Hancock County, Maine

Hancock County has a population of 56,460 and has grown 3.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $310,400, about 4.3 times the county's median household income of $72,744.

Home price
$310,400
Income
$72,744
Population
56,460
Unemployment
4.6%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$310,400county
Median gross rent$1,061county
Median year homes here were built1982county
Share of homes built before 198047.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant37.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented21.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use30.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,525county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,501county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,234county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,047county
Home insurance / yr$1,335(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living113(statewide)
Median household income$72,744county
Family health premium / yr$25,568(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,310(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.049(statewide)
Poverty rate9.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home13.7%county
Unemployment rate4.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed12.7%county
Share of workers employed by government13.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.7%county
Economic output per resident$65,200county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.83%county
Top state income tax7.15%(statewide)
Capital gains tax7.15%(statewide)
Combined sales tax5.50%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time25.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service5.5 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport11042county
Miles to nearest general aviation field21 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station84 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.2%county
Traffic deaths24.8county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0007.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher40.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.6%county
Public schools in the county34county
Public school enrollment5938county
Students per full-time teacher9.2county
Free lunch eligible45.6%county
Elementary schools27county
Middle schools2county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution13 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians105county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter2.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year9.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.5%county
Frequent mental distress15.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity21.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.5%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population56,460county
Land area in square miles1,587county
People per square mile of land35.6county
Supermarkets and grocery stores29county
Convenience stores9county
Share living far from a food store6.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract3.4%county
Population change since 2020+3.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age49.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1816.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over26.6%county
Share of households that are one person32.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.3%county
Second languages3.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls17.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents186county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents3county
Households that moved in1,568county
Households that moved away1,446county
Average income of arriving households$81,298county
Average income of departing households$69,780county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year318county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings12.6%county
Violent crime rate100(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature44.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation42.4 incounty
Annual snowfall61.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.69 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F5 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing152 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days165 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 3county
Average first fall frostOct 15county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$136county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh25.8¢county
Household electricity use531 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$24.84(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity11.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas1.5%county
Homes heated by propane21.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil50.5%county
Homes heated by wood12.6%county
Households with broadband91.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk45.2county
Coastal flood risk77.0county
Drought risk57.4county
Landslide risk66.1county
Hail risk22.0county
Earthquake risk51.2county
Tornado risk15.8county
Tropical cyclone risk87.8county
Extreme heat risk11.8county
Winter weather risk95.6county
Strong wind risk20.1county
Wildfire risk10.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Hancock County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Maine figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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