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Cumberland County / Portland, ME

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Cumberland County sits on Casco Bay, with Portland at its centre and about 305,000 residents. In Freeport, sheep and hay crops wore the topsoil off the Tuttle farm in the 1800s and uncovered twenty acres of glacial sand, now the Desert of Maine. The county is well stocked with museums, markets and boat landings. A median home costs $512K against an $89K household income.

History Museums: 14: 14 history museums, and only 19 counties in the country have more. One of them is an octagonal wooden tower on Munjoy Hill, worked with a telescope from 1807 until 1923. >99% of 3,143 counties
Farmers Markets: 15: 15 farmers markets, and only 69 counties in the country have more. The Portland market has run since 1768 and does not shut for the winter; it moves to a second address instead. >97% of 3,143 counties
Boating: 260: 260 boat landings, and only 94 counties in the country have more. Out in Casco Bay the ferry is the road: it carries passengers, freight, cars and the mail. >96% of 3,143 counties
Art Museums: 5: 5 art museums, and only 50 counties in the country have more. One of them runs tours out to the studio Winslow Homer painted in, twelve miles south of Portland on Prouts Neck. >97% of 3,143 counties
The trade-off — Median Home Price: $512K⁴: A median home costs $512K where a typical household earns $89K a year. A housing voucher here can go on a mortgage payment instead of on rent. >95% of 3,143 counties

Cumberland County is a county in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 census, the population was 303,069, making it the most populous county in Maine. Its county seat is Portland.

Demographics and county data

Each comparison is against the US counties that publish the same measurement. Measurements where too many counties share a single value to be ranked show no comparison at all.

Abortion Regulation: Legal (Restricted)
ACT/SAT Scores: #41
Air Quality: 6.5¹
Alcohol Regulation: #22
All Occupations: $75K¹
American Indians/Alaskan Natives: ↓-1.6%
Amish, Mennonites, etc: ↓-2.4%⁷
Any Airport: 0h 10m
Any Natural Disaster: Low³
Architecture & Engineering: $86K¹⁰
Art Museums: 5
Arts, Design, Sports, Media & Entertainment: $56K¹⁰
Asian Americans: ↑0.9%
Asian Language Speakers: ↑0.4%
Avalanche: none³
Average School Rating: 58.5⁶
Beergardens & Brewpubs: 14
Bike Score: 68
Blacks/African Americans: ↓-5.8%
Boating: 260
Broadband Internet: 87%
Buddhists: ↑0.2%⁷
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance: $37K¹⁰
Business & Financial Operations: $78K¹⁰
Cannabis Regulation: Legal
Cat Friendly Rentals: 46%
Catholics: ↓-0.3%⁷
City Population: 68K
Climate Change Risk: 2.8
Coastal Flooding: Very Low³
Cold Wave: Low³
Community & Social Service: $54K¹⁰
Commute Time: 24
Computer & Mathematical: $83K¹⁰
Construction & Extraction: $52K¹⁰
County Population: 305K
Cuisine Diversity: 40
Cycling: 5
Dentists: 10.4
Dog Friendly Rentals: 40%
Drought: Low³
Earthquakes: Low³
Education, Training, & Library: $55K¹⁰
Educational Attainment: 36%
Elevation: 285'⁸
English Speakers: ↑0.9%
Farmers Markets: 15
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: $43K¹⁰
Fatal Dog Attacks: 0
Fatal Wildlife Attacks: 0
Fire Ants: none
Fishing: 44
Food Preparation & Serving Related: $37K¹⁰
Forests: 51%
Freshwater Access: 304
Gluten-Free Options: 9
Golf: 33
Gun Open Carry Regulation: Legal (Unrestricted)
Hail: Very Low³
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical: $94K¹⁰
Healthcare Support: $37K¹⁰
Heat Wave: Low³
High School Graduation Rate: 89%¹
Hiking: 143
Hindus: ↓-0.0%⁷
Hispanics/Latinos: ↓-7.4%
History Museums: 14
Home Ownership Rate: 69%
Homelessness: 151
Homicide Rate: 1¹
Hospitals: 4
Hurricanes: Very Low³
Ice Storms: High³
Indo-European Language Speakers: ↑1.7%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair: $54K¹⁰
Investment Potential: 99 / 100
Jehovah's Witnesses: ↓-0.2%⁷
Jews: ↑0.3%⁷
Landslide: Low³
LDS / Mormons: ↓-1.6%⁷
Legal: $86K¹⁰
Life Expectancy: 80¹
Life, Physical, & Social Science: $73K¹⁰
Lightning: Medium³
Live Music: 28
Major Airport: 1h 52m
Major City Proximity: 2h 03m
Major League Baseball: 2h 01m
Major League Soccer: 2h 32m
Management: $108K¹⁰
Median Age: 42 years¹¹
Median Home Price: $512K
Median Rental - 1 BR Apartment: $1,641
Median Rental - 2 BR Apartment: $2,117
Median Rental - 3 BR Apartment: $2,603
Median Rental - 4 BR Apartment: $2,956
Median Rental - Room: $972
Median Rental - Single Family Home: $2,510⁴
Median Rental - Studio Apartment: $1,452
Mental Health Providers: 73.0
Meth Labs: 3
Michelin Rated Restaurants: none
Minor League Baseball: 2h 27m
Mountains: 1,922'⁸
Multiracials: ↑0.4%
Muslims: ↑0.1%⁷
National Parks: 3h 15m
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders: ↓-0.1%
NBA Basketball: 1h 56m
NFL Football: 2h 32m
NHL Hockey: 1h 56m
Not Religious / Atheists / Agnostics: ↑15.0%
Nuclear Strike: Direct Target
Obesity Rate: 23%¹
Office & Administrative Support: $44K¹⁰
Orthodox Christians: ↑1.2%⁷
Other Language Speakers: ↑1.0%
Other Relocation Incentives: none
Park Score: 94%⁹
People 0-9 Years Old: ↓-1.7%
People 10-19 Years Old: ↓-1.7%
People 20-29 Years Old: ↑0.8%
People 30-39 Years Old: ↑1.2%
People 40-49 Years Old: ↑1.2%
People 50-59 Years Old: ↑1.4%
People 60-69 Years Old: ↓-0.1%
People 70-79 Years Old: ↓-0.8%
People 80+ Years Old: ↓-0.3%
Performing Arts: 1
Personal Care & Service: $36K¹⁰
Political Orientation: 70% Dems
Population Density: 362
Population Growth: ↑0.6%
Poverty Rate: 8.6%
Primary Care Physicians: 16.8¹
Private/Home School Regulation: #6
Production: $46K¹⁰
Property Crime Rate: 2,581
Property Tax: 1.33%
Protective Service: $48K¹⁰
Protestants / Non-Denominationals: ↓-20.9%⁷
Rain: 45"
Regional Theatre: 3
River Flooding: Medium³
Sales & Related: $46K¹⁰
Sales Tax: 5.5%
Same Sex Households: ↑0.6%
Scenic Beauty: #15
Seacoast Proximity: coastal
Seasons: 50 °F
Shark Attacks: 0
Single Parent Households: ↓-4.9%
Skiing: 0h 28m
Small or Major Airport: 0h 10m
Smokers: 14%¹
Snow: 77"
Spanish Speakers: ↓-5.4%
State Income Tax: 7.2%
Strong Wind: Very Low³
Summer Heat: 79 °F
Summer Mugginess: Sticky
Sunny Days: 203
Termite Infestation: none
Tobacco Regulation: #18
Top School Rating: 98.0⁶
Tornadoes: Low³
Traffic: 574K
Transit Score: 4
Transportation & Material Moving: $42K¹⁰
Tsunami: none³
Typical Expenses: $104K⁵
Typical Expenses: $51K⁵
Typical Expenses: $85K⁵
Typical Expenses: $69K⁵
Typical Expenses: $121K⁵
Typical Expenses: $103K⁵
Typical Expenses: $149K⁵
Typical Expenses: $152K⁵
Typical Expenses: $69K⁵
Typical Expenses: $94K⁵
Typical Expenses: $131K⁵
Typical Expenses: $96K⁵
Unemployment Rate: 5.3%¹
Vegetarian Friendliness: 11
Violent Crime Rate: 128²
Volcanic Activity: none³
Walk Score: 62
Water Quality: 2/4
Whites: ↑13.6%
Wildfires: Very Low³
Windiness: 14 mph
Wineries: 10
Winter Cold: 30 °F
Winter Weather: Very Low³

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