County · Maine

Waldo County, Maine

Waldo County, Maine has a quality-of-life score of 73 out of 100 (high), ranking #839 of 3,143 US counties. Within Maine it ranks #8 of 16 counties. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), homicide rate (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on depression (high), drought exposure (high) and comfortable days (low).

73High

Quality-of-life score: #839 of 3,143 counties
Maine: #8 of 16 in ME
Population: 40,693 (2025)
Land area: 730 mi²
Density: 55.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 23027

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety96#123/3,096
Economy63#1,172/3,143
Housing28#2,251/3,140
Health47#1,679/3,144
Healthcare80#623/3,143
Environment84#489/3,108
Education71#924/3,144
Infrastructure58#1,320/3,144
Community56#1,398/3,144
Leisure & amenities69#960/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Waldo County, Maine ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low16 /100k
99/100Maine 93 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Homicide rate · low1.8 /100k
98/100Maine 0.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.6 µg/m³
95/100Maine 4.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Hot days · low2 days
93/100Maine 2 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Property crime rate · low250 /100k
93/100Maine 939 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Students per teacher · low10.1×
92/100Maine 11.2×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics

Weaknesses

Depression · high30.4%
4/100Maine 28.4%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Drought exposure · high91%
8/100Maine 75%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Comfortable days · low22.8%
8/100Maine 21.2%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Drug overdose deaths · high29.5 /100k
10/100Maine 24.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Cost of buying a home today · high38.7%
12/100Maine 36.0%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Frequent mental distress · high20.6%
15/100Maine 20.4%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
8% (2021) → 91% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+82 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
32.4% (2010 & 2021) → 45.1% (2022 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Hot daysWorsening
1 days (2011-2020) → 2 days (2016-2025)
+58%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
29.0% (Dec 2021) → 38.7% (Aug 2026)
+9.7 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Preventable hospital staysImproving
3,405 /100k (2019) → 1,766 /100k (2023)
−48%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k

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, Waldo County, Maine improved on 10 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 18 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Household income+33%$51,073 → $67,854
Uninsured−2.4 points11.4% → 9.0%
Real income+35%$48,037 → $64,940
Students / teacher−1.1×11.1× → 10.1×
Property crime−43%439 /100k → 250 /100k

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×3.1× → 3.5×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Waldo County, Maine between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.6 /10k2020	6.4 /10k2025	−2.5%	Within the margin of error	30%
Average commute time	27.4 min2015-2019	26.6 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Within the margin of error	76%
Average weekly wage	$8832020	$1,0892025	+23%	Improved	46%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%2015-2019	34.4%2020-2024	+3 points	Improved	54%
Broadband subscriptions	80.3%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+9.2 points	Improved	44%
Child poverty rate	18.6%2019	15.1%2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Distance to an airport	85 mi2020	85 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	28.2 /100k2020	29.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+4.6%	Within the margin of error	22%
Effective property tax rate	1.33%2015-2019	1.00%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	92%
Firearm deaths	12.7 /100k2020	13.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.4%	Within the margin of error	34%
Grocery stores	2.8 /10k2020	2.9 /10k2025	+6.3%	Within the margin of error	74%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−2.5%	Within the margin of error	38%
High school diploma or higher	92.2%2015-2019	93.6%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	48%
Homicide rate	2.8 /100k2020	1.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−36%	Within the margin of error	59%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,0372019	$64,9402024	+35%	Improved	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4422015-2019	0.4332020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	69%
Median household income	$51,0732019	$67,8542024	+33%	Improved	84%
New business applications	7.2 /1k2020	9.5 /1k2025	+32%	Improved	35%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	26%
Poverty rate	13.7%2019	11.1%2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Property crime rate	439 /100k2020	250 /100k2025	−43%	Improved	63%
Public libraries	2.8 /10k2019	3.0 /10k2024	+6.8%	Within the margin of error	85%
Rent as share of income	29.0%2015-2019	27.6%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Rent-burdened households	47.6%2015-2019	42.0%2020-2024	−5.6 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Restaurants and bars	9.1 /10k2020	7.1 /10k2025	−21%	Within the margin of error	12%
Students per teacher	11.1×2019	10.1×2024	−1.1×	Improved	66%
Traffic deaths	18.7 /100k2015-2019	15.4 /100k2020-2024	−18%	Within the margin of error	76%
Unemployment rate	5.1%2020	3.7%2025	−1.4 points	Improved	20%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.4%2019	9.0%2024	−2.4 points	Improved	75%
Violent crime rate	25 /100k2020	16 /100k2025	−37%	Within the margin of error	75%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Waldo County, Maine five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Waldo County, 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, Waldo County, Maine itself moved +2.8 points in standing on average over the same 31 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

40,192 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

17,470 households (±343)

Waldo County, Maine
Maine share

Under $25k16%2,767
$25k–50k18%3,199
$50k–75k17%3,052

Homes

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

Owners and renters

17,470 households (±343)

Waldo County, Maine
Maine share

Own82%14,312
Rent18%3,158

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.7 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

18,547 workers (±530)

Waldo County, Maine
Maine share

Drive alone72%13,356
Carpool7.8%1,438
Public transit0.5%†95

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.

Waldo County has 1,003 employer establishments, 248 for every 10,000 residents (1.00× the US rate of 248; 0.80× Maine's), with 9,273 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,691. The Census Bureau also counts 4,407 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,003; 4,407 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 248; US 248 · Maine 309
Paid employees: 9,273
Average annual pay: $54,691; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	117	28.9	1.87×More than typical	415	$62,357	576
Restaurants and other eating places	60	14.8	0.81×About typical	518	$33,052	9
Construction of buildings	45	11.1	1.47×More than typical	191	$53,157	259
Ambulatory health care services	44	10.9	0.52×Fewer than typical	320	$55,388	199
Building equipment contractors	39	9.6	1.60×More than typical	198	$62,540	99
Services to buildings and dwellings	38	9.4	1.39×More than typical	74	$55,230	376
Lessors of real estate	37	9.1	0.74×Fewer than typical	61	$48,492	344
Building finishing contractors	34	8.4	2.21×More than typical	114	$45,816	232
Landscaping services	31	7.7	2.19×More than typical	58	$58,310	176
Other specialty trade contractors	30	7.4	2.95×More than typical	62	$92,871	160
Full-service restaurants	27	6.7	0.87×About typical	297	$35,438	6
Automotive repair and maintenance	25	6.2	1.23×About typical	96	$39,719	80

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 40,475 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $114.7K on contracts performed in Waldo County, Maine: $2.82 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $114.7K; −31% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2.82; US $1,994
Sole-source: 37%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of the Army$71.7K63%
Federal Communications Commission$22K19%
U.S. Geological Survey$21K18%

Top recipients

WILD VISION SYSTEMS INC.$92.7K81%
DOAK GEORGE$22K19%

Spending by fiscal year

658.1KFY2017
5.5MFY2018
2MFY2019
92.1KFY2020
21KFY2021
35.9KFY2022
18.8KFY2023
534.1KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$71.7K63%
Facilities support services · 5612$22K19%
Audio and video equipment manufacturing · 3343$21K18%

Largest awards

SERDP RC25-0123 NEW START EVALUATE SMART TRAPPING FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND LIVE CAPTURE OF INVASIVE BROWN TREE SNAKES$220K
WILD VISION SYSTEMS INC.· Waldo County, ME· Research & development· Jan 15, 2025 – Nov 5, 2025· W912HQ25P0016
BELFAST, ME - TYPE I SITE MAINTENANCE$22K
DOAK GEORGE· Waldo County, ME· Facilities & utilities· Jan 5, 2026 – Jul 20, 2026· 273FCC26P0001
CUSTOM CAMERA UNITS$21K
WILD VISION SYSTEMS INC.· Waldo County, ME· IT & telecom· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 140G0126P0345

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.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $334.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Waldo County, Maine: $8,216 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $334.3M; −3.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,216; US $12,955
Loan face value: $10.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$215.5M64%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$35.8M11%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$28.1M8.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$16.3M4.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$9M2.7%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$6.5M1.9%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$3.6M1.1%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$3.1M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$14.8M4.4%
AUGUSTA, ME
NORTHERN TILTH LLC$1.2M0.4%
BELFAST, ME
GOLD TOP FARM LLC$899.1K0.3%
THORNDIKE, ME
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION & FORESTRY, MAINE DEPARTMENT OF$500K0.1%
AUGUSTA, ME
OCEAN EAST, LP$479.6K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$268.9M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$40.3M12%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$14.8M4.4%
Department of Transportation
Natural Resources Conservation Service$3.9M1.2%
Department of Agriculture
Rural Housing Service

Assistance by fiscal year

272MFY2021
287.5MFY2022
310.3MFY2023
318.5MFY2024
345.7MFY2025
334.3MFY2026

County aggregates

93%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Waldo County, Maine compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Waldo County, Maine
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waldo County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waldo County, Maine	United States
FY2017	$16.54	$1,436
FY2018	$139	$1,552
FY2019	$50.70	$1,654
FY2020	$2.32	$1,880
FY2021	$0.53	$1,810
FY2022	$0.89	$1,917
FY2023	$0.47	$2,079
FY2024	$13.15	$2,047
FY2025	$4.08	$2,165
FY2026	$2.82 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waldo County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waldo County, Maine	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waldo County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waldo County, Maine	United States
FY2021	$216	$5,748
FY2022	$305	$5,221
FY2023	$494	$5,364
FY2024	$556	$5,501
FY2025	$586	$5,732
FY2026	$395

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waldo County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waldo County, Maine	United States
FY2021	$115	$298
FY2022	$99.16	$357
FY2023	$331	$301
FY2024	$58.53	$319
FY2025	$421	$360
FY2026	$361

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waldo County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waldo County, Maine	United States
FY2021	$86.27	$239
FY2022	$82.35	$185
FY2023	$117	$229
FY2024	$135	$229
FY2025	$73.46	$249
FY2026	$80.43

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waldo County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waldo County, Maine	United States
FY2021	$95.70	$2,304
FY2022	$64.96	$2,197
FY2023	$68.03	$2,274
FY2024	$164	$2,267
FY2025	$4.91	$2,397
FY2026	$6.02

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waldo County, Maine and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waldo County, Maine	United States
FY2021	$633	$1,186
FY2022	$227	$465
FY2023	-$24.13	$76.52
FY2024	$72.55	$120
FY2025	$34.07	$148
FY2026	$68.93

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Waldo County, Maine
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Waldo County, Maine and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Waldo County, Maine	United States
2014	2.0%	2.0%
2015	−0.3%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/23027

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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.

Waldo County, 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

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Cities and towns in Waldo County

Places whose residents live mostly in Waldo County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/23027

Calendar years	Waldo County, Maine	United States
2014	−4.6%	−4.2%
2015	−1.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+3.3%
2018	+5.8%	+6.8%
2019	+12.5%	+10.5%
2020	+24.2%	+19.4%
2021	+27.6%	+26.1%
2022	+45.1%	+30.6%
2023	+43.7%	+35.0%
2024	+47.8%	+41.0%
2025	+53.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Waldo County, Maine	United States
2014	−4.2%	−5.5%
2015	−1.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.0%	+4.1%
2018	+9.2%	+8.9%
2019	+18.1%	+13.5%
2020	+27.1%	+20.8%
2021	+39.3%	+32.1%
2022	+46.4%	+35.4%
2023	+51.9%	+42.9%
2024	+57.7%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Waldo County, Maine	United States
2014	1.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Waldo County, Maine	United States
2014	−3.8%	−6.9%
2015	−10.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+12.6%	+4.7%
2018	+2.2%	+7.5%
2019	+5.5%	+14.0%
2020	+15.8%	+16.9%
2021	+20.3%	+21.0%
2022	+31.4%	+29.7%
2023	+41.1%	+34.9%
2024	+40.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Waldo County, Maine	United States
2014	15.0%	15.5%
2015	14.4%	14.7%
2016	14.3%	14.0%
2017	13.1%	13.4%
2018	13.7%	13.1%
2019	13.7%	12.3%
2020	11.6%	11.9%
2021	13.1%	12.8%
2022	13.0%	12.6%
2023	12.7%	12.5%
2024	11.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Waldo County, Maine	United States
2014	6.0%	6.2%
2015	5.2%	5.3%
2016	4.5%	4.9%
2017	3.9%	4.4%
2018	3.5%	3.9%
2019	3.2%	3.7%
2020	5.1%	8.1%
2021	5.0%	5.4%
2022	3.2%	3.7%
2023	3.0%	3.6%
2024	3.4%	4.0%
2025	3.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Waldo County, Maine	United States
2014	−3.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+0.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.5% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+34.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+60.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+74.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+81.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+86.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+85.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Waldo County, Maine	United States
2014	13.8%	13.5%
2015	12.0%	10.9%
2016	11.9%	10.0%
2017	12.4%	10.2%
2018	11.4%	10.4%
2019	11.4%	10.8%
2020	12.5%	10.4%
2021	8.7%	10.2%
2022	10.4%	9.5%
2023	8.5%	9.5%
2024	9.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Waldo County, Maine	United States
2014	6.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.5/1k	16.6/1k

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