Rangeley, ME population, income and ZIP codes

Rangeley CDP is a very small community in Maine, with 532 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #135 of 155 ranked by population — larger than 12% of them. The median age here is 51.6 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 Rangeley CDP earn a median of $29,231 a year, 62.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 50% below the $58,992 median for the 106 Maine cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 2.3% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Rangeley CDP is valued at $158,300, 47.8% below the national figure and 29% below the $221,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $624 a month, 55.6% below the national figure, or roughly $7,488 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.6% 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 5.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 52.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 51.6 puts Rangeley CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages. With 532 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Rangeley CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

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.