Compare towns
Millinocket vs Limerick vs Pittston
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
Bordering MillinocketMillinocket
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Millinocket has the most affordable homes ($104k median).
Limerick has the most people working from home (15.2%).
Pittston has the most renters (19% rent).
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 | Limerick | Pittston |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 4,115Highest |
3,400 |
3,093Lowest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | -8.7%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
+10.2%Highest ME: +2.6% |
+7.8% ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 54.2±6.2Highest 21% above ME |
40.4±9.2Lowest 10% below ME |
41.4±5.9 8% below ME |
| Kids under 18 | 16.1%±5.9Lowest ME: 18.1% |
18.7%±5.5Highest ME: 18.1% |
17.2%±7.4 ME: 18.1% |
| Limerick and Pittston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 36.2%±8.2Highest ME: 22.4% |
17.1%±3.6Lowest ME: 22.4% |
18.5%±6.1 ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 18.6%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
27.5%Highest ME: 36.2% |
26.7% ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 4%±2.9 ME: 5.8% |
2.4%±2.2Lowest ME: 5.8% |
5.4%±4.1Highest ME: 5.8% |
| Pittston and Millinocket are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $51,007±$9kLowest 32% below ME |
$101,172±$15kHighest 35% above ME |
$86,614±$18k 16% above ME |
| Limerick and Pittston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $103,800±$26kLowest 65% below ME |
$269,400±$29kHighest 9% below ME |
$238,700±$66k 20% below ME |
| Limerick and Pittston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $451±$130Lowest 60% below ME |
$1,758±$407Highest 54% above ME |
$1,080±$593 5% below ME |
| Limerick and Pittston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $1,580Lowest 48% below ME |
$2,520Highest 17% below ME |
$1,909 37% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 20.5%±11Lowest ME: 48.4% |
38.8%±14.2 ME: 48.4% |
57.6%±34.6Highest ME: 48.4% |
| Pittston and Limerick are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 17.1%Highest ME: 10.7% |
6.9%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
10.2% ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 84.1% ME: 74.3% |
89.8%Highest ME: 74.3% |
81%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1956Lowest 21 yrs older than ME |
1994Highest 17 yrs newer than ME |
1983 6 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 24 minLowest about the ME average |
38 minHighest 53% above ME |
26 min 7% above ME |
| Work from home | 6.6%±4.1 ME: 15.9% |
15.2%±6.7Highest ME: 15.9% |
3.8%±3.8Lowest ME: 15.9% |
| Limerick and Millinocket 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 | #98 of 133 in ME | — | #123 of 133 in ME |
| School district | Millinocket Public Schools | — | RSU 11/MSAD 11 |
| High school in town | Stearns Jr-Sr High School | — | None in town |
| Students per teacherat that high school | 11.6 |
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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.