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Place dossier plate
SheetME-MACHIAS-ME Β· Machias, ME 1,395 pop Β· income 2nd 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 Machias
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Machias on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Naturita Β· lowest
28,021
Naturita Β· lowest
28,021 median HH income
23.6% of the leader Β· rank #1
Lenora Β· near
28,036
Lenora Β· near
28,036 median HH income
23.6% of the leader Β· rank #2
Lomas Verdes⦠· near
28,036
Lomas Verdes⦠· near
28,036 median HH income
23.6% of the leader Β· rank #3
Machias Β· this city
28,047
Machias Β· this city
28,047 median HH income
23.6% of the leader Β· rank #4
Durant Β· near
28,050
Durant Β· near
28,050 median HH income
23.6% of the leader Β· rank #5
Wheatland Β· near
28,068
Wheatland Β· near
28,068 median HH income
23.6% of the leader Β· rank #6
Kennebunkport Β· highest
118,922
Kennebunkport Β· highest
118,922 median HH income
100.0% of the leader Β· 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 Machias 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: 1,395.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Machias - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Machias lands in the 2nd percentile for household income and the 74th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
2nd
percentile, household income
16th
percentile, home value
69th
percentile, median rent
74th
percentile, safety
π 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: Machias, ME
Machias is a small town in Maine, home to 1,395 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $28,047 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 22.6%. Home values in Machias run a median of $117,800, and the median resident age is 45.1 years. 20.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 40.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Machias reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 768.5 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
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). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,448 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Maine run around $273, per EIA 2023 residential energy 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 Machias'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 work and mobility to schools and households to housing and income to comparison shortlist to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Machias, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Machias?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.9%. 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. 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.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 20.4% 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Machias?
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 4.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 22.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Machias?
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 West Kennebunk (1,367 residents, $101,761 income); Milo (1,445 residents, $52,660 income); Falmouth (1,447 residents, $89,625 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are China Grove, TX (1,395 residents); Inverness, CA (1,396 residents); Fort Denaud, FL (1,396 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.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Machias?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 768.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 66% 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.
Total reported rate
768.5
Violent rate
144.1
Property rate
624.4
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Lowest-decile income Β· poverty 22.6% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost Β· BEA RPP 2024, Maine average
F
City profile score Β· Machias, ME
30/100
5 published dimensions Β· 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.
Violent crime C+
144 /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 β national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
20.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
22.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$28,047
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop β₯1,000); ACS.
Machias profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 60/100 (C+) Β· 144 /100k
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) Β· 97.1 index
Bachelor's+ share: 35/100 (F) Β· 20.4%
Poverty rate: 9/100 (F) Β· 22.6%
Household income: 0/100 (F) Β· $28,047
Where Machias sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Machias'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 - Machias highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
Machias, ME (this city): home $117,800, crime 769/100k
China Grove, TX : home $349,500, crime 2,571/100k
Milo, ME : home $88,000, crime 875/100k
Falmouth, ME : home $737,300, crime 654/100k
Kennebunkport, ME : home $805,200, crime 646/100k
Newport, ME : home $162,800, crime 1,139/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Machias compare to other US cities?
Here's how Machias stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income2% higher than other cities
Home value16% pricier than other cities
Median rent69% pricier than other cities
Safety74% 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, Machias ranks #24 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 Machias 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 Machias near the bottom of Maine's cities
Among the 154 Maine cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Machias ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Machias only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#144 of 145
1st percentile in Maine
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 154
0th percentile in Maine
Median Home Value
#126 of 151
17th percentile in Maine
Poverty Rate
#10 of 154
94th percentile in Maine
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#109 of 154
29th 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
2nd percentile nationally for median household income Β· 74th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Machias's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Machias'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 Machias's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$117,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 84% 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 Β· 2023
Machias's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.2Γ
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0β5.0Γ
National rank
#11,240 of 15,516
More affordable than 28% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,712 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.2Γ, Machias sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,240 of 15,516 and #8,712 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 Γ· median household income for cities with both fields and population β₯ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0β5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$28,047Machias, ME median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Machias, 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 Machias, ME.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)22.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)40.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,395
Median Income
$28,047
Median Home Value
$117,800
Median Age
45.1
Poverty Rate
22.6%
Labor force participation
40.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
20.4%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
768.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
144.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
624.4
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
2
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.9%
Carpool
3.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
7.3%
Work from Home
13.8%
Other
1.9%
Based on 449 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 Machias. 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 Machias 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 Machias sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Machias 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.