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Most affordable housing, Maine counties

Name: Most affordable housing, Maine counties, 2024
Creator: CensusEasy
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Maine counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). This list covers the 16 counties in Maine that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 16 is 3.6.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01Aroostook County, MEME66,6092.6+27%

02▲1Piscataquis County, MEME17,4092.8+32%

03▲1Somerset County, MEME51,6202.9+16%

04▼2Washington County, MEME31,3342.9+9%

05Penobscot County, MEME157,9673.2+25%

06Franklin County, MEME30,8243.3+22%

07▲1Kennebec County, MEME129,0673.4+24%

08▼1Waldo County, MEME40,6933.5+14%

09Oxford County, MEME60,3463.6+26%

10Androscoggin County, MEME116,4873.7+16%

11Sagadahoc County, MEME37,9793.8+27%

12▲1Hancock County, MEME57,1714.3+25%

13▲2Lincoln County, MEME36,5954.3+20%

14▼2Knox County, MEME41,1174.4+21%

15▼1York County, MEME222,4344.5+26%

16Cumberland County, MEME317,2224.7+29%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES