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SheetME-CUMBERLAND-CENTER-ME · Cumberland Center, ME 2,811 pop · income 93rd 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 Cumberland Center
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cumberland Center on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lincoln · lowest
33,750
Lincoln · lowest
33,750 median HH income
23.2% of the leader · rank #1
Lily Lake · near
145,192
Lily Lake · near
145,192 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
North Valley… · near
145,204
North Valley… · near
145,204 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Cumberland Ce… · this city
145,208
Cumberland Ce… · this city
145,208 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Belfry · near
145,234
Belfry · near
145,234 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Lake Tapps · near
145,250
Lake Tapps · near
145,250 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Wooster · highest
145,282
Wooster · highest
145,282 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 Cumberland Center 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: 2,811.
Nationally, Cumberland Center sits in the 93rd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
93rd
percentile, household income
84th
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: Cumberland Center, ME
Maine's Cumberland Center is a small town, with 2,811 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Cumberland Center brings in $145,208 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 7.6%. Home values in Cumberland Center run a median of $480,700, and the median resident age is 37.4 years. 67.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 72.2% 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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,448 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Maine's average monthly utility costs around $273 (state average). 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 Cumberland Center'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 to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cumberland Center, 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.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Cumberland Center?
Within Maine, the closest population matches are Dover-Foxcroft (2,758 residents, $51,919 income); Oakland (2,714 residents, $44,846 income); Winthrop (2,666 residents, $54,612 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are South Oroville, CA (2,811 residents); Irvine, KY (2,811 residents); Westminster, LA (2,810 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.
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.
What does the journey to work look like in Cumberland Center?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 62.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Cumberland Center?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Top-decile income · poverty 7.6% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Maine average
B
City profile score · Cumberland Center, ME
73/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share A+
67.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A+
$145,208
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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.
Poverty rate D
7.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Cumberland Center profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 96/100 (A+) · 67.7%
Household income: 95/100 (A+) · $145,208
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Poverty rate: 49/100 (D) · 7.6%
How does Cumberland Center compare to other US cities?
Here's how Cumberland Center stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income93% higher than other cities
Home value84% 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 Cumberland Center 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 Cumberland Center near the bottom of Maine's cities
Among the 154 Maine cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cumberland Center ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cumberland Center only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#2 of 145
99th percentile in Maine
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 154
0th percentile in Maine
Median Home Value
#11 of 151
93rd percentile in Maine
Poverty Rate
#78 of 154
49th percentile in Maine
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#4 of 154
97th 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
93rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Cumberland Center's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$480,70016th percentilemore affordable than 16% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,179 of 15,516
More affordable than 47% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,693 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.3×, Cumberland Center sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,179 of 15,516 and #6,693 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$145,208Cumberland Center, ME median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cumberland Center, 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 Cumberland Center, ME.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)67.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)72.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,811
Median Income
$145,208
Median Home Value
$480,700
Median Age
37.4
Poverty Rate
7.6%
Labor force participation
72.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
67.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
62.9%
Carpool
4.3%
Public Transit
2.5%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
28.9%
Other
1.4%
Based on 1,424 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 Cumberland Center. 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 Cumberland Center 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 Cumberland Center sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cumberland Center 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.