Compare towns
Beaver Cove vs Unity
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
Bordering Beaver CoveGreenville
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Beaver Cove has the most expensive homes ($523k median).
Unity has the most kids (14% under 18).
Unity is a college town. 30% of residents are enrolled in college, which pulls its median age, poverty rate and renter figures away from what a year-round family would see.
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 | Beaver Cove | Unity |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 394Lowest |
1,858Highest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | — | +9.2% ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 67±7.3Highest 50% above ME |
27.5±2.2Lowest 39% below ME |
| Kids under 18 | 2.5%±7.4Lowest ME: 18.1% |
14%±3.6Highest ME: 18.1% |
| Age 65+ | 70.1%±36.7Highest ME: 22.4% |
11.8%±3Lowest ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 46.1%Highest ME: 36.2% |
22.1%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 0%±3.9Lowest ME: 5.8% |
30%±4.3Highest ME: 5.8% |
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $98,185±$11kHighest 31% above ME |
$62,857±$6kLowest 16% below ME |
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $523,300±$248kHighest 76% above ME |
$206,900±$28kLowest 30% below ME |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | — | $873±$73 23% below ME |
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $1,769Lowest 42% below ME |
$2,510Highest 17% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | — | 44.8%±13 ME: 48.4% |
| Below poverty line | 17.5%Highest ME: 10.7% |
17.3%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 86.3%Highest ME: 74.3% |
72.3%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1982Lowest 5 yrs newer than ME |
1983Highest 6 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 15 minLowest 39% below ME |
21 minHighest 14% below ME |
| Work from home | 18.4%±10.4Highest ME: 15.9% |
15.8%±7.6Lowest ME: 15.9% |
| Beaver Cove and Unity are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Schools | ||
| School district | — | RSU 03/MSAD 03 · Ecology Learning Center |
| High school in town | — | Ecology Learning Ctr |
| Students per teacherat that high school | — | 12.4 |
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| Old photos in History | 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.