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Gray vs Cumberland Center
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Gray has the most affordable homes ($364k median).
Cumberland Center has the most people working from home (33.6%).
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 | Gray | Cumberland Center |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 8,429Highest |
2,790Lowest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +6.5%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
+9.6%Highest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 43.4±4.5Highest 3% below ME |
37.9±7.8Lowest 15% 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 | 19%±4Lowest ME: 18.1% |
30.9%±5.7Highest ME: 18.1% |
| Age 65+ | 19.3%±4Highest ME: 22.4% |
11%±2.7Lowest ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 44.8%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
75.2%Highest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 5.4%±2.2Highest ME: 5.8% |
4.3%±3.6Lowest 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 | $95,236±$8kLowest 27% above ME |
$170,125±$33kHighest 128% above ME |
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $363,700±$20kLowest 23% above ME |
$539,500±$74kHighest 82% above ME |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,371±$89 20% above ME |
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| Property taxmedian, yearly | $3,683Lowest 21% above ME |
$6,535Highest 115% above ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 56.4%±24Highest ME: 48.4% |
0%±100Lowest 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 | 3.5%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
8.6%Highest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 82.4%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
99.2%Highest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1983Highest 6 yrs newer than ME |
1975Lowest 2 yrs older than ME |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 29 minHighest 16% above ME |
24 minLowest 4% below ME |
| Work from home | 12.3%±3.5Lowest ME: 15.9% |
33.6%±13.7Highest 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 Our Story | 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.