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Place dossier plate
SheetME-LIVERMORE-FALLS-ME · Livermore Falls, ME 1,250 pop · income 4th 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 Livermore Falls
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Livermore Falls on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fyffe · lowest
32,407
Fyffe · lowest
32,407 median HH income
35.4% of the leader · rank #1
Livermore Fal… · this city
34,091
Livermore Fal… · this city
34,091 median HH income
37.3% of the leader · rank #2
Evart · near
34,091
Evart · near
34,091 median HH income
37.3% of the leader · rank #3
Union · near
34,112
Union · near
34,112 median HH income
37.3% of the leader · rank #4
Hurst · near
34,113
Hurst · near
34,113 median HH income
37.3% of the leader · rank #5
Dodson · near
34,115
Dodson · near
34,115 median HH income
37.3% of the leader · rank #6
Wiscasset · highest
91,477
Wiscasset · highest
91,477 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 Livermore Falls 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: 1,250.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Livermore Falls - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Livermore Falls lands in the 4th percentile for household income and the 30th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
4th
percentile, household income
69th
percentile, median rent
30th
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: Livermore Falls, ME
Maine's Livermore Falls is a small town, with 1,250 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Livermore Falls brings in $34,091 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.0%. The median resident age is 38.5 years. 17.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 52.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2081.3 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score). NOAA puts Livermore Falls's yearly average temperature at 43.2°F with 47.2 inches of precipitation per year and 91.2 inches of snowfall.
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. 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. 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 Livermore Falls'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 reported crime to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to climate and hazard context; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Livermore Falls, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in Livermore Falls?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2081.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 9% 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 Livermore Falls?
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 Searsport (1,264 residents, $62,159 income); Eastport (1,230 residents, $46,205 income); Wiscasset (1,273 residents, $91,477 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fyffe, AL (1,250 residents); Diaz, AR (1,250 residents); Plymouth, CA (1,250 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 Livermore Falls?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 87.8%. 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. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
What physical conditions frame life in Livermore Falls?
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 43.2°F, with 47.2 inches of precipitation and 91.2 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 5.0% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Maine average
D
City profile score · Livermore Falls, ME
40/100
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 B-
5.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime C+
128 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger 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.
Bachelor's+ share F
17.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$34,091
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Livermore Falls profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 65/100 (B-) · 5.0%
Violent crime: 64/100 (C+) · 128 /100k
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Bachelor's+ share: 26/100 (F) · 17.3%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $34,091
How does Livermore Falls compare to other US cities?
Here's how Livermore Falls stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income4% higher than other cities
Median rent69% pricier than other cities
Safety30% 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, Livermore Falls ranks #60 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 Livermore Falls 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 Livermore Falls near the bottom of Maine's cities
Among the 154 Maine cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Livermore Falls ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Livermore Falls only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#138 of 145
5th percentile in Maine
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 154
0th percentile in Maine
Poverty Rate
#100 of 154
35th percentile in Maine
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#119 of 154
23rd 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
4th percentile nationally for median household income · 30th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Livermore Falls's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Livermore Falls'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.
Income distribution context
$34,091Livermore Falls, ME median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Livermore Falls, 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 Livermore Falls, ME.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,250
Median Income
$34,091
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
38.5
Poverty Rate
5.0%
Labor force participation
52.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2081.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
128.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1953.3
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.
Climate
Avg Temperature
43.2°F
Annual Precipitation
47.2"
Annual Snowfall
91.2"
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
87.8%
Carpool
9.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.9%
Work from Home
0.0%
Other
1.9%
Based on 564 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 Livermore Falls. 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 Livermore Falls 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 Livermore Falls sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Livermore Falls 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, 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.