River Valley Today

Madison ranked 114th among cities in Maine by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Madison residents was $17,566 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 1,060 households with a population of 2,433.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Littlejohn Island with $63,000 per year after adjusting for inflation – $45,434 more than Madison. It had 29 households with a population of 52.

The city with the lowest median resident income in the state was Castine with $5,823 per year after adjusting for inflation – $11,743 less than Madison. It had 106 households with a population of 806.

Top 100 cities by earnings per resident (2019)

Rank	City	Earnings per resident
1	Littlejohn Island	$63,000
2	Cousins Island	$56,563
3	Naples	$50,256
4	Falmouth	$48,897
5	Falmouth Foreside	$48,313
6	Cumberland Center	$47,483
7	Cape Neddick	$43,309
8	Kittery	$40,615
9	Blue Hill	$40,370
10	Scarborough	$39,891
11	Berwick	$39,777
12	Freeport	$39,421
13	Brunswick Station	$38,720
14	Hampden	$38,670
15	Bowdoinham	$38,542
16	Lake Arrowhead	$37,644
17	Yarmouth	$37,591
18	Topsham	$36,164
19	Kennebunkport	$36,071
20	West Kennebunk	$36,033
21	Gray	$35,774
22	Saco	$35,508
23	North Windham	$35,023
24	Hallowell	$34,762
25	Camden	$33,950
26	Kittery Point	$33,750
27	South Portland	$33,642
28	Kennebunk	$33,625
29	South Eliot	$33,536
30	Portland	$33,470
31	Belfast	$33,294
32	Old Orchard Beach	$33,062
33	Mechanic Falls	$31,955
34	York Harbor	$31,740
35	Lisbon Falls	$31,625
36	Oxford	$31,610
37	Farmingdale	$31,548
38	Westbrook	$31,496
39	Mapleton	$31,141
40	Damariscotta	$31,113
41	Winterport	$30,861
42	Steep Falls	$30,833
43	Little Falls	$30,785
44	Auburn	$30,455
45	Bath	$30,324
46	Winslow	$30,173
47	North Berwick	$30,132
48	Chisholm	$29,190
49	Randolph	$28,950
50	Rockland	$28,843
51	Ellsworth	$28,822
52	Richmond	$28,790
53	Gardiner	$28,750
54	Sanford	$28,686
55	Winthrop	$28,373
56	Thomaston	$28,200
57	Brunswick	$28,027
58	Winter Harbor	$27,212
59	Fort Fairfield	$27,170
60	Biddeford	$27,103
61	Brewer	$26,880
62	Newcastle	$26,853
63	Calais	$26,802
64	Augusta	$26,321
65	Gorham	$26,172
66	Oakland	$26,111
67	Lewiston	$25,741
68	Old Town	$25,716
69	Wiscasset	$25,676
70	Bangor	$25,465
71	Casco	$25,455
72	Ashland	$25,429
73	Presque Isle	$25,291
74	Milford	$25,064
75	Bar Harbor	$24,962
76	Searsport	$24,926
77	Guilford	$24,659
78	Caribou	$24,597
79	Southwest Harbor	$24,471
80	South Paris	$24,247
81	Alfred	$24,154
82	Clinton	$23,827
83	Boothbay Harbor	$23,577
84	East Millinocket	$23,432
85	Fort Kent	$23,260
86	Bridgton	$23,199
87	Livermore Falls	$23,191
88	Blaine	$23,182
89	Millinocket	$22,667
90	Woodland	$22,647
91	Fryeburg	$22,442
92	Dexter	$22,389
93	Mars Hill	$21,841
94	Wilton	$21,500
95	Bingham	$21,321
96	Anson	$21,250
97	Greenville	$21,036
98	Skowhegan	$20,773
99	Howland	$20,617
100	Mexico	$20,571

* All values are inflation-adjusted