York County, Maine

York County has a population of 216,731 and has grown 4.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $395,700, about 4.5 times the county's median household income of $88,333.

Home price
$395,700
Income
$88,333
Population
216,731
Unemployment
3.4%

Housing

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

Median home price$395,700county
Median gross rent$1,339county
Median year homes here were built1980county
Share of homes built before 198049.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant20.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use16.3%county
Typical monthly rent$2,151county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,202county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,678county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,640county
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$88,333county
Family health premium / yr$25,568(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,310(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.049(statewide)
Poverty rate7.7%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 home16.8%county
Unemployment rate3.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.7%county
Share of workers employed by government14.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.4%county
Economic output per resident$62,981county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.96%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 time27.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service23 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1221913county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here4county
Passenger train stations and the railway network3county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station7.2 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.7%county
Traffic deaths24.9county
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 higher36.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.4%county
Public schools in the county59county
Public school enrollment24364county
Students per full-time teacher11.7county
Free lunch eligible36.6%county
Elementary schools34county
Middle schools14county
High schools10county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions2county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution13 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians68county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter6.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year9.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year11.6%county
Frequent mental distress15.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity22.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.2%county

Place

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

Population216,731county
Land area in square miles991county
People per square mile of land219.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores41county
Convenience stores28county
Share living far from a food store14.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract3.9%county
Population change since 2020+4.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age45.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over22.3%county
Share of households that are one person28.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.0%county
Second languages5.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls32.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents72county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents7county
Households that moved in6,644county
Households that moved away5,799county
Average income of arriving households$83,981county
Average income of departing households$69,910county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes13county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,473county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings37.0%county
Violent crime rate100(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature46.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation38.8 incounty
Annual snowfall66.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.81 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F10 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing153 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days159 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 6county
Average first fall frostOct 12county

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 electricity10.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas4.4%county
Homes heated by propane16.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil60.5%county
Homes heated by wood5.7%county
Households with broadband92.7%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk81.3county
Coastal flood risk86.6county
Drought risk65.8county
Landslide risk66.3county
Hail risk28.5county
Earthquake risk83.8county
Tornado risk46.5county
Tropical cyclone risk91.5county
Extreme heat risk52.8county
Winter weather risk67.5county
Strong wind risk50.3county
Wildfire risk56.3county

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 York 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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