Compare towns
Bath vs Gray vs Biddeford
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Bath has the most people working from home (19.3%).
Gray has the highest household income ($95k).
Biddeford has the most renters (51.9% rent).
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 | Bath | Gray | Biddeford |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 8,815 |
8,429Lowest |
22,498Highest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +3%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
+6.5%Highest ME: +2.6% |
+6% ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 45.4±3Highest about the ME average |
43.4±4.5 3% below ME |
35±2.6Lowest 22% below ME |
| Bath and Gray are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 15.5%±3.7Lowest ME: 18.1% |
19%±4Highest ME: 18.1% |
15.6%±2.2 ME: 18.1% |
| Gray and Biddeford are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 25.2%±4.1Highest ME: 22.4% |
19.3%±4 ME: 22.4% |
17.1%±1.7Lowest ME: 22.4% |
| Bath and Gray are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 42.5% ME: 36.2% |
44.8%Highest ME: 36.2% |
32.1%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 5.5%±2 ME: 5.8% |
5.4%±2.2Lowest ME: 5.8% |
11%±1.6Highest ME: 5.8% |
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $69,390±$12kLowest 7% below ME |
$95,236±$8kHighest 27% above ME |
$72,333±$4k 3% below ME |
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $310,900±$30kLowest 5% above ME |
$363,700±$20k 23% above ME |
$396,600±$25kHighest 34% above ME |
| Biddeford and Gray are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,044±$116Lowest 8% below ME |
$1,371±$89Highest 20% above ME |
$1,292±$100 13% above ME |
| Gray and Biddeford are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $3,847 27% above ME |
$3,683Lowest 21% above ME |
$4,401Highest 45% above ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 51.3%±15.2 ME: 48.4% |
56.4%±24Highest ME: 48.4% |
37.2%±6Lowest ME: 48.4% |
| Gray and Bath are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 12.4% ME: 10.7% |
3.5%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
15.5%Highest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 64.3% ME: 74.3% |
82.4%Highest ME: 74.3% |
48.1%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1938Lowest 39 yrs older than ME |
1983Highest 6 yrs newer than ME |
1952 25 yrs older than ME |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 24 min about the ME average |
29 minHighest 16% above ME |
24 minLowest 4% below ME |
| Work from home | 19.3%±6Highest ME: 15.9% |
12.3%±3.5Lowest ME: 15.9% |
14.2%±2.7 ME: 15.9% |
| Bath and Biddeford are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Schools | |||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #31 of 133 in ME | #10 of 133 in ME | #111 of 133 in ME |
| School district | RSU 01 - LKRSU | RSU 15/MSAD 15 · Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences | Biddeford Public Schools |
| High school in town | Morse High School | Gray-New Gloucester High School | Biddeford High School |
| Students per teacherat that high school | 14.8Highest |
12.5Lowest |
14.1 |
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| Old photos in Our Story | None yet | None yet | None yet |
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.