Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety75#3,833/15,637
Economy19#12,669/15,631
Housing66#5,102/14,977
Health14#13,472/15,609
Healthcare25#11,697/15,650
Environment88#1,792/15,453
Education79#3,221/15,649
Infrastructure21#12,329/15,650
Community49#7,926/15,651
Leisure & amenities81#2,907/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Dover-Foxcroft, Maine ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Piscataquis County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low29 /100k
99/100Maine 93 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPiscataquis County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.4 µg/m³
99/100Maine 4.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPiscataquis County value
Public libraries · high4.6 /10k
99/100Maine 1.9 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPiscataquis County value
Pharmacies · high3.5 /10k
98/100Maine 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPiscataquis County value
High school diploma or higher · high93.9%
98/100Maine 94.8%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Students per teacher · low10.5×
96/100Maine 11.2×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsPiscataquis County value

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low19.8%
0/100Maine 21.2%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPiscataquis County value
Depression · high29.5%
5/100Maine 28.4%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · high142 /100k
5/100Maine 113 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePiscataquis County value
Distance to an airport · high122 mi
5/100Maine 62 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauPiscataquis County value
Flu vaccinations · low28.0%
5/100Maine 41.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePiscataquis County value
Job growth · low-3.4%
5/100Maine -0.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPiscataquis County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
50.5% (2015-2019) → 38.6% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$35,521 (2015-2019) → $56,250 (2020-2024)
+58%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
30.2% (2015-2019) → 19.2% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
5.0% (2015-2019) → 14.6% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Average commute timeImproving
22.0 min (2015-2019) → 14.0 min (2020-2024)
−36%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.9% (2015-2019) → 82.5% (2020-2024)
+6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Inequality−0.1190.512 → 0.393
Rent / income−11 points30.2% → 19.2%
Household income+58%$35,521 → $56,250

Declined1

Uninsured+9.6 points5.0% → 14.6%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.0 min2015-2019	14.0 min2020-2024	−8.0 min	Within the margin of error	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Broadband subscriptions	75.9%2015-2019	82.5%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Child poverty rate	16.3%2015-2019	22.2%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Effective property tax rate	1.82%2015-2019	1.11%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	97%
High school diploma or higher	90.6%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5122015-2019	0.3932020-2024	−0.119	Improved	97%
Median household income	$35,5212015-2019	$56,2502020-2024	+58%	Improved	90%
Poverty rate	20.5%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.2%2015-2019	19.2%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	94%
Rent-burdened households	50.5%2015-2019	38.6%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.0%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	+9.6 points	Declined	3%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Dover-Foxcroft, Maine five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine itself moved +23.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,745 residents (±362)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (+6.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,745 residents (±362)

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Maine share

White94%2,574
Black2.1%†58
Hispanic or Latino2.2%†60
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%†6
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races1.7%†47

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (+6.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,900 residents (±327)

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Maine share

No high school diploma6.1%†116
High school or GED35%†658
Some college18%†342
Associate degree13%†240
Bachelor's degree20%†386
Graduate degree8.3%†158

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,186 households (±203)

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Maine share

Under $25k21%†252
$25k–50k22%†260
$50k–75k27%†321
$75k–100k4.4%†52
$100k–150k19%†226
$150k–200k3.2%†38
$200k or more3.1%†37

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−16.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,186 households (±203)

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Maine share

Own58%687
Rent42%499

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

459 households (±140)

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Maine share

Under $75032%†148
$750–1,00035%†159
$1,000–1,50030%†139

Home values

687 homes (±166)

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Maine share

Under $150k43%†293
$150k–250k49%†334
$250k–400k7.3%†50

Age of homes

1,400 homes (±223)

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Maine share

2010 or later5.6%†79
2000–20091.5%†21
1980–199923%†317

Size of homes

1,400 homes (±223)

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Maine share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom14%†203
2 bedrooms26%†365

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,180 workers (±238)

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Maine share

Drive alone82%970
Carpool3.0%†35
Public transit0.0%0
Walk7.2%†85
Bike0.1%†1
Work from home7.5%†89
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (+12.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,091 workers (±213)

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
Maine share

Under 15 min73%792
15–29 min10%†111
30–44 min11%†117

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Piscataquis County, the county holding most of Dover-Foxcroft's residents.

Piscataquis County has 465 employer establishments, 266 for every 10,000 residents (1.07× the US rate of 248; 0.86× Maine's), with 5,041 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,690. The Census Bureau also counts 1,370 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 465; 1,370 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 266; US 248 · Maine 309
Paid employees: 5,041
Average annual pay: $41,690; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Piscataquis County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	45	25.8	1.66×More than typical	133	$54,910	180
Restaurants and other eating places	34	19.5	1.06×About typical	303	$24,950	7
Ambulatory health care services	25	14.3	0.69×Fewer than typical	163	$49,798	48
Full-service restaurants	22	12.6	1.64×More than typical	220	$24,586	3
Building equipment contractors	20	11.4	1.90×More than typical	56	$62,357	44
Construction of buildings	20	11.4	1.51×More than typical	43	$36,465	84
Truck transportation	20	11.4	2.26×More than typical	42	$43,048	25
Lessors of real estate	18	10.3	0.84×About typical	45	$26,133	140
Services to buildings and dwellings	17	9.7	1.44×More than typical	153	$34,529	109
Gasoline stations	15	8.6	2.65×More than typical	243	$44,778	—
Religious organizations	14	8	1.44×More than typical	29	$19,759	—
Other specialty trade contractors	13	7.4	2.96×More than typical	52	$51,596	54

Rank places for an industry Open Piscataquis County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,474 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

3.3KFY2017
4KFY2018
-59.7FY2019
-244.6FY2020
6.4KFY2021
1.1KFY2022

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, so they do not add up across cities.

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine's figures are part of those of Piscataquis County, ME ($173.2K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Dover-Foxcroft is mostly in Piscataquis County.

See federal money in Piscataquis County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jared F. GoldenD-ME-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 70%Missed 2.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Piscataquis County62100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Piscataquis County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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