Maine places ranked by share of renters

220 places in Maine have a reliable estimate of share of renters (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Highest figures: Orono (53.4%), Portland (53.1%), Bangor (52.8%).

Lowest figure: Dedham (4.5%).

The figure for Maine as a whole is 25.7% (±0.4 points).

Figures last updated on .

Figure for Maine as a whole
25.7% (±0.4 points)
Places ranked
220

Maine places ranked by share of renters

Households that rent, estimate (90% margin of error), 2020–2024
RankPlaceCountyHouseholds that rent
1OronoPenobscot County53.4% (±4.7 points)
2PortlandCumberland County53.1% (±1.9 points)
3BangorPenobscot County52.8% (±3.2 points)
4BiddefordYork County51.9% (±4.1 points)
5WatervilleKennebec County51.2% (±4.9 points)
6MachiasWashington County50.3% (±9.3 points)
7LewistonAndroscoggin County48.8% (±2.8 points)
8AugustaKennebec County46.2% (±4.3 points)
9MadisonSomerset County45.4% (±11.3 points)
10FarmingtonFranklin County44.9% (±7.0 points)
11Southwest HarborHancock County44.3% (±9.8 points)
12Presque IsleAroostook County42.2% (±4.4 points)
13South PortlandCumberland County41.9% (±3.1 points)
14HallowellKennebec County41.7% (±8.8 points)
15AuburnAndroscoggin County40.9% (±3.5 points)
16Old TownPenobscot County40.7% (±6.6 points)
17BrewerPenobscot County40.3% (±5.6 points)
18ParisOxford County39.8% (±10.2 points)
19 (tie)LimestoneAroostook County38.8% (±9.4 points)
19 (tie)WestbrookCumberland County38.8% (±4.4 points)
21EustisFranklin County38.2% (±17.4 points)
22RocklandKnox County38.0% (±6.0 points)
23RumfordOxford County36.9% (±6.9 points)
24HoultonAroostook County36.2% (±6.2 points)
25Van BurenAroostook County35.8% (±8.3 points)
26BathSagadahoc County35.7% (±4.3 points)
27EastportWashington County35.1% (±7.0 points)
28FarmingdaleKennebec County34.4% (±11.1 points)
29SkowheganSomerset County34.1% (±4.9 points)
30Livermore FallsAndroscoggin County34.0% (±9.8 points)
31AshlandAroostook County33.9% (±12.7 points)
32DexterPenobscot County33.7% (±8.4 points)
33EllsworthHancock County33.3% (±6.2 points)
34CherryfieldWashington County33.2% (±9.4 points)
35Dover-FoxcroftPiscataquis County33.0% (±8.0 points)
36KitteryYork County32.8% (±6.1 points)
37JonesportWashington County32.5% (±8.6 points)
38MadawaskaAroostook County32.3% (±8.2 points)
39 (tie)HarmonySomerset County32.2% (±11.7 points)
39 (tie)MiloPiscataquis County32.2% (±7.9 points)
41 (tie)GardinerKennebec County31.8% (±7.0 points)
41 (tie)Old Orchard BeachYork County31.8% (±6.3 points)
43BelfastWaldo County31.5% (±6.8 points)
44GreenwoodOxford County31.1% (±14.4 points)
45SearsportWaldo County30.6% (±9.8 points)
46 (tie)OakfieldAroostook County30.1% (±12.0 points)
46 (tie)RichmondSagadahoc County30.1% (±7.2 points)
48DamariscottaLincoln County30.0% (±8.4 points)
49NorwayOxford County29.5% (±9.6 points)
50Mars HillAroostook County29.4% (±9.2 points)
51 (tie)BrunswickCumberland County28.8% (±3.3 points)
51 (tie)SanfordYork County28.8% (±3.3 points)
53Grand IsleAroostook County28.7% (±13.9 points)
54VeaziePenobscot County27.9% (±9.1 points)
55 (tie)CaribouAroostook County27.7% (±5.0 points)
55 (tie)NewportPenobscot County27.7% (±7.8 points)
55 (tie)UnityWaldo County27.7% (±7.8 points)
58LagrangePenobscot County27.5% (±10.8 points)
59 (tie)LincolnPenobscot County27.4% (±10.8 points)
59 (tie)RangeleyFranklin County27.4% (±13.3 points)
61SacoYork County27.2% (±3.8 points)
62CalaisWashington County26.6% (±8.0 points)
63CamdenKnox County26.5% (±7.3 points)
64ThomastonKnox County26.1% (±9.8 points)
65 (tie)BucksportHancock County25.7% (±10.4 points)
65 (tie)PrincetonWashington County25.7% (±9.6 points)
67Bar HarborHancock County25.5% (±6.9 points)
68BrooksWaldo County25.4% (±9.8 points)
69LisbonAndroscoggin County25.2% (±5.7 points)
70HermonPenobscot County24.8% (±6.3 points)
71Boothbay HarborLincoln County24.5% (±6.2 points)
72ParkmanPiscataquis County24.0% (±11.5 points)
73 (tie)MattawamkeagPenobscot County23.9% (±9.9 points)
73 (tie)WinslowKennebec County23.9% (±4.9 points)
75TremontHancock County23.7% (±6.8 points)
76PittsfieldSomerset County23.5% (±7.8 points)
77FranklinHancock County23.2% (±10.1 points)
78MexicoOxford County23.0% (±6.9 points)
79StoningtonHancock County22.9% (±9.1 points)
80 (tie)ScarboroughCumberland County22.6% (±4.3 points)
80 (tie)TrentonHancock County22.6% (±8.1 points)
82RandolphKennebec County22.5% (±9.8 points)
83 (tie)FreeportCumberland County22.4% (±6.6 points)
83 (tie)OaklandKennebec County22.4% (±6.7 points)
85BrownvillePiscataquis County22.3% (±8.7 points)
86HowlandPenobscot County22.1% (±9.4 points)
87LubecWashington County21.9% (±7.5 points)
88 (tie)Fort FairfieldAroostook County21.8% (±10.3 points)
88 (tie)WashburnAroostook County21.8% (±5.3 points)
90South BerwickYork County21.7% (±4.8 points)
91 (tie)GuilfordPiscataquis County21.6% (±7.5 points)
91 (tie)LamoineHancock County21.6% (±7.6 points)
93St. FrancisAroostook County21.5% (±8.6 points)
94 (tie)FairfieldSomerset County21.4% (±5.5 points)
94 (tie)WaldoboroLincoln County21.4% (±6.6 points)
96 (tie)Fort KentAroostook County21.1% (±6.2 points)
96 (tie)TopshamSagadahoc County21.1% (±5.6 points)
98AlbionKennebec County21.0% (±7.6 points)
99 (tie)AnsonSomerset County20.7% (±9.0 points)
99 (tie)East MillinocketPenobscot County20.7% (±5.5 points)
101Island FallsAroostook County20.4% (±8.2 points)
102 (tie)EliotYork County20.2% (±5.4 points)
102 (tie)WiltonFranklin County20.2% (±8.1 points)
104Columbia FallsWashington County19.9% (±7.9 points)
105BuxtonYork County19.7% (±8.5 points)
106YarmouthCumberland County19.6% (±4.7 points)
107 (tie)Eagle LakeAroostook County19.4% (±6.1 points)
107 (tie)EddingtonPenobscot County19.4% (±8.3 points)
107 (tie)KennebunkYork County19.4% (±5.9 points)
107 (tie)NewcastleLincoln County19.4% (±7.8 points)
111West ParisOxford County19.1% (±8.5 points)
112 (tie)JonesboroWashington County19.0% (±8.6 points)
112 (tie)PittstonKennebec County19.0% (±8.4 points)
114HancockHancock County18.9% (±7.7 points)
115NewburghPenobscot County18.8% (±4.8 points)
116 (tie)NobleboroLincoln County18.7% (±7.1 points)
116 (tie)WarrenKnox County18.7% (±7.7 points)
118 (tie)CantonOxford County18.6% (±8.4 points)
118 (tie)KennebunkportYork County18.6% (±8.9 points)
118 (tie)LevantPenobscot County18.6% (±7.4 points)
121 (tie)GorhamCumberland County18.5% (±5.0 points)
121 (tie)YorkYork County18.5% (±4.6 points)
123Owls HeadKnox County18.4% (±8.7 points)
124GlenburnPenobscot County18.3% (±8.2 points)
125MariavilleHancock County18.2% (±8.0 points)
126PolandAndroscoggin County18.1% (±8.3 points)
127 (tie)GreenvillePiscataquis County18.0% (±8.8 points)
127 (tie)North HavenKnox County18.0% (±7.3 points)
129AlfredYork County17.9% (±7.8 points)
130 (tie)ArundelYork County17.8% (±6.8 points)
130 (tie)CorinthPenobscot County17.8% (±6.4 points)
130 (tie)Stockton SpringsWaldo County17.8% (±6.9 points)
133 (tie)DetroitSomerset County17.7% (±8.3 points)
133 (tie)West BathSagadahoc County17.7% (±6.6 points)
135 (tie)GrayCumberland County17.6% (±7.1 points)
135 (tie)SangervillePiscataquis County17.6% (±7.3 points)
137 (tie)FryeburgOxford County17.5% (±6.2 points)
137 (tie)LittletonAroostook County17.5% (±7.4 points)
137 (tie)PattenPenobscot County17.5% (±6.7 points)
137 (tie)VassalboroKennebec County17.5% (±5.9 points)
141PalmyraSomerset County17.4% (±6.2 points)
142 (tie)GouldsboroHancock County17.3% (±8.0 points)
142 (tie)HartlandSomerset County17.3% (±6.5 points)
142 (tie)JayFranklin County17.3% (±6.7 points)
142 (tie)RobbinstonWashington County17.3% (±7.9 points)
146 (tie)BridgtonCumberland County17.2% (±6.5 points)
146 (tie)WiscassetLincoln County17.2% (±7.6 points)
148 (tie)BethelOxford County17.1% (±7.5 points)
148 (tie)New GloucesterCumberland County17.1% (±8.4 points)
150 (tie)HarpswellCumberland County16.7% (±7.6 points)
150 (tie)PhillipsFranklin County16.7% (±7.0 points)
152 (tie)GeorgetownSagadahoc County16.6% (±7.5 points)
152 (tie)KenduskeagPenobscot County16.6% (±7.1 points)
154AltonPenobscot County16.5% (±7.3 points)
155 (tie)BaileyvilleWashington County16.3% (±5.9 points)
155 (tie)East MachiasWashington County16.3% (±6.8 points)
157 (tie)HiramOxford County16.2% (±5.9 points)
157 (tie)JeffersonLincoln County16.2% (±7.3 points)
159LibertyWaldo County15.9% (±6.7 points)
160 (tie)BentonKennebec County15.8% (±5.5 points)
160 (tie)PenobscotHancock County15.8% (±7.1 points)
162 (tie)BrooklinHancock County15.6% (±6.9 points)
162 (tie)FalmouthCumberland County15.6% (±3.6 points)
164 (tie)BradleyPenobscot County15.4% (±6.4 points)
164 (tie)StrongFranklin County15.4% (±6.4 points)
164 (tie)WaldoWaldo County15.4% (±7.5 points)
164 (tie)WallagrassAroostook County15.4% (±7.3 points)
164 (tie)WindhamCumberland County15.4% (±3.3 points)
169 (tie)BridgewaterAroostook County15.3% (±7.2 points)
169 (tie)CushingKnox County15.3% (±7.1 points)
171 (tie)FrenchvilleAroostook County15.2% (±7.4 points)
171 (tie)HodgdonAroostook County15.2% (±7.2 points)
173ManchesterKennebec County15.0% (±5.0 points)
174MilbridgeWashington County14.9% (±6.3 points)
175 (tie)BrooksvilleHancock County14.8% (±6.5 points)
175 (tie)SullivanHancock County14.8% (±6.8 points)
177DixfieldOxford County14.5% (±5.3 points)
178HampdenPenobscot County14.3% (±5.3 points)
179Deer IsleHancock County14.2% (±6.1 points)
180UnionKnox County14.1% (±6.9 points)
181 (tie)ChestervilleFranklin County13.6% (±6.1 points)
181 (tie)ParsonsfieldYork County13.6% (±6.5 points)
183PembrokeWashington County13.5% (±5.8 points)
184CorinnaPenobscot County13.4% (±5.0 points)
185BradfordPenobscot County13.2% (±6.3 points)
186ThorndikeWaldo County12.8% (±6.3 points)
187LincolnvilleWaldo County12.6% (±4.9 points)
188 (tie)CliftonPenobscot County12.5% (±5.8 points)
188 (tie)OrlandHancock County12.5% (±5.8 points)
190 (tie)HollisYork County12.4% (±6.1 points)
190 (tie)NorthportWaldo County12.4% (±5.7 points)
192CarmelPenobscot County12.1% (±5.3 points)
193Cape ElizabethCumberland County12.0% (±4.2 points)
194 (tie)New SwedenAroostook County11.8% (±4.7 points)
194 (tie)WaterfordOxford County11.8% (±5.0 points)
196OrringtonPenobscot County11.5% (±5.3 points)
197 (tie)BristolLincoln County11.4% (±5.6 points)
197 (tie)ChelseaKennebec County11.4% (±5.3 points)
199 (tie)North BerwickYork County11.3% (±4.5 points)
199 (tie)OxfordOxford County11.3% (±5.2 points)
201SebagoCumberland County11.1% (±4.9 points)
202WindsorKennebec County10.9% (±3.4 points)
203LinneusAroostook County10.6% (±4.6 points)
204DaytonYork County10.3% (±4.5 points)
205CascoCumberland County10.0% (±4.7 points)
206 (tie)HarrisonCumberland County9.9% (±4.3 points)
206 (tie)WaterboroYork County9.9% (±4.0 points)
206 (tie)WellsYork County9.9% (±2.9 points)
209PeruOxford County9.8% (±4.6 points)
210 (tie)SearsmontWaldo County9.4% (±4.5 points)
210 (tie)St. AgathaAroostook County9.4% (±3.1 points)
212CumberlandCumberland County9.1% (±3.7 points)
213FriendshipKnox County8.9% (±3.4 points)
214 (tie)MoscowSomerset County8.8% (±4.3 points)
214 (tie)StandishCumberland County8.8% (±2.9 points)
216SwanvilleWaldo County8.7% (±3.1 points)
217 (tie)South ThomastonKnox County7.5% (±3.5 points)
217 (tie)WinthropKennebec County7.5% (±3.3 points)
219HopeKnox County7.1% (±3.2 points)
220DedhamHancock County4.5% (±1.8 points)

Unincorporated communities ranked by share of renters

Households that rent, estimate (90% margin of error), 2020–2024
RankPlaceCountyHouseholds that rent
1Freeport (community)Cumberland County68.3% (±13.5 points)
2Farmington (community)Franklin County65.0% (±7.6 points)
3Machias (community)Washington County63.8% (±9.4 points)
4Madison (community)Somerset County61.1% (±13.8 points)
5Orono (community)Penobscot County58.3% (±4.9 points)
6Bar Harbor (community)Hancock County54.3% (±11.2 points)
7Waldoboro (community)Lincoln County50.1% (±14.4 points)
8Dexter (community)Penobscot County49.7% (±12.5 points)
9South ParisOxford County48.1% (±17.4 points)
10Searsport (community)Waldo County47.7% (±15.2 points)
11Richmond (community)Sagadahoc County45.3% (±10.3 points)
12Livermore Falls (community)Androscoggin County45.1% (±14.3 points)
13Kittery (community)York County44.7% (±10.7 points)
14Rumford (community)Oxford County43.7% (±8.3 points)
15Dover-Foxcroft (community)Piscataquis County42.1% (±9.9 points)
16Lincoln (community)Penobscot County40.6% (±14.3 points)
17Norway (community)Oxford County40.1% (±11.7 points)
18Fairfield (community)Somerset County38.7% (±10.9 points)
19Van Buren (community)Aroostook County38.3% (±9.0 points)
20Madawaska (community)Aroostook County37.0% (±10.2 points)
21Skowhegan (community)Somerset County36.9% (±5.6 points)
22Newport (community)Penobscot County36.8% (±10.5 points)
23Limestone (community)Aroostook County36.3% (±12.4 points)
24Houlton (community)Aroostook County35.8% (±7.2 points)
25Wilton (community)Franklin County34.7% (±14.7 points)
26Fort Kent (community)Aroostook County34.2% (±9.4 points)
27Brunswick (community)Cumberland County33.7% (±4.0 points)
28Oakland (community)Kennebec County33.2% (±12.1 points)
29South Berwick (community)York County33.0% (±8.5 points)
30Old Orchard Beach (community)York County31.8% (±6.3 points)
31Falmouth (community)Cumberland County31.7% (±8.2 points)
32Bucksport (community)Hancock County31.2% (±13.6 points)
33Camden (community)Knox County30.5% (±8.8 points)
34Damariscotta (community)Lincoln County30.4% (±9.0 points)
35 (tie)Lisbon FallsAndroscoggin County29.9% (±8.8 points)
35 (tie)Winslow (community)Kennebec County29.9% (±6.5 points)
37Thomaston (community)Knox County29.7% (±10.7 points)
38Farmingdale (community)Kennebec County28.8% (±10.5 points)
39Milo (community)Piscataquis County28.1% (±9.3 points)
40Veazie (community)Penobscot County27.9% (±9.1 points)
41 (tie)North Berwick (community)York County27.2% (±10.9 points)
41 (tie)Pittsfield (community)Somerset County27.2% (±9.4 points)
43 (tie)Kennebunk (community)York County26.9% (±7.8 points)
43 (tie)Mexico (community)Oxford County26.9% (±7.7 points)
45York HarborYork County26.8% (±9.2 points)
46Boothbay Harbor (community)Lincoln County26.3% (±8.2 points)
47Yarmouth (community)Cumberland County26.2% (±6.9 points)
48Fryeburg (community)Oxford County25.1% (±10.3 points)
49Topsham (community)Sagadahoc County25.0% (±6.2 points)
50Oak HillCumberland County24.5% (±7.0 points)
51Howland (community)Penobscot County24.1% (±10.5 points)
52Lisbon (community)Androscoggin County22.9% (±9.7 points)
53Randolph (community)Kennebec County22.5% (±9.8 points)
54Gorham (community)Cumberland County21.2% (±7.5 points)
55 (tie)East Millinocket (community)Penobscot County20.7% (±5.5 points)
55 (tie)Fort Fairfield (community)Aroostook County20.7% (±9.2 points)
57South EliotYork County20.1% (±6.8 points)
58North WindhamCumberland County19.9% (±7.0 points)
59Dixfield (community)Oxford County16.8% (±6.9 points)
60Hampden (community)Penobscot County16.4% (±6.8 points)

Unincorporated communities inside a town or township are ranked only against each other, because the town’s figures include them.

How this ranking is built

A place is included when its own page for this figure is published as reliable: a coefficient of variation of 30% or less and enough surveyed homes.

220 places qualify; the rest are on their own pages with their margins, but not ranked here.

The ranking orders the estimates alone: where two places’ margins of error overlap, their ranks may not truly differ, and places at the same published figure share a rank.

A median published as a bound (“$3,500 or more”) is placed at the bound; its true place may be higher.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates).

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Maine

Which place in Maine has the highest share of renters?

Orono has the highest, 53.4% (±4.7 points) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Which place in Maine has the lowest share of renters?

Dedham has the lowest, 4.5% (±1.8 points).

What is the share of renters in Maine?

The figure for Maine as a whole is 25.7% (±0.4 points).

Sources

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

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