington 2,223 $268k $1127 $75k

Edgecomb 1,251 $348k — $109k

Edinburg 172 $221k — $70k

Eliot 7,146 $499k $1948 $102k

Ellsworth 8,657 $242k $1017 $77k

Embden 995 $173k — $57k

Enfield 1,462 $178k $425 $63k

Etna 1,252 $183k — $72k

Eustis 453 $262k $916 $32k

Exeter 1,093 $167k $995 $84k

Fairfield 2,356 $140k $1013 $52k

Falmouth 1,585 $833k $1573 $101k

Farmingdale 2,064 $239k $800 $62k

Farmington 4,705 $170k $871 $41k

Fayette 1,383 $258k $983 $60k

Fort Fairfield 1,533 $158k $453 $56k

Fort Kent 2,398 $153k $901 $51k

Frankfort 1,098 $211k $850 $80k

Franklin 1,628 $246k $888 $65k

Freedom 670 $191k — $65k

Freeport 1,441 $421k $1456 $59k

Frenchboro 30 — — $42k

Frenchville 971 $137k $545 $55k

Friendship 1,213 $275k $1370 $76k

Frye Island 34 $635k — $62k

Fryeburg 1,484 $265k $837 $57k

Gardiner 6,088 $222k $1113 $72k

Garfield 77 $288k — $46k

Garland 823 $205k $794 $51k

Georgetown 1,012 $427k $1431 $84k

Gilead 187 $235k $993 $42k

Glenburn 4,737 $277k $1143 $97k

Glenwood 6 — — —

Gorham 7,593 $506k $1573 $128k

Gouldsboro 1,615 $277k $1298 $61k

Grand Isle 243 $82k $585 $35k

Grand Lake Stream 169 $172k — $62k

Gray 938 $438k $1234 $124k

Great Pond 42 $198k — $22k

Greenbush 1,378 $131k $861 $60k

Greene 1,004 $262k — $113k

Greenville 840 $217k $655 $56k

Greenwood 781 $229k $1263 $76k

Guilford 626 $151k $529 $46k

Hallowell 2,592 $295k $890 $68k

Hamlin 111 $200k — $51k

Hammond 65 $129k — —

Hampden 5,161 $286k $1133 $112k

Hancock 2,518 $277k $1171 $72k

Hanover 276 $335k — $55k

Harmony 974 $203k — $54k

Harpswell 5,046 $610k $1348 $96k

Harrington 917 $145k — $65k

Harrison 2,513 $249k $885 $57k

Hartford 1,314 $189k — $87k

Hartland 561 $79k $893 $53k

Haynesville 131 $77k $1333 —

Hebron 1,105 $242k — $93k

Hermon 6,727 $334k $1406 $97k

Hersey 47 $163k — $31k

Hibberts 0 — — —

Highland 154 $100k — $43k

Hiram 1,748 $257k $1070 $63k

Hodgdon 1,428 $159k $695 $55k

Holden 3,352 $289k — $92k

Hollis 4,872 $339k $1372 $96k

Hope 1,748 $373k $1219 $87k

Houlton 5,082 $130k $814 $59k

Howland 1,235 $152k $916 $53k

Hudson 1,305 $157k $1086 $68k

Industry 988 $206k $1049 $63k

Island Falls 359 $81k $636 $55k

Isle au Haut 69 $594k $967 $50k

Islesboro 636 $289k $938 $88k

Jackman 695 $173k $475 $34k

Jackson 567 $232k $629 $75k

Jay 4,657 $169k $759 $70k

Jefferson 2,647 $312k $1120 $85k

Jonesboro 570 $151k $1081 $64k

Jonesport 571 $177k — $69k

Kenduskeag 1,333 $178k $1033 $80k

Kennebunk 6,221 $453k $1466 $95k

Kennebunkport 1,276 $814k — $121k

Kingfield 586 $175k $442 $37k

Kingman 138 $88k — $39k

Kingsbury 17 $138k — $38k

Kittery 5,110 $461k $1697 $85k

Knox 825 $160k $1375 $65k

Lagrange 709 $126k $831 $58k

Lake View 181 $351k — —

Lakeville 99 $314k — $66k

Lamoine 1,782 $325k $1174 $89k

Lebanon 6,629 $325k — $98k

Lee 925 $175k — $50k

Leeds 2,285 $258k $940 $85k

Levant 3,069 $269k $1370 $86k

Lewiston 38,324 $235k $986 $55k

Liberty 969 $230k $559 $71k

Limerick 3,400 $269k $1758 $101k

Limestone 1,079 $97k $605 $53k

Limington 4,017 $296k $1185 $85k

Lincoln 2,954 $142k $658 $49k

Lincolnville 2,396 $367k $969 $82k

Linneus 1,226 $144k — $65k

Lisbon 3,612 $237k $805 $86k

Litchfield 3,680 $244k $1173 $85k

Littleton 887 $160k — $74k

Livermore 1,868 $222k — $70k

Livermore Falls 1,409 $98k $812 $45k

Long Island 249 $551k $2194 $91k

Louds Island 0 — — —

Lovell 1,353 $295k $1419 $81k

Lowell 378 $210k — $51k

Lubec 277 $217k — $51k

Ludlow 444 $134k $988 $63k

Lyman 4,612 $360k $1063 $87k

Machias 1,316 $136k $656 $28k

Machiasport 1,016 $177k $1053 $60k

Macwahoc 79 — — $31k

Madawaska 3,022 $158k $626 $56k

Madison 2,676 $164k $850 $62k

Magalloway 45 — — —

Manchester 2,424 $300k $993 $92k

Mapleton 705 $138k $365 $81k

Mariaville 724 $215k $1169 $66k

Mars Hill 841 $125k $473 $52k

Marshall Island 0 — — —

Marshfield 499 $192k — $63k

Masardis 258 $126k — $68k

Matinicus Isle 48 $350k — $65k

Mattawamkeag 436 $126k $432 $38k

Maxfield 76 $165k — $93k

Mechanic Falls 1,991 $244k $1076 $46k

Meddybemps 139 $295k — $48k

Medford 222 $88k — $65k

Medway 996 $100k $825 $56k

Mercer 718 $239k $1422 $71k

Merrill 372 $132k — $66k

Mexico 2,142 $109k $972 $51k

Milbridge 326 $232k $450 —

Milford 2,269 $155k $953 $85k

Millinocket 3,779 $100k $451 $50k

Milo 1,347 $87k $383 $40k

Milton 166 $188k — $53k

Minot 2,794 $295k $878 $96k

Monhegan 120 $702k $958 —

Monmouth 4,162 $274k $1271 $75k

Monroe 1,001 $220k $1165 $81k

Monson 596 $178k — $56k

Monticello 674 $126k $833 $52k

Montville 907 $222k $847 $66k

Moose River 248 $145k — $76k

Moro 10 $175k — $61k

Morrill 914 $214k $975 $74k

Moscow 865 $154k — $46k

Mount Chase 280 $116k $1281 $42k

Mount Desert 1,671 $522k $1341 $93k

Mount Vernon 1,716 $264k $893 $74k

Muscle Ridge Islands 0 — — —

Naples 527 $534k $2095 $62k

Nashville 12 $163k — $47k

New Canada 449 $210k — $69k

New Gloucester 5,766 $357k $1150 $109k

New Limerick 372 $197k $775 $54k

New Portland 686 $176k $337 $74k

New Sharon 1,550 $171k $961 $64k

New Sweden 494 $165k $658 $58k

New Vineyard 607 $190k $925 $62k

Newburgh 1,475 $245k $950 $77k

Newcastle 664 $421k $1219 $81k

Newfield 1,580 $318k — $57k

Newport 1,730 $188k $887 $45k

Newry 177 $308k $1125 $67k

Nobleboro 1,906 $353k $1099 $100k

Norridgewock 1,378 $148k $1022 $67k

North Berwick 1,702 $347k $1088 $98k

North Franklin 13 — — —

North Haven 480 $440k $913 $88k

North Oxford 36 — — —

North Penobscot 518 $328k — $70k

North Washington 620 $233k — $45k

North Yarmouth 4,240 $497k $1708 $129k

Northeast Piscataquis 1,002 $241k — $57k

Northeast Somerset 516 $341k — $57k

Northfield 263 $199k — $68k

Northport 1,621 $343k $1088 $74k

Northwest Aroostook 5 — — —

Northwest Hancock 0 — — —

Northwest Piscataquis 259 — — —

Northwest Somerset 26 — — —

Norway 3,173 $162k $759 $43k

Oakfield 449 $69k $567 $45k

Oakland 2,710 $167k $956 $45k

Ogunquit 1,379 $876k — $114k

Old Orchard Beach 9,244 $367k $1246 $60k

Old Town 7,470 $208k $989 $52k

Orient 137 $549k — —

Orland 1,915 $277k $1149 $69k

Orono 11,151 $263k $1280 $60k

Orrington 3,853 $309k $1167 $95k

Osborn 88 $218k — $127k

Otis 705 $283k $1563 $101k

Otisfield 1,951 $317k $1300 $84k

Owls Head 1,482 $413k $1191 $87k

Oxford 1,106 $183k — $56k

Palermo 1,473 $260k $1235 $89k

Palmyra 2,209 $155k $733 $61k

Paris 5,317 $240k — $75k

Parkman 896 $169k — $54k

Parsonsfield 1,715 $272k $1185 $72k

Passadumkeag 384 $99k $703 $55k

Passamaquoddy Indian Township 759 $63k $293 $29k

Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point 552 $66k $243 $34k

Patten 607 $83k $389 $46k

Pembroke 801 $143k $881 $60k

Penobscot 1,154 $296k $1141 $63k

Penobscot Indian Island 0 — — —

Perham 326 $118k — $63k

Perkins 0 — — —

Perry 744 $196k — $82k

Peru 1,501 $141k $723 $67k

Phillips 1,094 $191k $483 $45k

Phippsburg 2,238 $336k $1022 $108k

Pittsfield 3,084 $162k $909 $61k

Pittston 3,093 $239k $1080 $87k

Pleasant Ridge 87 $225k — $78k

Plymouth 1,319 $207k — $62k

Poland 5,954 $284k $1198 $86k

Portage Lake 374 $202k $1100 $60k

Porter 1,746 $226k — $60k

Portland 68,854 $490k $1577 $80k

Pownal 1,696 $437k $981 $104k

Prentiss 210 — — $65k

Presque Isle 8,736 $147k $904 $56k

Princeton 866 $121k $675 $56k

Prospect 923 $197k $1107 $81k

Randolph 1,610 $174k $1186 $67k

Rangeley 407 $161k $671 $29k

Raymond 4,610 $396k $965 $88k

Readfield 2,651 $326k $1125 $87k

Reed 105 $110k — $37k

Richmond 2,089 $221k $1067 $73k

Ripley 436 $144k $1091 $65k

Robbinston 621 $228k $1232 $68k

Rockland 7,035 $246k $1092 $57k

Rockport 3,675 $469k $1194 $87k

Rome 1,215 $329k $1150 $78k

Roque Bluffs 369 $290k $950 $89k

Roxbury 352 $106k — $52k

Rumford 4,067 $123k $785 $29k

Sabattus 134 $214k — —

Saco 20,819 $413k $1249 $92k

Sandy River 90 $404k — $61k

Sanford 22,247 $280k $1152 $73k

Sangerville 1,136 $124k $850 $50k

Scarborough 23,215 $552k $1956 $134k

Searsmont 1,646 $284k $940 $87k

Searsport 1,218 $363k $1111 $93k

Sebago 2,073 $298k $1533 $78k

Sebec 547 $233k — $75k

Seboeis 12 $125k — $33k

Seboomook Lake 41 — — —

Sedgwick 1,274 $336k $1048 $70k

Shapleigh 2,976 $356k $1349 $88k

Sherman 947 $115k $672 $49k

Shirley 234 $220k — $62k

Sidney 4,790 $336k $1340 $83k

Skowhegan 6,662 $156k $880 $45k

Smithfield 856 $243k $1109 $108k

Smyrna 380 $117k $425 $58k

Solon 963 $184k $915 $69k

Somerville 837 $218k $1583 $71k

Sorrento 345 $299k $1696 $83k

South Aroostook 767 $132k $753 $58k

South Berwick 3,381 $397k $1702 $91k

South Bristol 1,069 $469k $1347 $69k

South Franklin 120 $107k — $48k

South Oxford 561 $247k — $78k

South Portland 26,930 $441k $1812 $87k

South Thomaston 1,381 $341k $925 $87k

Southeast Piscataquis 437 $151k — $58k

Southport 550 $496k $1094 $89k

Southwest Harbor 566 $277k $924 $34k

Springfield 310 $123k — $61k

Square Lake 751 $209k — $90k

St. Agatha 842 $188k $435 $75k

St. Albans 1,831 $194k $1056 $66k

St. Francis 400 $121k $618 $32k

St. George 2,606 $356k $1465 $89k

St. John 180 $171k $667 $52k

Stacyville 465 $102k $880 $55k

Standish 360 $399k — —

Starks 556 $149k $1063 $64k

Stetson 1,151 $206k $800 $76k

Steuben 1,388 $174k $678 $76k

Stockholm 222 $145k $1094 $61k

Stockton Springs 1,652 $259k $1397 $75k

Stoneham 271 $226k $1125 $64k

Stonington 840 $307k $823 $60k

Stow 535 $326k — $42k

Strong 1,249 $184k $920 $48k

Sullivan 1,246 $222k $883 $60k

Sumner 845 $150k — $58k

Surry 1,836 $296k $969 $75k

Swans Island 438 $317k $2125 $86k

Swanville 1,195 $237k $1191 $52k

Sweden 537 $311k $1667 $74k

Talmadge 67 — — $86k

Temple 824 $210k $1458 $56k

The Forks 92 $272k — $66k

Thomaston 2,055 $270k $1119 $52k

Thorndike 1,403 $206k $836 $78k

Topsfield 214 $142k — $48k

Topsham 7,271 $389k $1491 $100k

Tremont 1,508 $407k $1217 $89k

Trenton 1,599 $357k $1102 $60k

Troy 984 $213k $1255 $45k

Turner 505 $320k — $52k

Twombly Ridge 0 — — —

Union 2,663 $268k $1179 $81k

Unity 333 $178k — —

Upton 91 — — —

Van Buren 1,634 $98k $733 $39k

Vanceboro 122 $114k — —

Vassalboro 4,592 $244k $1006 $72k

Veazie 1,847 $293k $1095 $78k

Verona Island 481 $244k — $62k

Vienna 536 $276k — $75k

Vinalhaven 1,216 $428k $1017 $73k

Wade 244 $157k — $42k

Waite 108 — — $54k

Waldo 926 $208k $1150 $71k

Waldoboro 1,459 $292k $344 $69k

Wales 1,924 $250k $1154 $77k

Wallagrass 514 $195k $932 $49k

Waltham 346 $181k $850 $71k

Warren 4,932 $233k $1125 $75k

Washburn 888 $99k $446 $49k

Washington 1,624 $195k $1036 $60k

Waterboro 8,055 $297k $1200 $89k

Waterford 1,295 $274k $870 $66k

Waterville 17,077 $185k $978 $54k

Wayne 1,101 $363k $983 $93k

Webster 85 $76k — —

Weld 459 $269k — $62k

Wellington 161 $134k — $45k

Wells 11,713 $485k $1350 $88k

Wesley 320 $69k — $63k

West Bath 1,863 $423k $1112 $103k

West Central Franklin 0 — — —

West Forks 125 $320k — —

West Gardiner 3,696 $305k $1087 $96k

West Paris 1,808 $193k $838 $56k

Westbrook 20,775 $383k $1392 $85k

Westfield 389 $134k $950 $53k

Westmanland 108 $223k — $64k

Weston 275 $172k — $59k

Westport Island 835 $352k $1250 $88k

Whitefield 2,157 $242k $895 $74k

Whiting 506 $214k $600 $55k

Whitney 0 — — —

Whitneyville 170 $119k — $56k

Willimantic 200 $132k — $63k

Wilton 1,687 $166k $605 $48k

Windham 19,188 $389k $1232 $108k

Windsor 2,690 $229k $1265 $63k

Winn 287 $96k $850 $36k

Winslow 5,873 $218k $1036 $60k

Winter Harbor 371 $240k — $87k

Winterport 1,057 $303k — $76k

Winterville 248 $204k — $48k

Winthrop 3,108 $245k $881 $61k

Wiscasset 898 $289k $1135 $90k

Woodland 932 $105k $870 $57k

Woodstock 1,233 $220k $963 $63k

Woodville 198 $107k — $50k

Woolwich 3,158 $255k — $102k

Wyman 14 — — —

Yarmouth 6,289 $577k $1663 $94k

York 13,986 $636k $1490 $121k