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Standish vs Starks
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Standish has the most people working from home (13.6%).
Starks has the most affordable homes ($149k 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 | Standish | Starks |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 10,662Highest |
556Lowest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +3.7%Highest ME: +2.6% |
-7.3%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 40.5±2.8Lowest 10% below ME |
46.7±9.4Highest 4% above ME |
| Starks and Standish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Kids under 18 | 16.4%±3.1 ME: 18.1% |
16.4%±4.4 ME: 18.1% |
| Age 65+ | 15.2%±2.3Lowest ME: 22.4% |
20.3%±2.2Highest ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 36%Highest ME: 36.2% |
21%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 11.6%±1.7Highest ME: 5.8% |
0.9%±2.3Lowest ME: 5.8% |
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $104,593±$15kHighest 40% above ME |
$63,500±$8kLowest 15% below ME |
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $336,000±$18kHighest 13% above ME |
$148,500±$27kLowest 50% below ME |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $983±$453Lowest 14% below ME |
$1,063±$301Highest 7% below ME |
| Starks and Standish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $3,005Highest about the ME average |
$1,348Lowest 56% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 57.4%±22.3Highest ME: 48.4% |
45.5%±90.3Lowest ME: 48.4% |
| Standish and Starks are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Below poverty line | 7.3%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
19.2%Highest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 91.2%Highest ME: 74.3% |
90%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1980Lowest 3 yrs newer than ME |
1988Highest 11 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 29 minLowest 20% above ME |
33 minHighest 33% above ME |
| Work from home | 13.6%±3.8Highest ME: 15.9% |
3.3%±2.4Lowest ME: 15.9% |
| Schools | ||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #18 of 133 in ME | — |
| School district | RSU 06/MSAD 06 | — |
| High school in town | Bonny Eagle High School | — |
| Students per teacherat that high school | 12.5 |
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| Old photos in History | 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.