What is the population of Mexico CDP?

Mexico CDP has 2,026 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #67 of 155 in Maine.

What is the median household income in Mexico CDP?

Median household income in Mexico CDP is $46,625 a year, 40.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mexico CDP?

Median gross rent is $829 a month and the median home value is $99,600, so rent absorbs about 21.3% of median household income.

Is Mexico CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mexico CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Maine · Census place 45250

Mexico, ME population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Mexico, Maine (Mexico, ME — Census place “Mexico CDP”) is 2,026 residents, ranking #67 of 155 places in Maine. Median household income is $46,625, the median home is worth $99,600 and median gross rent runs $829 a month. Looking for the Mexico Maine ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Mexico, ME: 04257.

Population: 2,026Mexico CDP residents
Median household income: $46,625Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $99,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $829Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 46.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.5%Owner-occupied households

Mexico ZIP codes (Maine)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mexico.

The Mexico ME ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

04257

What the numbers mean in Mexico CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Mexico CDP median would spend about 21.3% 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 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 23.4% of residents and 71.5% of households own their home.

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

Mexico CDP, ME in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Mexico CDP is a small town in Maine, with 2,026 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #67 of 155 ranked by population — larger than 57% of them. The median age here is 46.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Mexico CDP earn a median of $46,625 a year, 40.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $58,992 median for the 106 Maine cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 23.4% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mexico CDP is valued at $99,600, 67.2% below the national figure and 55% below the $221,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $829 a month, 41% below the national figure, or roughly $9,948 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 71.5% 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.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Mexico CDP?: Mexico CDP has 2,026 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #67 of 155 in Maine.
What is the median household income in Mexico CDP?: Median household income in Mexico CDP is $46,625 a year, 40.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mexico CDP?: Median gross rent is $829 a month and the median home value is $99,600, so rent absorbs about 21.3% of median household income.
Is Mexico CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mexico CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Mexico CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.