Compare towns
Amity vs Gray vs Orient
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Amity has the most affordable homes ($155k median).
Gray has the most renters (17.6% rent).
Orient has the most people working from home (81%).
What matters to you?
Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.
| Measure | Amity | Gray | Orient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 395 |
8,429Highest |
137Lowest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | — | +6.5% ME: +2.6% |
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| Median age | 44.5±12.2 about the ME average |
43.4±4.5Lowest 3% below ME |
62±9Highest 38% above ME |
| Orient and Amity are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 26.8%±5.3Highest ME: 18.1% |
19%±4 ME: 18.1% |
16.8%±18.9Lowest ME: 18.1% |
| Amity and Gray are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 26.8%±5.7 ME: 22.4% |
19.3%±4Lowest ME: 22.4% |
46%±10.2Highest ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 13.9%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
44.8%Highest ME: 36.2% |
25% ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 0.5%±0.9 ME: 5.8% |
5.4%±2.2Highest ME: 5.8% |
0%±11.4Lowest ME: 5.8% |
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $65,000±$26kLowest 13% below ME |
$95,236±$8kHighest 27% above ME |
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| Gray and Amity are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $155,000±$57kLowest 48% below ME |
$363,700±$20k 23% above ME |
$548,600±$183kHighest 85% above ME |
| Orient and Gray are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | — | $1,371±$89 20% above ME |
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| Property taxmedian, yearly | $1,102Lowest 64% below ME |
$3,683Highest 21% above ME |
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| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 0%±100Lowest ME: 48.4% |
56.4%±24 ME: 48.4% |
100%±100Highest ME: 48.4% |
| Orient and Gray are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 15.2% ME: 10.7% |
3.5%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
35.8%Highest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 91.2% ME: 74.3% |
82.4%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
93.7%Highest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1996Highest 19 yrs newer than ME |
1983Lowest 6 yrs newer than ME |
1986 9 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 30 minHighest 24% above ME |
29 minLowest 16% above ME |
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| Work from home | 4.2%±5.1Lowest ME: 15.9% |
12.3%±3.5 ME: 15.9% |
81%±44Highest ME: 15.9% |
| Schools | |||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | — | #10 of 133 in ME | — |
| School district | — | RSU 15/MSAD 15 · Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences | — |
| High school in town | — | Gray-New Gloucester High School | — |
| Students per teacherat that high school | — | 12.5 |
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ME average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.