Compare towns
Orient vs Meddybemps vs Weston
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Orient has the most people working from home (81%).
Meddybemps has the most renters (12.9% rent).
Weston has the most affordable homes ($172k 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 | Orient | Meddybemps | Weston |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 137Lowest |
139 |
275Highest |
| Median age | 62±9 38% above ME |
63.9±4.2Highest 43% above ME |
55.1±14Lowest 23% above ME |
| Meddybemps and Orient are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 16.8%±18.9Highest ME: 18.1% |
5%±21.5Lowest ME: 18.1% |
14.9%±7.2 ME: 18.1% |
| Orient and Weston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 46%±10.2Highest ME: 22.4% |
39.6%±15.4 ME: 22.4% |
21.8%±4.3Lowest ME: 22.4% |
| Orient and Meddybemps are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 25%Highest ME: 36.2% |
14.2%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
23.3% ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 0%±11.4Lowest ME: 5.8% |
5%±10.1Highest ME: 5.8% |
1.5%±4.5 ME: 5.8% |
| Meddybemps and Weston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | — | $48,000±$13kLowest 36% below ME |
$58,942±$7kHighest 21% below ME |
| Weston and Meddybemps are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $548,600±$183kHighest 85% above ME |
$295,000±$73k about the ME average |
$171,700±$26kLowest 42% below ME |
| Orient and Meddybemps are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | — | $1,206Lowest 60% below ME |
$1,500Highest 51% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 100%±100 ME: 48.4% |
100%±100 ME: 48.4% |
100%±100 ME: 48.4% |
| Below poverty line | 35.8%Highest ME: 10.7% |
7.2%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
19.6% ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 93.7%Highest ME: 74.3% |
87.1%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
93.1% ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1986 9 yrs newer than ME |
1982Lowest 5 yrs newer than ME |
1990Highest 13 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | — | 31 minHighest 28% above ME |
18 minLowest 28% below ME |
| Work from home | 81%±44Highest ME: 15.9% |
5.4%±7.8Lowest ME: 15.9% |
11.1%±12.7 ME: 15.9% |
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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.