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Place dossier plate
SheetME-CORNISH-ME · Cornish, ME 1,080 pop · income 48th 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 Cornish
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cornish on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Woodland · lowest
46,346
Woodland · lowest
46,346 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #1
Shidler · near
68,553
Shidler · near
68,553 median HH income
44.9% of the leader · rank #2
Harrellsville · near
68,558
Harrellsville · near
68,558 median HH income
44.9% of the leader · rank #3
West DeLand · near
68,559
West DeLand · near
68,559 median HH income
44.9% of the leader · rank #4
Cornish · this city
68,561
Cornish · this city
68,561 median HH income
44.9% of the leader · rank #5
Richmond · near
68,564
Richmond · near
68,564 median HH income
44.9% of the leader · rank #6
Kings Mills · highest
152,829
Kings Mills · highest
152,829 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 Cornish 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: 1,080.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Cornish lands in the 48th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
48th
percentile, household income
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: Cornish, ME
1,080 people live in Cornish, Maine - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Cornish brings in $68,561 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 1.0%. The median resident age is 40.4 years. Educational attainment runs 17.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 74.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Maine tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Maine scores 97.1 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,448 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Maine's average monthly utility costs around $273 (state average). Commute times here average 29.5 minutes, with 84.0% driving alone and 6.7% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 56.7 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Cornish'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cornish, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Cornish?
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 Blue Hill (1,066 residents); Woodland (1,059 residents, $46,346 income); South Windham (1,047 residents, $128,108 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Harkers Island, NC (1,080 residents); Kings Mills, OH (1,080 residents); Winthrop, IA (1,081 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Cornish?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 84.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 29.5 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Below median income · poverty 1.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Maine average
C
City profile score · Cornish, ME
56/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
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.
Poverty rate A+
1.0%
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.
Household income D
$68,561
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
17.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Cornish profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 93/100 (A+) · 1.0%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 47/100 (D) · $68,561
Bachelor's+ share: 28/100 (F) · 17.7%
How does Cornish compare to other US cities?
Cornish measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income48% higher 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 Cornish 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 Cornish near the bottom of Maine's cities
Among the 154 Maine cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cornish ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cornish only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#47 of 145
68th percentile in Maine
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 154
0th percentile in Maine
Poverty Rate
#124 of 154
19th percentile in Maine
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#117 of 154
24th 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
48th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$68,561Cornish, ME median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cornish, 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 Cornish, ME.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)74.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,080
Median Income
$68,561
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
40.4
Poverty Rate
1.0%
Labor force participation
74.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
29.5 minutes
Drive Alone
84.0%
Carpool
2.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
6.5%
Work from Home
6.7%
Based on 713 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 Cornish. 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 Cornish 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 Cornish sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cornish 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, 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.