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Mount Vernon vs Gray
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Mount Vernon has the most people working from home (28.3%).
Gray has the most expensive homes ($364k median).
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 | Mount Vernon | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 1,716Lowest |
8,429Highest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +4.9%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
+6.5%Highest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 47.1±6.2Highest 5% above ME |
43.4±4.5Lowest 3% below ME |
| Mount Vernon and Gray are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Kids under 18 | 20.7%±5.2Highest ME: 18.1% |
19%±4Lowest ME: 18.1% |
| Mount Vernon and Gray are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Age 65+ | 26.5%±1.5Highest ME: 22.4% |
19.3%±4Lowest ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 42.3%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
44.8%Highest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 1.6%±1Lowest ME: 5.8% |
5.4%±2.2Highest ME: 5.8% |
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $74,395±$6kLowest about the ME average |
$95,236±$8kHighest 27% above ME |
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $264,200±$23kLowest 11% below ME |
$363,700±$20kHighest 23% above ME |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $893±$168Lowest 22% below ME |
$1,371±$89Highest 20% above ME |
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $2,832Lowest 7% below ME |
$3,683Highest 21% above ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 26.9%±36.9Lowest ME: 48.4% |
56.4%±24Highest ME: 48.4% |
| Gray and Mount Vernon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Below poverty line | 4.8%Highest ME: 10.7% |
3.5%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 89.8%Highest ME: 74.3% |
82.4%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1978Lowest 1 yr newer than ME |
1983Highest 6 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 32 minHighest 29% above ME |
29 minLowest 16% above ME |
| Work from home | 28.3%±11.6Highest ME: 15.9% |
12.3%±3.5Lowest ME: 15.9% |
| Schools | ||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | — | #10 of 133 in ME |
| School district | RSU 38 | RSU 15/MSAD 15 · Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences |
| High school in town | None in town | Gray-New Gloucester High School |
| Students per teacherat that high school | — | 12.5 |
| On TownTapestry | ||
| 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.