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Cornish vs Cornish vs Wiscasset
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Cornish has the most renters (20.8% rent).
Cornish has the most kids (18.2% under 18).
Wiscasset has the most people working from home (21.4%).
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 | Cornish | Cornish | Wiscasset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 1,024Lowest |
1,803 |
3,874Highest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | — | +7.5%Highest ME: +2.6% |
+0.3%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 39.2±13.3 13% below ME |
39±8.5Lowest 13% below ME |
48.8±6.3Highest 9% above ME |
| Wiscasset and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 10.5%±5.5Lowest ME: 18.1% |
18.2%±3.3Highest ME: 18.1% |
13.8%±5.4 ME: 18.1% |
| Cornish and Wiscasset are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 15.2%±6.8Lowest ME: 22.4% |
17.4%±4.9 ME: 22.4% |
28%±6.7Highest ME: 22.4% |
| Wiscasset and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 16.1%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
21% ME: 36.2% |
36.5%Highest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 2.1%±1.9Lowest ME: 5.8% |
2.8%±1.4Highest ME: 5.8% |
2.1%±1.8Lowest ME: 5.8% |
| Cornish and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $68,686±$2kLowest 8% below ME |
$69,038±$4k 8% below ME |
$71,118±$37kHighest 5% below ME |
| Wiscasset and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | — | $274,200±$84kLowest 8% below ME |
$325,200±$26kHighest 10% above ME |
| Wiscasset and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,135±$141Lowest about the ME average |
$1,196±$148 5% above ME |
$1,518±$485Highest 33% above ME |
| Wiscasset and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $1,925Lowest 37% below ME |
$2,309 24% below ME |
$3,550Highest 17% above ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 31%±22.9 ME: 48.4% |
48.8%±17.5Highest ME: 48.4% |
23.6%±15.4Lowest ME: 48.4% |
| Cornish and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 8.3%Highest ME: 10.7% |
6.3% ME: 10.7% |
5.7%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 79.2%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
82.1% ME: 74.3% |
82.8%Highest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1958Lowest 19 yrs older than ME |
1976 1 yr older than ME |
1982Highest 5 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 32 minHighest 29% above ME |
31 min 27% above ME |
25 minLowest about the ME average |
| Work from home | 7.4%±3.7Lowest ME: 15.9% |
8.5%±2.4 ME: 15.9% |
21.4%±10.2Highest ME: 15.9% |
| Schools | |||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | — | — | #108 of 133 in ME |
| School district | — | — | Wiscasset Public Schools |
| High school in town | — | — | Wiscasset Middle/High School |
| Students per teacherat that high school | — | — | 7.2 |
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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.