Knox County, Maine

Knox County has a population of 41,003 and has grown 1.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $324,900, about 4.4 times the county's median household income of $74,096.

Home price
$324,900
Income
$74,096
Population
41,003
Unemployment
3.9%

Housing

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

Median home price$324,900county
Median gross rent$1,165county
Median year homes here were built1974county
Share of homes built before 198057.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile5.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant24.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented21.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use19.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,742county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,526county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,270county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,928county
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$74,096county
Family health premium / yr$25,568(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,310(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.049(statewide)
Poverty rate8.2%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 home16.6%county
Unemployment rate3.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force58.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed13.5%county
Share of workers employed by government12.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry20.9%county
Economic output per resident$64,206county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.17%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 time19.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service5.9 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport13309county
Miles to nearest general aviation field17 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station43 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.4%county
Traffic deaths9.8county
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 higher39.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.8%county
Public schools in the county19county
Public school enrollment4217county
Students per full-time teacher9.6county
Free lunch eligible43.2%county
Elementary schools13county
Middle schools2county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution6.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians107county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter5.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year8.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year11.8%county
Frequent mental distress14.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity19.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.4%county

Place

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

Population41,003county
Land area in square miles365county
People per square mile of land112.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores14county
Convenience stores11county
Share living far from a food store11.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract6.7%county
Population change since 2020+1.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-7county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age49.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1816.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over27.9%county
Share of households that are one person33.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.1%county
Second languages4.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls30.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents163county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents10county
Households that moved in1,089county
Households that moved away1,062county
Average income of arriving households$89,379county
Average income of departing households$66,775county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year191county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings34.6%county
Violent crime rate100(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature45.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation42.3 incounty
Annual snowfall59.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.74 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F3 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing141 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days186 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 24county
Average first fall frostOct 27county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$131county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh23.4¢county
Household electricity use557 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$24.84(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity11.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas1.2%county
Homes heated by propane19.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil56.2%county
Homes heated by wood9.7%county
Households with broadband90.3%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk21.4county
Coastal flood risk69.2county
Drought risk35.8county
Landslide risk85.7county
Hail risk20.5county
Earthquake risk45.9county
Tornado risk12.8county
Tropical cyclone risk82.9county
Extreme heat risk11.5county
Winter weather risk90.5county
Strong wind risk38.5county
Wildfire risk16.8county

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 Knox 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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