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Meddybemps vs Upton
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Meddybemps has the most kids (5% under 18).
Upton has the most people working from home (13%).
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 | Meddybemps | Upton |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 139Highest |
91Lowest |
| Median age | 63.9±4.2Lowest 43% above ME |
70.4±0.4Highest 57% above ME |
| Kids under 18 | 5%±21.5Highest ME: 18.1% |
0%±34.2Lowest ME: 18.1% |
| Meddybemps and Upton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Age 65+ | 39.6%±15.4Lowest ME: 22.4% |
80.2%±49.6Highest ME: 22.4% |
| Upton and Meddybemps are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 14.2%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
14.4%Highest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 5%±10.1Highest ME: 5.8% |
1.1%±12.5Lowest ME: 5.8% |
| Meddybemps and Upton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $48,000±$13k 36% below ME |
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| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $295,000±$73k about the ME average |
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| Property taxmedian, yearly | $1,206Highest 60% below ME |
$731Lowest 76% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 100%±100Highest ME: 48.4% |
0%±100Lowest ME: 48.4% |
| Meddybemps and Upton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Below poverty line | 7.2%Highest ME: 10.7% |
0%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 87.1%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
95.7%Highest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1982Highest 5 yrs newer than ME |
1979Lowest 2 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 31 minHighest 28% above ME |
24 minLowest about the ME average |
| Work from home | 5.4%±7.8Lowest ME: 15.9% |
13%±12Highest ME: 15.9% |
| Upton and Meddybemps 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.