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Cornish vs Porter
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 highest household income ($69k).
Porter has the most people working from home (15.5%).
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 | Porter |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 1,024Lowest |
1,746Highest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | — | +6.8% ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 39.2±13.3Lowest 13% below ME |
40.9±7.9Highest 9% below ME |
| Porter 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% |
16.8%±4Highest ME: 18.1% |
| Porter and Cornish 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% |
20.4%±3.2Highest ME: 22.4% |
| Porter 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%Highest ME: 36.2% |
14%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 2.1%±1.9Lowest ME: 5.8% |
3.7%±1.7Highest ME: 5.8% |
| Porter 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±$2kHighest 8% below ME |
$60,417±$9kLowest 19% below ME |
| Cornish and Porter are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | — | $226,100±$20k 24% below ME |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,135±$141 about the ME average |
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| Property taxmedian, yearly | $1,925Highest 37% below ME |
$1,841Lowest 39% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 31%±22.9Lowest ME: 48.4% |
43.9%±8.7Highest ME: 48.4% |
| Porter and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Below poverty line | 8.3%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
9.8%Highest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 79.2%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
87.4%Highest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1958Lowest 19 yrs older than ME |
1978Highest 1 yr newer than ME |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 32 minLowest 29% above ME |
32 minHighest 30% above ME |
| Work from home | 7.4%±3.7Lowest ME: 15.9% |
15.5%±5.4Highest ME: 15.9% |
| Porter and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
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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.