What is the population of Gardiner city?

Gardiner city has 6,047 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 155 in Maine.

What is the median household income in Gardiner city?

Median household income in Gardiner city is $58,152 a year, 26% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gardiner city?

Median gross rent is $927 a month and the median home value is $198,100, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.

Is Gardiner city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gardiner city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Gardiner, ME population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Gardiner, Maine (Gardiner, ME — Census place “Gardiner city”) is 6,047 residents, ranking #27 of 155 places in Maine. Median household income is $58,152, the median home is worth $198,100 and median gross rent runs $927 a month. Looking for the Gardiner Maine ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Gardiner, ME: 04345, 04359.

Population: 6,047Gardiner city residents
Median household income: $58,152Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $198,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $927Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.6%Owner-occupied households

Gardiner ZIP codes (Maine)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gardiner.

The Gardiner ME ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Gardiner city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Gardiner city median would spend about 19.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.3% of residents and 67.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Gardiner city, ME in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Gardiner city is a mid-size town in Maine, with 6,047 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #27 of 155 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 44.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Gardiner city earn a median of $58,152 a year, 26% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $58,992 median for the 106 Maine cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 11.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Gardiner city is valued at $198,100, 34.7% below the national figure and 11% below the $221,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $927 a month, 34.1% below the national figure, or roughly $11,124 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Gardiner city?: Gardiner city has 6,047 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 155 in Maine.
What is the median household income in Gardiner city?: Median household income in Gardiner city is $58,152 a year, 26% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gardiner city?: Median gross rent is $927 a month and the median home value is $198,100, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.
Is Gardiner city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gardiner city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Gardiner city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.