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SheetME-CAPE-NEDDICK-ME · Cape Neddick, ME 2,578 pop · income 77th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Cape Neddick
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cape Neddick on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Parsons · lowest
32,129
Parsons · lowest
32,129 median HH income
18.0% of the leader · rank #1
Viera West · near
98,107
Viera West · near
98,107 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #2
Cape Neddick · this city
98,113
Cape Neddick · this city
98,113 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #3
Island Lake · near
98,125
Island Lake · near
98,125 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #4
Runnells · near
98,125
Runnells · near
98,125 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #5
Lignite · near
98,125
Lignite · near
98,125 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #6
The Hills · highest
178,194
The Hills · highest
178,194 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Cape Neddick on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,578.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Cape Neddick lands in the 77th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
77th
percentile, household income
91st
percentile, home value
69th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Cape Neddick, ME
Maine's Cape Neddick is a small town, with 2,578 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $98,113 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.1%. Home values in Cape Neddick run a median of $636,100, and the median resident age is 64.2 years. 52.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 37.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
NOAA puts Cape Neddick's yearly average temperature at 46.9°F with 51.6 inches of precipitation per year and 70.1 inches of snowfall.
Maine tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Maine at 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,448 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Maine run around $273, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 56.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Cape Neddick's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to climate and hazard context to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cape Neddick, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Cape Neddick?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Cape Neddick?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
What physical conditions frame life in Cape Neddick?
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 46.9°F, with 51.6 inches of precipitation and 70.1 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Maine is 56.7 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Cape Neddick?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Maine, the closest population matches are Lincoln (2,576 residents, $33,750 income); Hallowell (2,570 residents, $58,811 income); South Paris (2,570 residents, $56,823 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Parsons, TN (2,578 residents); Falmouth, KY (2,577 residents); The Hills, TX (2,579 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A
52.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B+
$98,113
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Cape Neddick profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 86/100 (A) · 52.1%
Household income: 76/100 (B+) · $98,113
Poverty rate: 58/100 (C) · 6.1%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
How does Cape Neddick compare to other US cities?
Cape Neddick measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income77% higher than other cities
Home value91% pricier than other cities
Median rent69% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Cape Neddick against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Maine only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Maine-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Cape Neddick near the bottom of Maine's cities
Among the 154 Maine cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cape Neddick ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cape Neddick only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#15 of 145
90th percentile in Maine
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 154
0th percentile in Maine
Median Home Value
#5 of 151
97th percentile in Maine
Poverty Rate
#87 of 154
43rd percentile in Maine
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#16 of 154
90th percentile in Maine
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Maine only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
77th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Cape Neddick's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$636,1009th percentilemore affordable than 9% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Cape Neddick's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,430 of 15,516
More affordable than 7% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,666 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 6.5×, Cape Neddick sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,430 of 15,516 and #10,666 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$98,113Cape Neddick, ME median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cape Neddick, ME median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Cape Neddick, ME.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)52.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)37.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,578
Median Income
$98,113
Median Home Value
$636,100
Median Age
64.2
Poverty Rate
6.1%
Labor force participation
37.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
52.1%
Climate
Avg Temperature
46.9°F
Annual Precipitation
51.6"
Annual Snowfall
70.1"
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
68.7%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
4.1%
Work from Home
27.1%
Based on 873 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Maine statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $273
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Maine at $273 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Maine statewide averages, not a meter reading for Cape Neddick. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Maine's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Cape Neddick is $1,448/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Maine statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 56.7 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Maine statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Cape Neddick sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cape Neddick compares to similar-size Maine cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NOAA Climate Normals, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.