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Levant vs Mount Chase vs Greene
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Levant has the most renters (18.6% rent).
Mount Chase has the most people working from home (22.2%).
Greene has the highest household income ($98k).
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 | Levant | Mount Chase | Greene |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 3,069 |
280Lowest |
4,417Highest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +3.1%Highest ME: +2.6% |
— | +0.6%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 39.7±2.2Lowest 11% below ME |
49.9±10.9Highest 11% above ME |
39.7±4.9Lowest 11% below ME |
| Mount Chase and Levant are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 19.8%±4.8Lowest ME: 18.1% |
22.1%±10.6 ME: 18.1% |
23.3%±5.2Highest ME: 18.1% |
| Greene and Mount Chase are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 18.1%±4.9 ME: 22.4% |
28.9%±6.3Highest ME: 22.4% |
15.1%±4.6Lowest ME: 22.4% |
| Mount Chase and Levant are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 21.6%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
32.1%Highest ME: 36.2% |
22.2% ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 2.2%±2.8Lowest ME: 5.8% |
2.9%±5.7 ME: 5.8% |
5.6%±3.2Highest ME: 5.8% |
| Greene and Mount Chase are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $86,071±$22k 15% above ME |
$41,711±$7kLowest 44% below ME |
$98,093±$16kHighest 31% above ME |
| Greene and Levant are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $268,500±$27k 9% below ME |
$115,700±$15kLowest 61% below ME |
$270,000±$23kHighest 9% below ME |
| Greene and Levant are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,370±$120Highest 20% above ME |
$1,281±$1k 12% above ME |
$1,194±$224Lowest 5% above ME |
| Levant and Mount Chase are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $2,580 15% below ME |
$1,548Lowest 49% below ME |
$2,965Highest about the ME average |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 45.7%±14 ME: 48.4% |
28.6%±100Lowest ME: 48.4% |
54.8%±20.2Highest ME: 48.4% |
| Greene and Levant are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 9%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
30.7%Highest ME: 10.7% |
13.9% ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 81.4%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
90%Highest ME: 74.3% |
87.8% ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1995Highest 18 yrs newer than ME |
1986 9 yrs newer than ME |
1979Lowest 2 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 31 minHighest 27% above ME |
27 min 9% above ME |
26 minLowest 4% above ME |
| Work from home | 6.9%±5.6Lowest ME: 15.9% |
22.2%±12.8Highest ME: 15.9% |
11.6%±5.3 ME: 15.9% |
| Mount Chase and Greene 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 | #124 of 133 in ME | — | #69 of 133 in ME |
| School district | RSU 87/MSAD 23 | — | RSU 52/MSAD 52 |
| High school in town | None in town | — | None in town |
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| Old photos in History | None yet | None yet | 5 photos → |
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.