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Cumberland Center vs Gray
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Cumberland Center has the most people working from home (33.6%).
Gray has the most affordable homes ($364k median).
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 | Cumberland Center | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 2,790Lowest |
8,429Highest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +9.6%Highest ME: +2.6% |
+6.5%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 37.9±7.8Lowest 15% below ME |
43.4±4.5Highest 3% below ME |
| Gray and Cumberland Center are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Kids under 18 | 30.9%±5.7Highest ME: 18.1% |
19%±4Lowest ME: 18.1% |
| Age 65+ | 11%±2.7Lowest ME: 22.4% |
19.3%±4Highest ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 75.2%Highest ME: 36.2% |
44.8%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 4.3%±3.6Lowest ME: 5.8% |
5.4%±2.2Highest ME: 5.8% |
| Gray and Cumberland Center are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $170,125±$33kHighest 128% above ME |
$95,236±$8kLowest 27% above ME |
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $539,500±$74kHighest 82% above ME |
$363,700±$20kLowest 23% above ME |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | — | $1,371±$89 20% above ME |
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $6,535Highest 115% above ME |
$3,683Lowest 21% above ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 0%±100Lowest ME: 48.4% |
56.4%±24Highest ME: 48.4% |
| Gray and Cumberland Center are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Below poverty line | 8.6%Highest ME: 10.7% |
3.5%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 99.2%Highest ME: 74.3% |
82.4%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1975Lowest 2 yrs older than ME |
1983Highest 6 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 24 minLowest 4% below ME |
29 minHighest 16% above ME |
| Work from home | 33.6%±13.7Highest ME: 15.9% |
12.3%±3.5Lowest 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 |
| High school in town | — | Gray-New Gloucester High School |
| Students per teacherat that high school | — | 12.5 |
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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.