Scores by category

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

Safety77#3,546/15,637
Economy15#13,243/15,631
Housing41#8,769/14,977
Health8#14,336/15,609
Healthcare34#10,310/15,650
Environment93#1,041/15,453
Education89#1,800/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,877/15,650
Community25#11,715/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,086/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Eastport, Maine ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Washington 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

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low3.6 µg/m³
100/100Maine 4.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWashington County value
Students per teacher · low9.2×
99/100Maine 11.2×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsWashington County value
Public libraries · high5.7 /10k
99/100Maine 1.9 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWashington County value
High school diploma or higher · high96.4%
99/100Maine 94.8%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Grocery stores · high3.5 /10k
97/100Maine 2.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWashington County value
Mental health providers · high701 /100k
96/100Maine 586 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high50.1%
0/100Maine 32.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value
Drug overdose deaths · high63.4 /100k
1/100Maine 24.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWashington County value
Injury deaths · high183 /100k
1/100Maine 113 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value
Distance to an airport · high164 mi
2/100Maine 62 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauWashington County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low35.1%
4/100Maine 66.5%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Maine 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWashington County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
2.4 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
21.9% (2015-2019) → 9.1% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
25.5% (2015-2019) → 36.2% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.1% (2015-2019) → 87.4% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
16.1% (2015-2019) → 8.4% (2020-2024)
−7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Average commute timeWorsening
13.8 min (2015-2019) → 18.5 min (2020-2024)
+34%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Eastport, Maine improved on 4 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 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.

Improved4

Uninsured−13 points21.9% → 9.1%
Bachelor's++11 points25.5% → 36.2%
Broadband+10 points77.1% → 87.4%
Household income+32%$34,427 → $45,573

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Eastport, Maine between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	13.8 min2015-2019	18.5 min2020-2024	+4.7 min	Within the margin of error	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%2015-2019	36.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	91%
Broadband subscriptions	77.1%2015-2019	87.4%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	61%
Effective property tax rate	1.44%2015-2019	1.14%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
High school diploma or higher	91.1%2015-2019	96.4%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	44%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5572015-2019	0.4652020-2024	−0.092	Within the margin of error	94%
Median household income	$34,4272015-2019	$45,5732020-2024	+32%	Improved	60%
Poverty rate	18.5%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Rent as share of income	29.5%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Rent-burdened households	48.4%2015-2019	44.9%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.9%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	98%

“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 Eastport, Maine five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Eastport, 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, Eastport, Maine itself moved +7.5 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

1,263 residents (±154)

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: 10–19 women (−5.0 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,263 residents (±154)

Eastport, Maine
Maine share

White92%1,157
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino1.6%†20

Education

1,030 residents (±122)

Eastport, Maine
Maine share

No high school diploma3.6%†37
High school or GED36%370
Some college14%†145

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

693 households (±84)

Eastport, Maine
Maine share

Under $25k31%218
$25k–50k27%188
$50k–75k12%†80
$75k–100k9.5%†66
$100k–150k15%†102
$150k–200k2.0%†14
$200k or more3.6%†25

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (+8.7 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

693 households (±84)

Eastport, Maine
Maine share

Own65%450
Rent35%243

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−8.2 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

230 households (±60)

Eastport, Maine
Maine share

Under $75064%†148
$750–1,00031%†71
$1,000–1,5004.8%†11

Home values

450 homes (±65)

Eastport, Maine
Maine share

Under $150k42%188
$150k–250k20%†92
$250k–400k23%†105

Age of homes

1,106 homes (±91)

Eastport, Maine
Maine share

2010 or later4.0%†44
2000–20097.3%†81
1980–199913%†143

Size of homes

1,106 homes (±91)

Eastport, Maine
Maine share

Studio2.2%†24
1 bedroom17%189
2 bedrooms30%328

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

456 workers (±96)

Eastport, Maine
Maine share

Drive alone60%272
Carpool13%†59
Public transit0.7%†3
Walk6.1%†28
Bike0.0%0
Work from home20%†89
Other1.1%†5

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+10.6 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

367 workers (±89)

Eastport, Maine
Maine share

Under 15 min65%237
15–29 min9.3%†34
30–44 min14%†51

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 Washington County, the county holding most of Eastport's residents.

Washington County has 845 employer establishments, 269 for every 10,000 residents (1.08× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Maine's), with 7,475 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,967. The Census Bureau also counts 3,806 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 845; 3,806 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 269; US 248 · Maine 309
Paid employees: 7,475
Average annual pay: $48,967; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	67	21.3	1.38×More than typical	211	$49,815	327
Ambulatory health care services	57	18.1	0.87×About typical	541	$55,294	104
Restaurants and other eating places	52	16.5	0.90×About typical	409	$25,968	17
Construction of buildings	34	10.8	1.43×More than typical	124	$40,177	169
Full-service restaurants	29	9.2	1.20×About typical	206	$27,573	3
Gasoline stations	26	8.3	2.55×More than typical	290	$26,997	—
Truck transportation	25	7.9	1.57×More than typical	125	$38,072	53
Banks and credit unions	21	6.7	2.07×More than typical	275	$91,909	—
Building equipment contractors	20	6.4	1.06×About typical	89	$48,506	53
Limited-service restaurants	20	6.4	0.79×Fewer than typical	193	$24,130	7
Other specialty trade contractors	20	6.4	2.53×More than typical	74	$55,554	81
Automotive repair and maintenance	19	6	1.20×About typical	43	$32,651	51

Rank places for an industry Open Washington County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 31,471 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 $4,691 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Eastport, Maine: $3.71 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4,691; −97% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3.71; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 100%; 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

U.S. Coast Guard$4,691100%

Top recipients

REPUBLIC SERVICES INC$4,691100%
PARE CORP$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

46KFY2017
25KFY2018
902KFY2019
79.4KFY2020
-617.5KFY2021
530.8KFY2023
482.7KFY2024
178.6KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Waste treatment and disposal · 5622$4,691100%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Eastport, Maine

BAY OF FUNDY AQUATIC CONNECTIVITY PROJECT WATERSHED PLAN-ED, ME$223.7K
PARE CORP· Washington County, ME· Construction & real property· Jul 22, 2024 – Sep 10, 2026· 12FPC324F0080
PICK UP AND DISPOSAL OF OILY WATER (OILY WASTE) FROM USCG STATION EASTPORT, ME$4,691
REPUBLIC SERVICES INC· Washington County, ME· Facilities & utilities· Jan 12, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026· 70Z02426PBOST0077

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 Eastport, Maine, so they do not add up across cities.

Eastport, Maine's figures are part of those of Washington County, ME ($13M 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: Eastport is mostly in Washington County.

See federal money in Washington 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.

Eastport, 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.

Washington County44100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Washington 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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