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Porter vs Cornish
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Porter has the most people working from home (15.5%).
Cornish has the highest household income ($69k).
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 | Porter | Cornish |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 1,746Highest |
1,024Lowest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +6.8% ME: +2.6% |
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| Median age | 40.9±7.9Highest 9% below ME |
39.2±13.3Lowest 13% below ME |
| Porter and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Kids under 18 | 16.8%±4Highest ME: 18.1% |
10.5%±5.5Lowest ME: 18.1% |
| Porter and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Age 65+ | 20.4%±3.2Highest ME: 22.4% |
15.2%±6.8Lowest ME: 22.4% |
| Porter and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 14%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
16.1%Highest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 3.7%±1.7Highest ME: 5.8% |
2.1%±1.9Lowest ME: 5.8% |
| Porter and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $60,417±$9kLowest 19% below ME |
$68,686±$2kHighest 8% below ME |
| Cornish and Porter are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $226,100±$20k 24% below ME |
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| Rentmedian gross, monthly | — | $1,135±$141 about the ME average |
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $1,841Lowest 39% below ME |
$1,925Highest 37% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 43.9%±8.7Highest ME: 48.4% |
31%±22.9Lowest ME: 48.4% |
| Porter and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Below poverty line | 9.8%Highest ME: 10.7% |
8.3%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 87.4%Highest ME: 74.3% |
79.2%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1978Highest 1 yr newer than ME |
1958Lowest 19 yrs older than ME |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 32 minHighest 30% above ME |
32 minLowest 29% above ME |
| Work from home | 15.5%±5.4Highest ME: 15.9% |
7.4%±3.7Lowest ME: 15.9% |
| Porter and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
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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.