A town of 4,115, settled in 1829. A typical home worth about $158K.
The 3 things Millinocket does most differently from other towns.
0.1% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
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Nothing on the calendar.
Ordered by what stands out in Millinocket. Another town gets a different order.
The typical Millinocket home is worth about $158,000, down 0.9% in a year, 62% below the Maine typical home.
38 miles of trails across 6 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Katahdin Pride Park | 1.2 mi | 62 |
| 2. Hillcrest Park | 0.6 mi | 16 |
| 3. Jerry Pond Recreation Area | 0.2 mi | 9 |
Millinocket beats the Maine average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| What stands out | Millinocket | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12% | 15.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.1% | 76.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 14% | 8.4% |
43% of Millinocket’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Bangor (9%), Lincoln (4%) and East Millinocket (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.
The public schools Millinocket’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 70% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Street School | PK–5 | 209 | D |
| Stearns Jr-Sr High School | 6–12 | 229 | B |
| Kidspeace-Millinocket Private | PK–12 | 13 |
Millinocket has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 79°, a January night drops to 6°, and about 86 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities.
6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.
8 notable people were born in Millinocket.
Town in Maine, United States
Millinocket is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,114 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Millinocket's economy has historically been centered on forest products and recreation, but the paper company closed in 2008.
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