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Place dossier plate
SheetME-FALMOUTH-ME · Falmouth, ME 1,447 pop · income 71st 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 Falmouth
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Falmouth on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Machias · lowest
28,047
Machias · lowest
28,047 median HH income
23.6% of the leader · rank #1
Lake Jackson · near
89,623
Lake Jackson · near
89,623 median HH income
75.4% of the leader · rank #2
Falmouth · this city
89,625
Falmouth · this city
89,625 median HH income
75.4% of the leader · rank #3
Thorp · near
89,625
Thorp · near
89,625 median HH income
75.4% of the leader · rank #4
Clarkston Hei… · near
89,628
Clarkston Hei… · near
89,628 median HH income
75.4% of the leader · rank #5
South Lakes · near
89,632
South Lakes · near
89,632 median HH income
75.4% of the leader · rank #6
Kennebunkport · highest
118,922
Kennebunkport · highest
118,922 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Falmouth on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 1,447.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Falmouth - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Falmouth lands in the 71st percentile for household income and the 79th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
71st
percentile, household income
94th
percentile, home value
69th
percentile, median rent
79th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Falmouth, ME
1,447 people live in Falmouth, Maine - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Falmouth report a median income of $89,625 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Home values in Falmouth run a median of $737,300, and the median resident age is 62.3 years. Educational attainment runs 64.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 47.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Falmouth reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 653.6 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Maine tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,448 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $273 across Maine, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 56.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Falmouth'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 reported crime to comparison shortlist to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Falmouth, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits; 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 Falmouth?
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 8.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Falmouth?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 69.3%. 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 can the FBI record say about safety in Falmouth?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 653.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 71% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Which cities make useful reference points for Falmouth?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Maine, the closest population matches are Milo (1,445 residents, $52,660 income); Kennebunkport (1,450 residents, $118,922 income); Newport (1,469 residents, $42,740 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bellemont, AZ (1,447 residents); Des Arc, AR (1,447 residents); Sheridan, CA (1,447 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.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Falmouth?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 64.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
0.0%
Bachelor's degree+
64.8%
Matched public schools
3
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Maine average
B+
City profile score · Falmouth, ME
78/100
5 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+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
64.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime A-
62 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income B-
$89,625
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.
Falmouth profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 94/100 (A+) · 64.8%
Violent crime: 81/100 (A-) · 62 /100k
Household income: 69/100 (B-) · $89,625
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Where Falmouth sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Falmouth's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Falmouth highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Falmouth, ME (this city): home $737,300, crime 654/100k
Des Arc, AR : home $86,800, crime 822/100k
East Canton, OH : home $143,000, crime 1,195/100k
Milo, ME : home $88,000, crime 875/100k
Kennebunkport, ME : home $805,200, crime 646/100k
Newport, ME : home $162,800, crime 1,139/100k
Waldoboro, ME : home $277,200, crime 1,041/100k
Machias, ME : home $117,800, crime 769/100k
How does Falmouth compare to other US cities?
Here's how Falmouth stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income71% higher than other cities
Home value94% pricier than other cities
Median rent69% pricier than other cities
Safety79% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Maine alone, Falmouth ranks #21 of 73 Maine cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Falmouth 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 Falmouth near the bottom of Maine's cities
Among the 154 Maine cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Falmouth ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Falmouth only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#23 of 145
84th percentile in Maine
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 154
0th percentile in Maine
Median Home Value
#2 of 151
99th percentile in Maine
Poverty Rate
#126 of 154
0th percentile in Maine
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#6 of 154
96th 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
71st percentile nationally for median household income · 79th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Falmouth's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Falmouth's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Falmouth's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$737,3006th percentilemore affordable than 6% 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
Falmouth's home-value-to-income ratio: 8.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,095 of 15,516
More affordable than 3% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,076 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 8.2×, Falmouth sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,095 of 15,516 and #11,076 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
$89,625Falmouth, ME median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Falmouth, 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 Falmouth, ME.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)64.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)47.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,447
Median Income
$89,625
Median Home Value
$737,300
Median Age
62.3
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
47.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
64.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
653.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
61.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
592.1
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
69.3%
Carpool
5.5%
Public Transit
1.5%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
23.8%
Based on 605 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 Falmouth. 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 Falmouth 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 Falmouth sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Falmouth 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, 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.