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Millinocket vs Bath vs Millinocket
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Millinocket has the shortest commute (21 min average).
Bath has the most expensive homes ($311k median).
Millinocket has the most kids (16.1% under 18).
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 | Millinocket | Bath | Millinocket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 3,779Lowest |
8,815Highest |
4,115 |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | -8.1% ME: +2.6% |
+3%Highest ME: +2.6% |
-8.7%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 57.5±7.3Highest 28% above ME |
45.4±3Lowest about the ME average |
54.2±6.2 21% above ME |
| Millinocket and Millinocket are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 12.1%±6.5Lowest ME: 18.1% |
15.5%±3.7 ME: 18.1% |
16.1%±5.9Highest ME: 18.1% |
| Millinocket and Bath are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 39.4%±8.7Highest ME: 22.4% |
25.2%±4.1Lowest ME: 22.4% |
36.2%±8.2 ME: 22.4% |
| Millinocket and Millinocket are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 19.4% ME: 36.2% |
42.5%Highest ME: 36.2% |
18.6%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 4.3%±3.2 ME: 5.8% |
5.5%±2Highest ME: 5.8% |
4%±2.9Lowest ME: 5.8% |
| Bath and Millinocket are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $50,445±$11kLowest 32% below ME |
$69,390±$12kHighest 7% below ME |
$51,007±$9k 32% below ME |
| Bath and Millinocket are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $99,800±$24kLowest 66% below ME |
$310,900±$30kHighest 5% above ME |
$103,800±$26k 65% below ME |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $451±$130Lowest 60% below ME |
$1,044±$116Highest 8% below ME |
$451±$130Lowest 60% below ME |
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $1,538Lowest 49% below ME |
$3,847Highest 27% above ME |
$1,580 48% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 20.5%±11Lowest ME: 48.4% |
51.3%±15.2Highest ME: 48.4% |
20.5%±11Lowest ME: 48.4% |
| Below poverty line | 18.7%Highest ME: 10.7% |
12.4%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
17.1% ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 83.5% ME: 74.3% |
64.3%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
84.1%Highest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1956Highest 21 yrs older than ME |
1938Lowest 39 yrs older than ME |
1956Highest 21 yrs older than ME |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 21 minLowest 14% below ME |
24 minHighest about the ME average |
24 minHighest about the ME average |
| Work from home | 1.7%±3Lowest ME: 15.9% |
19.3%±6Highest ME: 15.9% |
6.6%±4.1 ME: 15.9% |
| Schools | |||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #98 of 133 in ME | #31 of 133 in ME | #98 of 133 in ME |
| School district | — | RSU 01 - LKRSU | Millinocket Public Schools |
| High school in town | — | Morse High School | Stearns Jr-Sr High School |
| Students per teacherat that high school | — | 14.8Highest |
11.6Lowest |
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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.