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Starks vs Lagrange vs New Vineyard
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Starks has the shortest commute (33 min average).
Lagrange has the most renters (27.5% rent).
New Vineyard has the most people working from home (16.7%).
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 | Starks | Lagrange | New Vineyard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 556Lowest |
709Highest |
607 |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | -7.3% ME: +2.6% |
-10.3%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
-4.8%Highest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 46.7±9.4 4% above ME |
45.9±13.8Lowest about the ME average |
47.5±9.5Highest 6% above ME |
| New Vineyard and Starks are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 16.4%±4.4Lowest ME: 18.1% |
24.7%±11.7Highest ME: 18.1% |
24.5%±6.3 ME: 18.1% |
| Lagrange and New Vineyard are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 20.3%±2.2 ME: 22.4% |
18.2%±6.9Lowest ME: 22.4% |
27%±3.1Highest ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 21%Highest ME: 36.2% |
9%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
20% ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 0.9%±2.3Lowest ME: 5.8% |
2.4%±2.1Highest ME: 5.8% |
1.8%±1.4 ME: 5.8% |
| Lagrange and New Vineyard are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $63,500±$8kHighest 15% below ME |
$58,417±$14kLowest 22% below ME |
$61,806±$19k 17% below ME |
| Starks and New Vineyard are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $148,500±$27k 50% below ME |
$126,000±$33kLowest 58% below ME |
$190,000±$76kHighest 36% below ME |
| New Vineyard and Starks are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,063±$301Highest 7% below ME |
$831±$151Lowest 27% below ME |
$925±$490 19% below ME |
| Starks and New Vineyard are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $1,348 56% below ME |
$869Lowest 71% below ME |
$2,136Highest 30% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 45.5%±90.3Lowest ME: 48.4% |
66.7%±56.2Highest ME: 48.4% |
66.7%±5.3Highest ME: 48.4% |
| Below poverty line | 19.2% ME: 10.7% |
18.4%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
22.6%Highest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 90% ME: 74.3% |
72.5%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
90.7%Highest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1988Highest 11 yrs newer than ME |
1985Lowest 8 yrs newer than ME |
1987 10 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 33 minLowest 33% above ME |
36 minHighest 45% above ME |
34 min 39% above ME |
| Work from home | 3.3%±2.4Lowest ME: 15.9% |
8.1%±4.8 ME: 15.9% |
16.7%±8.6Highest ME: 15.9% |
| New Vineyard and Lagrange 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.