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Place dossier plate
SheetME-NORTH-ANSON-ME · North Anson, ME 420 pop · income 7th 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 North Anson
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest North Anson on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mattawamkeag · lowest
36,042
Mattawamkeag · lowest
36,042 median HH income
35.2% of the leader · rank #1
Robstown · near
39,124
Robstown · near
39,124 median HH income
38.2% of the leader · rank #2
North Anson · this city
39,125
North Anson · this city
39,125 median HH income
38.2% of the leader · rank #3
Munford · near
39,125
Munford · near
39,125 median HH income
38.2% of the leader · rank #4
Vanceboro · near
39,125
Vanceboro · near
39,125 median HH income
38.2% of the leader · rank #5
East Side · near
39,125
East Side · near
39,125 median HH income
38.2% of the leader · rank #6
Northeast Har… · highest
102,500
Northeast Har… · highest
102,500 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 North Anson 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: 420.
North Anson ranks in the 7th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
7th
percentile, household income
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: North Anson, ME
North Anson is a small town in Maine, home to 420 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in North Anson report a median income of $39,125 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.9%. The median resident age is 50.9 years. Educational attainment runs 2.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 45.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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. Monthly utility costs average around $273 across Maine, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 North Anson'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 schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For North Anson, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for North Anson?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 2.9% 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.
What does the journey to work look like in North Anson?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 94.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for North Anson?
Within Maine, the closest population matches are Mattawamkeag (428 residents, $36,042 income); Northeast Harbor (410 residents, $102,500 income); Milbridge (394 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Crawford, CO (420 residents); Boody, IL (420 residents); St. Joe, IN (420 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 6.9% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Maine average
F
City profile score · North Anson, ME
28/100
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.
Poverty rate C-
6.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better 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.
Household income F
$39,125
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
2.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
North Anson profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 53/100 (C-) · 6.9%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 6/100 (F) · $39,125
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 2.9%
How does North Anson compare to other US cities?
North Anson measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income7% higher 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 North Anson 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 North Anson near the bottom of Maine's cities
Among the 154 Maine cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, North Anson ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares North Anson only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#132 of 145
9th percentile in Maine
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 154
0th percentile in Maine
Poverty Rate
#83 of 154
46th percentile in Maine
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#154 of 154
0th 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
7th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$39,125North Anson, ME median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context North Anson, 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 North Anson, ME.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)2.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)45.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
420
Median Income
$39,125
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
50.9
Poverty Rate
6.9%
Labor force participation
45.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
2.9%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
94.6%
Carpool
2.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
2.7%
Based on 186 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 North Anson. 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 North Anson 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 North Anson sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How North Anson 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, 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.