Compare towns
Gardiner vs Mapleton vs Richmond
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Gardiner has the most renters (31.8% rent).
Mapleton has the highest household income ($92k).
Richmond has the most people working from home (16.5%).
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 | Gardiner | Mapleton | Richmond |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 6,088Highest |
1,884Lowest |
3,566 |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +2.8% ME: +2.6% |
-3.2%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
+3.3%Highest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 42±3.6Highest 6% below ME |
41.8±6 7% below ME |
36.9±3.8Lowest 18% below ME |
| Gardiner and Mapleton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 16.6%±3.6Lowest ME: 18.1% |
22.2%±5.1 ME: 18.1% |
23%±5.2Highest ME: 18.1% |
| Richmond and Mapleton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 19.7%±3.5Highest ME: 22.4% |
18.3%±3.1 ME: 22.4% |
15.6%±3.9Lowest ME: 22.4% |
| Gardiner and Mapleton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 29.8%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
34.3% ME: 36.2% |
35.8%Highest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 4.1%±1.8Lowest ME: 5.8% |
5%±2.9Highest ME: 5.8% |
4.5%±2.3 ME: 5.8% |
| Mapleton and Richmond are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $71,782±$10k 4% below ME |
$91,731±$25kHighest 23% above ME |
$65,854±$10kLowest 12% below ME |
| Mapleton and Gardiner are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $221,600±$19k 25% below ME |
$191,800±$23kLowest 35% below ME |
$242,700±$27kHighest 18% below ME |
| Richmond and Gardiner are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,113±$191Highest about the ME average |
$610±$277Lowest 46% below ME |
$1,077±$166 5% below ME |
| Gardiner and Richmond are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $2,742 10% below ME |
$1,789Lowest 41% below ME |
$3,143Highest 4% above ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 44.6%±13.7 ME: 48.4% |
16.7%±10.5Lowest ME: 48.4% |
47%±23.9Highest ME: 48.4% |
| Richmond and Gardiner are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 10.5% ME: 10.7% |
8.9%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
12.4%Highest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 68.2%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
79.9%Highest ME: 74.3% |
69.9% ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1944Lowest 33 yrs older than ME |
1977Highest same as ME |
1975 2 yrs older than ME |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 30 minHighest 22% above ME |
28 minLowest 13% above ME |
29 min 19% above ME |
| Work from home | 13.9%±4.1 ME: 15.9% |
10.8%±3.8Lowest ME: 15.9% |
16.5%±6.3Highest ME: 15.9% |
| Richmond and Gardiner are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Schools | |||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #36 of 133 in ME | — | — |
| School district | RSU 11/MSAD 11 | RSU 79/MSAD 01 | Richmond Public Schools |
| High school in town | Gardiner Area High School | None in town | Richmond High School |
| Students per teacherat that high school | 11.8Highest |
— | 9.3Lowest |
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| Old photos in History | None yet | 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.