Compare towns
Chesterville vs Gray vs Mount Vernon
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Chesterville has the most kids (31.3% under 18).
Gray has the most expensive homes ($364k median).
Mount Vernon has the most people working from home (28.3%).
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 | Chesterville | Gray | Mount Vernon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 1,397Lowest |
8,429Highest |
1,716 |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | -1.8%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
+6.5%Highest ME: +2.6% |
+4.9% ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 37.8±4Lowest 16% below ME |
43.4±4.5 3% below ME |
47.1±6.2Highest 5% above ME |
| Mount Vernon and Gray are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 31.3%±6.6Highest ME: 18.1% |
19%±4Lowest ME: 18.1% |
20.7%±5.2 ME: 18.1% |
| Chesterville and Mount Vernon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 15%±3Lowest ME: 22.4% |
19.3%±4 ME: 22.4% |
26.5%±1.5Highest ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 20.4%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
44.8%Highest ME: 36.2% |
42.3% ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 2.3%±2 ME: 5.8% |
5.4%±2.2Highest ME: 5.8% |
1.6%±1Lowest ME: 5.8% |
| Gray and Chesterville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $61,635±$10kLowest 18% below ME |
$95,236±$8kHighest 27% above ME |
$74,395±$6k about the ME average |
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $214,000±$40kLowest 28% below ME |
$363,700±$20kHighest 23% above ME |
$264,200±$23k 11% below ME |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,088±$73 4% below ME |
$1,371±$89Highest 20% above ME |
$893±$168Lowest 22% below ME |
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $2,194Lowest 28% below ME |
$3,683Highest 21% above ME |
$2,832 7% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 21.8%±30.8Lowest ME: 48.4% |
56.4%±24Highest ME: 48.4% |
26.9%±36.9 ME: 48.4% |
| Gray and Mount Vernon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 12%Highest ME: 10.7% |
3.5%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
4.8% ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 86.4% ME: 74.3% |
82.4%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
89.8%Highest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1978Lowest 1 yr newer than ME |
1983Highest 6 yrs newer than ME |
1978Lowest 1 yr newer than ME |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 25 minLowest about the ME average |
29 min 16% above ME |
32 minHighest 29% above ME |
| Work from home | 7.1%±3.7Lowest ME: 15.9% |
12.3%±3.5 ME: 15.9% |
28.3%±11.6Highest 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 | RSU 38 |
| High school in town | — | Gray-New Gloucester High School | None in town |
| 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.