River Valley Today

Gardiner ranked 50th among cities in Maine by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Gardiner residents was an inflation-adjusted $26,566 per year. Gardiner had 2,353 households in 2017, with a population of 5,672.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Cumberland Center. Cumberland Center's median income was $57,026 per year after adjusting for inflation – $30,460 more than Gardiner. It had 892 households in 2017 and a population of 2,492.

Castine had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Maine, with a median income of only $5,147 per year. That was $21,419 less than the median income in Gardiner at the time. Castine had 149 households in 2017 and a population of 857.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Cumberland Center	57,026
2	Cousins Island	51,528
3	Bowdoinham	46,818
4	West Kennebunk	46,786
5	Falmouth	46,266
6	Naples	41,790
7	Steep Falls	40,545
8	Berwick	39,800
9	Cape Neddick	38,867
10	Falmouth Foreside	36,838
11	Scarborough	36,557
12	Brunswick Station	36,477
13	Hampden	36,291
14	Lake Arrowhead	35,849
15	Newcastle	35,625
16	Yarmouth	35,154
17	Kennebunkport	34,453
18	Kittery	34,388
19	Topsham	33,351
20	Winterport	32,955
21	Damariscotta	32,813
22	Kennebunk	32,207
23	South Eliot	31,793
24	Oxford	31,766
25	Gray	31,635
26	Freeport	31,467
27	North Windham	31,392
28	Saco	30,912
29	Westbrook	30,704
30	Belfast	30,634
31	South Portland	30,285
32	Blue Hill	30,000
33	Farmingdale	29,882
34	Mechanic Falls	29,625
35	Richmond	29,292
36	Old Orchard Beach	29,008
37	Camden	28,613
38	Portland	28,606
39	Anson	28,590
40	Brewer	28,456
41	Chisholm	28,365
42	Lisbon Falls	27,863
43	Littlejohn Island	27,841
44	Woodland	27,574
45	Winthrop	27,396
46	Winslow	27,351
47	York Harbor	27,083
48	Randolph	27,063
49	Auburn	26,895
50	Gardiner	26,566
51	Hallowell	26,336
52	Kittery Point	26,222
53	Mapleton	26,182
54	Ellsworth	26,031
55	Winter Harbor	25,938
56	Rockland	25,861
57	Bath	25,813
58	Little Falls	25,469
59	Milford	25,385
60	Boothbay Harbor	24,948
61	Thomaston	24,926
62	Sanford	24,881
63	North Berwick	24,819
64	Southwest Harbor	24,464
65	Ashland	24,417
66	Brunswick	24,225
67	Clinton	24,037
68	Gorham	23,985
69	Guilford	23,775
70	Biddeford	23,725
71	Dexter	23,442
72	Livermore Falls	23,407
73	Augusta	23,286
74	Newport	23,202
75	Searsport	23,012
76	Wilton	22,794
77	Bar Harbor	22,635
78	Oakland	22,480
79	Alfred	22,466
80	Madawaska	22,331
81	Lewiston	22,054
82	Caribou	22,045
83	Bangor	21,873
84	Presque Isle	21,381
85	Bridgton	21,353
86	Millinocket	21,334
87	Washburn	21,250
88	Greenville	21,230
89	Calais	20,795
90	Skowhegan	20,757
91	East Millinocket	20,723
92	Wiscasset	20,642
93	Mexico	20,564
94	Pittsfield	20,523
95	Blaine	20,278
96	Casco	20,036
97	Houlton	20,034
98	Fryeburg	20,000
99	Waterville	19,844
100	Norway	19,744

* All values are inflation-adjusted