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Orient vs Starks vs Amity
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%).
Starks has the most affordable homes ($149k median).
Amity has the most kids (26.8% 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 | Orient | Starks | Amity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 137Lowest |
556Highest |
395 |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | — | -7.3% ME: +2.6% |
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| Median age | 62±9Highest 38% above ME |
46.7±9.4 4% above ME |
44.5±12.2Lowest about the ME average |
| Orient and Starks are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 16.8%±18.9 ME: 18.1% |
16.4%±4.4Lowest ME: 18.1% |
26.8%±5.3Highest ME: 18.1% |
| Amity and Orient 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% |
20.3%±2.2Lowest ME: 22.4% |
26.8%±5.7 ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 25%Highest ME: 36.2% |
21% ME: 36.2% |
13.9%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 0%±11.4Lowest ME: 5.8% |
0.9%±2.3Highest ME: 5.8% |
0.5%±0.9 ME: 5.8% |
| Starks and Amity are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | — | $63,500±$8kLowest 15% below ME |
$65,000±$26kHighest 13% below ME |
| Amity and Starks 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 |
$148,500±$27kLowest 50% below ME |
$155,000±$57k 48% below ME |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | — | $1,063±$301 7% below ME |
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| Property taxmedian, yearly | — | $1,348Highest 56% below ME |
$1,102Lowest 64% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 100%±100Highest ME: 48.4% |
45.5%±90.3 ME: 48.4% |
0%±100Lowest ME: 48.4% |
| Orient and Starks are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 35.8%Highest ME: 10.7% |
19.2% ME: 10.7% |
15.2%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 93.7%Highest ME: 74.3% |
90%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
91.2% ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1986Lowest 9 yrs newer than ME |
1988 11 yrs newer than ME |
1996Highest 19 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | — | 33 minHighest 33% above ME |
30 minLowest 24% above ME |
| Work from home | 81%±44Highest ME: 15.9% |
3.3%±2.4Lowest ME: 15.9% |
4.2%±5.1 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.