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SheetME-MILLINOCKET-ME · Millinocket, ME 4,111 pop · income 11th 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 Millinocket
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Millinocket on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Rumford · lowest
32,240
Rumford · lowest
32,240 median HH income
29.5% of the leader · rank #1
Alpaugh · near
42,917
Alpaugh · near
42,917 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #2
Sycamore · near
42,917
Sycamore · near
42,917 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #3
Millinocket · this city
42,936
Millinocket · this city
42,936 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #4
Dewey · near
42,940
Dewey · near
42,940 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #5
Henderson · near
42,948
Henderson · near
42,948 median HH income
39.3% of the leader · rank #6
Burnt Mills · highest
109,402
Burnt Mills · highest
109,402 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 Millinocket 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: 4,111.
Nationally, Millinocket sits in the 11th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
11th
percentile, household income
5th
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: Millinocket, ME
Maine's Millinocket is a small town, with 4,111 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Millinocket brings in $42,936 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 22.7%. Millinocket's housing stock carries a median value of $86,500, and the median resident age is 57.7 years. 19.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 33.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 42.3°F with 45.4 inches of precipitation per year and 86.1 inches of snowfall.
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. 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). 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 Millinocket'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 climate and hazard context to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Millinocket, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What physical conditions frame life in Millinocket?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 42.3°F, with 45.4 inches of precipitation and 86.1 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.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Millinocket?
Within Maine, the closest population matches are Lisbon Falls (4,185 residents, $71,513 income); South Eliot (4,021 residents, $96,705 income); Rumford (4,017 residents, $32,240 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Burnt Mills, MD (4,111 residents); Bystrom, CA (4,109 residents); Woodville, FL (4,109 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 Millinocket?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.4%. 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 Millinocket?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 22.7%, 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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
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 Millinocket?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 19.8% 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.
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.
Matched public schools
2
Bachelor's degree+
19.8%
Poverty estimate
22.7%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Low income · poverty 22.7% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Maine average
F
City profile score · Millinocket, ME
25/100
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.
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
19.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$42,936
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
22.7%
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).
Millinocket profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Bachelor's+ share: 34/100 (F) · 19.8%
Household income: 11/100 (F) · $42,936
Poverty rate: 9/100 (F) · 22.7%
How does Millinocket compare to other US cities?
Here's how Millinocket stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income11% higher than other cities
Home value5% 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 Millinocket 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 Millinocket near the bottom of Maine's cities
Among the 154 Maine cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Millinocket ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Millinocket only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#121 of 145
17th percentile in Maine
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 154
0th percentile in Maine
Median Home Value
#142 of 151
6th percentile in Maine
Poverty Rate
#9 of 154
94th percentile in Maine
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#110 of 154
28th 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
11th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Millinocket's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$86,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 95% 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
Millinocket's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#1,677 of 15,516
More affordable than 89% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,607 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.0×, Millinocket sits in the affordable band:
national rank #1,677 of 15,516 and #1,607 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$42,936Millinocket, ME median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Millinocket, 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 Millinocket, ME.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)19.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)22.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)33.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,111
Median Income
$42,936
Median Home Value
$86,500
Median Age
57.7
Poverty Rate
22.7%
Labor force participation
33.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
19.8%
Climate
Avg Temperature
42.3°F
Annual Precipitation
45.4"
Annual Snowfall
86.1"
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
75.4%
Carpool
12.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
8.6%
Other
3.5%
Based on 1,230 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 Millinocket. 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 Millinocket 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 Millinocket sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Millinocket 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.